The AI You Didn’t Approve Is Already at Work

When it comes to vibe coding with agents, a dose of caution is justified as last month’s Replit AI scandal illuminated after the agent wiped a company’s entire database (a great reminder to all to back up your data — and twice, for good measure). While this was one of the biggest failures of vibe […]

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The Precarious Framework Underpinning Stablecoins’ Rise

If structured as they are at present, most decentralized protocols may lead to sanctions-framework violations and — potentially — partial bans or heavy fines from the Treasury and other government bodies.  At the core of what we’re doing in defi, permissionlessness is a feature, not a bug. There’s no way to use what’s already in […]

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Stablecoins on the Menu as Fed Meets in Jackson

All eyes are on Wyoming this week as the Federal Reserve will be meeting for its annual Jackson Hole Symposium, hosted by the Kansas City Fed. Among the items on the menu: the latest research from top economists (which may sound like a snooze fest, but it’s worth paying attention to, as some of the […]

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Funded: Cache raises $12.5M Series A to unlock sophisticated tools for concentrated stockholders

Hi there and welcome to Funded, where we spotlight early-stage bets on the future of tech. This week’s feature zeros in on a fast-growing fintech that’s rethinking how employees with big stock positions can protect and diversify their wealth without taking a tax hit. San Francisco-based Cache has secured a $12.5 million Series A led […]

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Future of Fintech: Female Founders in Focus

Fintech Nexus asked peers to recommend female fintech founders who they felt we all should watch over the next year. Today is part two of our series recognizing a group of women who are inspiring the future of the financial technology industry, according to their peers. Fintech Nexus asked the LinkedIn universe, “who are female […]

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Female Fintech Founders Full Speed Ahead

The Americas fintech market is humming along but has cooled quite a bit from last year according to the KPMG’s Pulse of Fintech report released this week, which showed fintech funding in the first half of 2025 hit $26.7 billion with 1,092 deals…down about a quarter from 2H ‘24’s $35.7 billion.  Per the report, a […]

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Big Tech’s Billion-Dollar Binge

Why build when you can buy? Inside the M&A frenzy fueling acqui-hires, infra plays, and IP grabs. A decade ago, when AI wasn’t yet a buzzword, businesses struggled to raise money for the technology. Demis Hassabis, the CEO and co-founder of DeepMind — one of the pioneers in solving artificial intelligence — recently said in […]

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Hire, Fire, and Acquire: The AI Race is Heating Up

Today, we dig into the recent flurry of enterprise M&A for clues on who’s buying, why, and whether startups should stay the course or cash their checks. Last week, we wrote about AI’s pre-product investment frenzy and the AI talent wars. While the average knowledge worker isn’t commanding eight-digit salaries, the AI race is already […]

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Peer-Picked: Female Fintech Founders on the Rise

Fintech Nexus asked peers to recommend female fintech founders who they felt we all should watch over the next year. Today is part one of our series recognizing a group of women who are inspiring the future of the financial technology industry, according to their peers. Fintech Nexus asked the LinkedIn universe, “who are female […]

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Consulting the crystal ball— which 2025 fintech predictions came true, and what’s in store for the rest of the year?

Fintech Nexus talked to three fintech experts about trends, among them, exits, stablecoins and AI. Financial services is having a moment in 2025, from companies announcing they are going public to talks of more mergers and acquisitions and venture capital funding being pumped into the sector. Fintech Nexus spoke about these fintech trends with investors […]

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