From MiCA to GENIUS: Standard Chartered’s Jennifer Lassiter on Building Global Crypto Rules

“MiCA released a regime that was a starting point, and it gives us boundaries to work from. And then we moved to the US, and now we see GENIUS, and we grow, and we iterate from there.“ “I scare everyone in the bank with my [laptop’s] crypto sticker,” joked Jennifer Lassiter, Managing Director and Head […]

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The AI ‘Workslop’ Crisis: Costs and Cures of the Automation Rush

AI is everywhere at work—but quality isn’t. A Snowflake leader and the co-founder of Unframe AI share how companies can prevent workslop from costing their business millions in lost productivity and trust. The rise of AI has pushed organizations into a race toward speed and efficiency. They all want their teams on their toes, delivering […]

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AI Wearables Are Entering Boardrooms, But Are The Safety Rules Ready?

As smart wearables are increasingly adopted by enterprises, execs express concerns and guidance around data privacy. The first wave of user-facing AI hardware came like a literal wave — and disappeared just as quickly. Google Glass, more than a decade old now, never found many takers, but even recent AI hardware attempts like the Humane […]

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Liquidity Risk Is Back on the Table —What Could That Mean for Fintech?

Conditions are ripe for capital to shift into “risk off” mode. But, post-2020, many fintechs already have their wartime footing MIT Economist Rudi Dornbusch had an oft-quoted observation about economics, which also rings true for financial upheaval: “Things take longer to happen than you thought that they would, and then they happen faster than you […]

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Through the Crypto Telescope

At DevConnect, Ethereum’s cypherpunk core collides with the pull of mainstream opportunities On my last night in San Martín de los Andes, a bus-full of Edge City residents wound its way uphill to enjoy a delightful asado dinner — ribeye, lamb, flank steak, maillard-crusted veggies, a lettuce leaf or two. Pure decadence.  Three hours and […]

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Buy Now, Sleigh Later: How AI is Driving Holiday eCommerce

New data from fintech Mercury shows AI-generated search driving shifts for ecommerce operations  AI isn’t just reshaping how customers find products—it’s reshaping how ecommerce companies operate. According to new data from Mercury’s 2025 Ecommerce Holiday Report, nearly nine in ten respondents (86%) said they rely on AI extensively or somewhat in their business operations, and […]

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Micropayments’ Role in the User Data Economy

As AI devours traditional web traffic, blockchain startups are reviving the dream of user-owned data and agent-powered micropayments. The question of how to power the internet has been a stubborn source of debate since more or less the genesis of the information superhighway. (We mean “power” metaphorically speaking.) How to address this question has been […]

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Betterment’s Mike Reust on GenAI and WealthTech

“I regularly evaluate the companies out there that are AI native and trying to solve these problems: teams founded by the people who used to run AI and machine learning at Stripe and all these other companies, and it’s not that hard to break their stuff. If it was, I would be buying them.” Reust […]

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Opinion: Why Reinsurance Can Be the $700 Billion Breakout Market DeFi Has Been Waiting For

DeFi has long sought sustainable yield beyond speculation. By combining DeFi’s transparency and liquidity with reinsurance’s stability, this emerging intersection could redefine productive yield generation. Throughout its existence, decentralized finance has been defined by reflexivity native to itself. Returns have been generated by volatile token issuances, leverage loops, and cyclic market sentiment rather than from […]

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Fintech from The Edge: Patagonia’s Go Go Crypto Era

If you’ve never been to San Martín de los Andes in Argentinian Patagonia, and you’ve never been to the Southern Hemisphere at all, let me me offer you a smattering of reference points from the Northern Hemisphere to paint a picture: It’s a mix of Niseko’s outdoorsiness and economy (Japan), Landour’s temperamental weather (India), and […]

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