Linas's Newsletter

Tencent doubling down on remittances highlights two key payments trends 💸🇨🇳; El Salvador is a case study in crypto's structural problems 🇸🇻; Reddit is crushing the NFT game. Again! 🚀

The FTX story is getting wilder and wilder 🤯; Challenger Banks 2.0, the Vertical approach 📲; Over 50% of Bitcoin Addresses are now at a loss 😤

Stripe just killed MoonPay, Ramp, and dozens of other FinTechs 🤯; EU’s Metafail 🤦; N26 is shaping a new FinTech ecosystem in Europe 🚀

Kraken's brutal layoffs: why nobody’s safe & one key lesson 😳; This is how far FinTech funding has plunged 📉; Raise 20% more cash for your startup with this trick 🤑

If you don't have a BNPL strategy, you're missing out 🫵; Social Shopping is the future of e-commerce? Klarna thinks so 🙋🏽‍♀️; Challenger Banks 2.0, the Vertical approach 📲

Revolut takes a page out of Meta's Playbook 👀; Another domino falls - BlockFi files for bankruptcy 🫡; Bitcoin’s correlation to other assets plunges 📉

The FTX story is getting wilder and wilder 🤯; Genesis' fight for survival, or incoming Crypto Armageddon 😳; Over 50% of Bitcoin Addresses are now at a loss 😤

FTX collapse could be a catalyst for crypto regulations🚨; FinTech Winter is a brilliant time for banks to increase acquisitions 💸; FinTech investing just became a lot more difficult for everyone 😳

Institutions are now driving the crypto adoption boom 🚀; FinTech investing just became a hell of a lot more difficult for everyone 😳; FinTech Winter, or a warning sign from FIS 🥶

Price is the story, or how retail is adopting crypto 💸; The crazy FTX story is getting even more ridiculous 🤯; Can the license save Bitpanda? 🐼

Affirm offers a profitability strategy that other BNPL FinTechs should steal 👏; The worst year ever for stock trading apps 📉; Binance wants to be your Crypto Bank 🏦

The verticalization of neobanking continues 📲; FinTech Winter is a brilliant time for banks to increase acquisitions 💸; NFT startups are losing their shine ✨