Linas's Newsletter

FinTech giant Ant Group to integrate Circle’s USDC stablecoin into their global payment infrastructure 🐜🪙; Revolut seeks $65 billion valuation in latest funding round 😳🦄

Super App wannabe X needs a new CEO as Musk's AI ambitions overshadow social media ops 🔎💼; Bank of England signals major shift towards stablecoin integration in wholesale markets 🏦🇬🇧

BBVA launches crypto trading services 🤑📈; Revolut accelerates financial services expansion 🏦💸; Monzo’s £21 million AML fine 🤕💰

AI-powered digital workers signal new era of human-machine collaboration in finance 🤖🤝🏦; South Korea pivots from Central Bank Digital Currency to private stablecoins 👀🇰🇷🪙

The Ultimate B2B Growth Playbook for 2025 🚀

Robinhood's OpenAI tokens aren't actually OpenAI stock 🤷‍♂️💰; Ripple joins banking revolution as crypto firms rush for bank charters 🤑🏦; Wise pursues US banking licence 🏦🇺🇸

Chinese tech giants push for yuan stablecoins to challenge USD hegemony 🪙🇨🇳; Robinhood's OpenAI tokens aren't actually OpenAI stock 🤷‍♂️💰; Coinbase doubles down on token infra w Liquifi M&A 😤💸

Ripple joins banking revolution as crypto firms rush for bank charters 🤑🏦; Paxos MiCA-compliant stablecoin comes to Europe 💸🇪🇺; Wise pursues US banking licence 🏦🇺🇸

$43 billion stablecoin giant Circle to become a bank? 😳🏦; Coinbase to transform US crypto trading with regulated perpetual futures 🤑📈

Robinhood goes all in on crypto as it wants to become the global financial Super App 😤💸; European payments giant Worldline faces criminal investigation as regulators circle 👨🏼‍⚖️💳

The AI Agent Revolution Has Begun 🤖📈

Revolut expands into Argentina through Cetelem M&A 🏦🇦🇷; Worldline loses €500M in market value due to fraud cover-up allegations 🌪️🇪🇺; Wealthfront & PhonePe prepare to go public 📈🔔