Shaping the future of finance
Things we’re reading today include … Senate blocks cryptocurrency regulation as Democrats push back on Trump investments NV senators voted against it, but Trump’s flagrant self-enrichment is what killed the crypto bill World’s Best Digital Banks 2026 Round 1: The Next Generation of Digital Banking Arrives Creating the next European banking champions Top 10: Banks…
Things we’re reading today include … Clarity Act Stalls in Senate as Crypto Bill Fails to Clear Key Vote Why Did the CLARITY Act Fail and Will Crypto Prices Crash Further? Crypto stocks sink after Senate rejects Clarity Act, Coinbase slides nearly 9% Ripple’s view on the CLARITY Act Revolut and N26 Alumni Launch Quartz:…
Things we’re reading today include … Trump caves to tougher ethics crackdown as his crypto fortune faces scrutiny What Will XRP Be Worth by 2028? Treasury hits Russia’s VTB Bank with new sanctions over Iran ties UK banks kick off fundraising in bid to create new payments giant Deutsche Bank survey finds confidence returning to…
Things we’re reading today include … Nigel Farage lands record £36m donation for Reform Reform receives second £36m donation in two days as crypto investor matches record Who are Reform UK’s two mega-donors? (they are both crypto billionaires) Visa, MasterCard and Anthropic are now working together Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests…
This week’s main blog discussions include … 25 years after 9/11: An attack on America, capitalism or the world? On Tuesday, 11th September 2001, I was flying back from Nice, France, after a conference. We arrived home and switched on the television. What we saw was horrific. At 8:46 that morning in New York, 13:46…
Things we’re reading today include … Crypto platforms lost billions to cyberattacks, many even after audits Steve Witkoff, Trump’s special envoy, made more than $250 million through crypto investments while in government Innovate Finance report calls for government action to unlock UK fintech growth Growing pains: 3 regulatory themes FCA-authorised fintech leaders need on their…
Things we’re reading today include … Tokenised asset use could cut UK bank collateral needs by 30% Chime to buy nationally chartered Stride Bank for $590 million, shares jump Block Pursues National Trust Bank Charter to Custody Crypto How Central Banks Can Win the Digital Currency Race China’s $54bn capital boost for banks falls far…
Things we’re reading today include … Conflicts Accelerate Cryptocurrency Adoption in the Middle East Hunter Biden Launching $LAPTOP Memecoin Bitcoin hack drains $320 mn from crypto network in latest security breach HSBC and BNP Paribas Trial FX Tokenised Deposit With Swift Inside Italy’s banking M&A boom — and why Wall Street is watching China’s central…
Things we’re reading today include … China to pump $54bn into state banks and insurers to boost economy FATF exposes hawala networks fuelling money laundering Nigel Farage’s family members ‘have bank accounts frozen because of their association to him’ Moody’s warns banks over AI tech dependency Deutsche Bank led $1bn of troubled lending to Hollywood…
This week’s main blog discussions include … The true cost of AI (Part One) There is a rather awkward conversation beginning in boardrooms about artificial intelligence. For the last few years, the question has been what AI can do, how quickly companies can deploy it and how many people it might replace, but the question…
