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The question is how will you adapt. Plus; Visa's Agentic Commerce launch.
Plus; Circle wants to be SWIFT, Capital One/Discover gets greenlight, and M^0 is building a central bank
Plus; Robinhood launches in Europe, Jamie's annual letter, and why Ripple's new acquisition is fascinating.
Plus; Visa's $100m bid for Apple Card, A Rant on Model Context Protocol, and why the CFPB being out of action is not a good thing.
Plus; Robinhood launches private banking and Mercury's $300m Raise
Plus; The OCC Drops "Reputational Risk" from exams and the SEC Drops appeal against Ripple.
Plus; Block gets FDIC approval for consumer loans via bank subsidiary, Moonpay pays $100m for Iron, $12.5bn lost to scams.
Plus; Klarna's $15bn IPO, Ramp's $13bn secondary and why the IPO window might be closing causing a mad scramble.
AI is magic that will transform finance, but only when we get out of our own way. Here's the playbook. Plus; Stripe's big year, BofA stablecoins & Brex to IPO?
AI Agent Commerce, Bridge, Stablecoins & $1.4trillion TPV: A conversation and Q&A with John Collison President of Stripe about their 2025 Annual Letter.
Agentic payments are evolving in four distinct models, and gradually making the "checkout" obsolete. Plus; The $LIBRA scam, and Unbundling Visa.
