Current raised $80 million led by Springcoast Partners at a $1.5 billion valuation, a clear down round from its 2021…
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On June 11, Pleo announced AI agents to automate finance tasks, then confirmed layoffs of ~50 employees (mostly in engineering/data)…
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The European Central Bank secretly intervened last year to bar Revolut from launching new products in the European Economic Area…
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Poetic, an AI startup with $50 million in funding from OpenAI, Founders Fund, and Kleiner Perkins, automates sensitive financial back-office…
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Coinbase launched an AI agent that can autonomously execute crypto trades and pay for premium research data using the x402…
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The CFTC has proposed a new rule to establish a formal framework for reviewing prediction market contracts tied to activities…
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Satispay is reportedly preparing to raise up to €120 million to fund its expansion from mobile payments into stock and…
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Approximately 30% of Polymarket's trading activity originates from the United States, with an estimated $10.6 to $26.7 billion funneled by…
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SoFi Hong Kong suffered a data breach after unauthorized access to a database managed by a third-party vendor, discovered on…
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Klarna is launching FDIC-insured high-yield savings accounts in the U.S. with a 3.28% APY through a partnership with WebBank, allowing…
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Sam Bankman-Fried has formally petitioned President Trump for a presidential pardon after completing his sentence, but the request is pending…
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Prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket have instructed paid content creators to remove “paid partnership” labels from social media posts…
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After police raided his home in 2022 and found nothing substantial, rapper Afroman fought back by releasing songs mocking the…
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Microsoft has updated its advertising policy to allow cryptocurrency exchanges to run Audience Ads across its native advertising network, including…
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Cash App launched a $25 Tap-to-Pay Wand, an official version of a viral trend, as the first in a new…
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Cash App has launched the Cash App Wand, an NFC-equipped, star-topped magic wand accessory that enables contactless payments without a…
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Revolut co-founder and CTO Vlad Yatsenko will step down in July 2026 to join the board, replaced by insider Donato…
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PayPay is acquiring a 70.2% stake in T&D Financial Life Insurance for ¥134.3 billion ($840 million), marking its entry into…
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Tencent is integrating PayPal into its WeChat Pay network, allowing US-based PayPal users to pay in China by scanning WeChat…
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Apple is developing a feature allowing iPhone users to snap a photo of a receipt, tag items to specific diners,…
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