Stripe's Bid to Become the AWS of Payments With Stablecoins and Blockchain
Stripe is integrating stablecoins and blockchain across its entire payments stack, aiming to become the AWS of money. Visa, Mastercard and OpenAI are already on
Fintech
In this category we explore the world of fintech, a rapidly evolving sector that combines technology and finance to revolutionise the way we manage money, investments and payments. Learn about the latest innovations, the most promising platforms and how these technologies are changing our financial habits.
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Goldman Sachs Enters Bitcoin With a Monthly Income ETF
Goldman Sachs has filed a Bitcoin monthly income ETF with the SEC. After Morgan Stanley, Wall Street's biggest names are all in. Here's what changes.
France Challenges Dollar Dominance: Lescure Backs Qivalis Euro Stablecoin
Euro stablecoin volumes are just 0.2% of on-chain transactions. France's Finance Minister and 12 EU banks want to change that — fast.
Legal & General Tokenizes £50 Billion On-Chain with Calastone
Legal & General Asset Management has tokenized over £50 billion in money market funds via Calastone's CTD Network, live on Ethereum. The largest single institutional RWA move of 2026 — and it's already on-chain.
XRP Enters Payments for 44 Million Rakuten Users
XRP is now spendable at 5 million Japanese stores for 44 million Rakuten Pay users, with $23 billion in loyalty points convertible to crypto. Ripple calls it a historic milestone — and the on-chain data backs it up.
Kraken IPO Confirmed: Deutsche Börse Invests $200M at $13.3B Valuation
Kraken IPO is back on track: co-CEO Arjun Sethi confirmed a confidential SEC filing at the Semafor summit on April 14, 2026. Deutsche Börse invested $200M at a $13.3B valuation. Here is what it means for crypto markets.
CoinShares Lists on Nasdaq: Europe's Crypto Giant Takes on Wall Street
CoinShares (CSHR) listed on Nasdaq on April 1, 2026, marking the first European pure-play crypto asset manager to trade on a US exchange. With $6B AUM and 12 straight profitable years, CEO Mognetti is targeting US market share directly.
Pyth Network Challenges Bloomberg: Fidelity and Euronext Go On-Chain
Pyth Network's Data Marketplace launched April 9, 2026 with Fidelity, Euronext, and Tradeweb publishing proprietary data on-chain for the first time. The $50 billion financial data industry just got its first real challenger.
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