June 24, 2026

ECB Revolut restrictions have pulled the curtain back on Europe's most valuable fintech. Nik Storonsky once described his product teams as "self-guided missiles," a compliment meant to capture autonomy, speed, and an outcome focus. Last summer, the European Central Bank sent those missiles a message that their targeting system needed recalibrating. The ECB paused Revolut's

June 3, 2026

Kaiko Acquires Amberdata in a landmark digital assets deal! There is a principle in financial markets that predates fintech, crypto, and most of what we call modern capital markets: the firm that controls the data controls the market. Bloomberg built a $10 billion business on it. Refinitiv, sold to the London Stock Exchange Group for

May 24, 2026

The cryptocurrency market has grown from a fringe experiment into one of the most consequential corners of global finance. In 2026 the cryptocurrency market is valued at roughly $6.16 trillion, according to Mordor Intelligence, and it spans more than 18,000 distinct digital assets. Those assets range from Bitcoin, which functions mainly as a store of

May 18, 2026

Crypto payment providers 2026 operate within a regulatory framework that has shifted from enforcement-led ambiguity to defined compliance rules. According to Cleary Gottlieb's 2026 digital assets regulatory update, US regulators moved from "enforcement-heavy crypto-scepticism to a determined focus on flexibility for market participants to engage with digital assets and distributed ledger technology." The shift centres