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@LexSokolinPartner @Genventurecap investing in Web3+AI+Fintech 🦊 Ex Chief Economist & CMO @Consensys 📈 Serial founder sharing strategy on Fintech Blueprint 💎 Milady
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Stripe: $7B OpenRouter Buy Builds AI Machine Stack
Stripe acquires OpenRouter for $7B in $10B vertical integration, fusing AI inference routing with stablecoins, payments and blockchain settlement for machine economy control. (Source) 08-20-2026 13:32 |
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Prediction Markets: $44.8B June Volume Fuels Perps Shift
Prediction markets posted $44.8B June volume, pushing DeFi prediction markets prime brokerage perps as venues route financing through perpetuals rather than lending. (Source) 08-18-2026 18:02 |
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Stripe: Closes OpenRouter Buy at $7 Billion
Stripe acquires OpenRouter for $7B+, founder Alex Atallah nets $3B after $165M raise; 42x capital return on 2023-founded AI router with 8M users. (Source) 08-18-2026 11:06 |
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Off-Chain Crypto: $70B Revenue Tops On-Chain $8B
Off-chain firms like Coinbase and Binance capture $70B versus $8B on-chain, with L1s and protocols lagging as users pay premiums for simplified access. (Source) 08-12-2026 09:07 |
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River Markets: $8.5M Seed for Prediction Markets Broker
River Markets raises $8.5M led by Haun Ventures to launch prime brokerage for prediction markets, offering unified execution and risk tools to professional trading firms. (Source) 08-11-2026 17:15 |
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ZeroHash: Visa Stablecoin Prefunding Partnership
ZeroHash partners with Visa to enable stablecoin merchant prefunding and payouts on Visa Direct, allowing eligible clients to prefund accounts in stablecoins. (Source) 08-10-2026 17:59 |
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Cloudflare: Launches Wallets for Stablecoins
Cloudflare introduces Cloudflare Wallets to store stablecoins, buy services and receive funds online, per Lex Sokolin on Aug 4 2026. (Source) 08-04-2026 19:05 |
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Maximum: Raises $30M Seed for Bank OS
Maximum raises $30M seed led by CRV to build AI-native OS replacing FIS, Fiserv and Jack Henry cores, with first bank migration underway. (Source) 08-03-2026 23:12 |
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JPMorgan: Banks Settle Tokenized Payments in BIS Pilot
JPMorgan, Citi and UBS settle $1M across six currencies in 80 seconds using tokenized money during BIS pilot with 25 other banks. (Source) 07-31-2026 14:33 |
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Robinhood: Prediction Markets Hit 20% of Trading Revenue
Robinhood event contracts delivered $156m, beating equities at $129m and crypto at $100m, lifting prediction markets to 20% of trading revenue from 2% a year ago. (Source) 07-30-2026 11:17 |
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Ethereum: Block Space Revenue Share Hits 0.15%
Ethereum captures just 0.15% from Robinhood Chain while Arbitrum takes 10% and Robinhood keeps 89%, exposing ETH settlement layer pricing flaws amid $1788.65 price action. (Source) 07-14-2026 07:12 |
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Open USD: Float Battle Targets Circle Economics
Open USD draws Stripe, Visa, Mastercard, BlackRock and Coinbase into float competition Circle as partners seek to mint without issuer tax and capture reserve yield in stablecoin issuance economics. (Source) 07-10-2026 20:03 |
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AskVenice: Closes $65M Series A at $1B Valuation
AskVenice lands $65M Series A at $1B valuation for its private crypto AI platform launched in 2024. (Source) 07-01-2026 19:33 |
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Brett Harrison: CFTC Compute Futures Market Map
Brett Harrison details CFTC-regulated DCMs, index providers and spot platforms building US compute futures for GPUs, neoclouds and ETF issuers. (Source) 06-30-2026 16:03 |
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Open Standard: Launches Enterprise Stablecoin
Open Standard stablecoin from Patrick Collison draws Visa, Mastercard and Coinbase to Ethereum scale push as history of stablecoin adoption on Ethereum by enterprises stays limited. (Source) 06-30-2026 16:00 |
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Stablecoins: Banks Battle for Programmable Dollar
Stablecoins: Banks, fintechs and custodians compete for programmable dollar ownership as private stablecoins win distribution while tokenized deposits emerge as bank response. (Source) 06-29-2026 17:49 |
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Lex Sokolin: ZHCs Inevitable After Harnesses Commoditize
Lex Sokolin declares ZHCs inevitable as harnesses commoditize, citing Pierre de la Grand'rive Workers AI employees hitting $1M ARR and eliminating knowledge jobs workflow. (Source) 06-23-2026 08:40 |
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Stablecoins: Shift Focus to Fintech Operations
Stablecoins: Charters, ledgers and fraud controls now define winners in programmable regulated dollars race. (Source) 06-22-2026 15:24 |
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Peaq: Google ARD Announcement Spotlights Machine Economy
Peaq at $0.02 eyes Google ARD launch as machine economy narrative accelerates with AI agent discovery specs from major tech firms. (Source) 06-20-2026 08:01 |
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Bitcoin: Decouples From Nasdaq QQQ Since 2025
Bitcoin at $65779.58 diverges from Nasdaq as QQQ climbs while BTC flattens, breaking seven-year correlation that began in 2018. (Source) 06-15-2026 09:20 |