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Citi Digital Depositary Receipts Drag Private Shares Onchain
Citi is putting private-company equity on blockchain rails, giving wealthy and institutional clients a new pre-IPO investing route.
£40B Cap Rewrites Bank of England Stablecoin Rules
The BoE dropped wallet caps for stablecoins, choosing a £40B per-token limit that could make the U.K.'s 2027 regime usable.
Fake Betting Videos Drag Polymarket Into Trust Crisis
Reported fake betting videos put Polymarket’s trust problem front and center, raising doubts about whether its market signals reflect real conviction.
Fake Bets Drag Polymarket Into a Creator Trust Crisis
Polymarket reportedly paid creators to promote staged wins, turning fake bets into a credibility threat for prediction markets.
1,400 Jobs Hang On as Court Blocks CFPB Layoffs Again
A D.C. appeals court kept CFPB layoffs frozen, blocking up to 1,400 firings while the union fight continues.
AI Agents Crack Open Banks' Money-Moving Blind Spot
AI agents are gaining payment power before banks can verify whether software actions match a customer's intent.
BitGo Stock Rips 20% as $50 Million Buyback Tests IPO Pain
BitGo’s $50 million buyback sparked a 20% stock jump, but shares remain more than 65% below their $18 IPO price.
6.5M Fans Turn World Cup Payment Tech Into Visa's Lab
Visa is using 6.5 million World Cup fans as a payments stress test to see whether tap-to-pay habits stick after the final whistle.
PayPal Ventures Freezes Deals as Lores Cuts Deeper
PayPal Ventures has stopped new startup bets, a sharp sign that Enrique Lores is narrowing PayPal's focus during a deeper restructuring.
JPMorgan Wallet Hands BILL Holdings a Reconciliation Edge
BILL is plugging JPMorgan Wallet into Divvy Card reconciliation, turning messy payment matching into core fintech infrastructure.
NatWest AI Jobs Warning Throws 60,000 Bank Roles Into Doubt
NatWest’s CEO says AI will deliver some roles that exist today, putting its 60,000-person workforce under a harsher spotlight.
GoBTC Pay Targets Square With Bitcoin-First Checkout
GoMining’s GoBTC Pay lets merchants receive bitcoin by default, putting a BTC-native checkout model against Square’s fiat-first approach.