Mariela Tanchez

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In an AI world, people want reality…. We chatted with Stefan about the real convergence of devices, traditional businesses and crypto. What do you think?

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JUST IN: 🇨🇭 Switzerland officially approves its first spot Bitcoin ETF for retail investors.

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Fintech and crypto news in 5 mins:

1. Revolut secures a Gibraltar license to expand its global crypto operations.
2. Institutional crypto in DeFi lending vaults see a surge in activity, highlighting growing demand for crypto-backed lending.
3. Payoneer research reveals that 69% of businesses already use stablecoins, signaling their growing role in global payments.
4. Sparkassen banks (biggest European network of banks) move into crypto, showing how traditional European banking is embracing digital assets.
5. BlackRock pushes for tokenized funds to be used as collateral in traditional finance, bringing blockchain-based assets closer to mainstream financial markets.

3 things to watch next:

• Institutional crypto adoption: Will crypto lending and traditional banking partnerships accelerate as more financial institutions enter the market?

• Stablecoins in business payments: Will stablecoins become a standard tool for cross-border transactions and everyday business operations?

• Tokenization and traditional finance: Can tokenized funds become widely accepted collateral and help bridge the gap between blockchain and established financial markets?

Europe’s economic challenges are unfolding alongside a major transformation in finance, as banks, fintech companies and asset managers increasingly embrace crypto, stablecoins and tokenization.

Will the convergence of crypto and traditional finance reshape the global financial system?

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👀 3 things to watch next:

• Stablecoin regulation: How exchanges respond to MiCA and whether other jurisdictions tighten their rules.

• AI-powered commerce: Can AI agents complete transactions securely, reliably and at scale?

• Tokenization and financial infrastructure: Will traditional finance and blockchain converge faster as regulated digital assets gain traction

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Quick run on this week crypto and financial news

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1. EU cracks down on non-compliant stable-coins.
2. FSB warns about global stablecoin risks.
3. Crossmint’s Agent Commerce Toolkit aims to help AI agents complete online purchases by combining payment credentials and checkout infrastructure.
4. FedEx + Stripe partnership targets SME financing and payments, showing how fintech is moving into everyday business operations.
5. eToro connects investing with AI assistants

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Did you get lost in @VitalikButerin ‘s post? Here is a quick 3 min summary of Vitalik for dummies

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Basically Vitalik is bringing attention to the need of higher standards for encryption while seeing the only solution at the moment to hold funds in an address that hasn’t signed any transactions (not recommending it though) as AI might be able to decrypt a private address soon

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Did you get lost in @VitalikButerin ‘s post? Here is a quick 3 min summary of Vitalik for dummies

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@ninja_writer21 The best is the guy behind grinding the woman… 🤣🤣 he is probably “closing a lead”

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The big theme today

What’s striking about today’s news is that tokenization and regulated digital assets are becoming the bridge between fintech and crypto.

If you’re following the industry from an investment/business perspective, I’d pay particularly close attention to tokenized securities, stablecoins, crypto custody, regulated exchanges and 24/7 settlement infrastructure over the next few months.

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5 minutes to get you the top news to follow this week

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1. OKX + NYSE parent ICE move toward 24/7 tokenized U.S. stocks
2. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong plans four new crypto licensing regimes
3. Bitcoin approaches $87K before reversing
4. TXSE raises $430M as Wall Street backs new Texas exchange
5. Europe faces pressure to tighten crypto oversight around Tether/USDT

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The work behind growth is rarely just “marketing"
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The crypto products that will actually win aren’t the ones that scream "blockchain". They’re the ones that make moving, spending, and earning money feel completely ordinary: 24/7, global, zero drama.

When the rails disappear and it just works like a good bank app, that’s when adoption stops being a marketing problem.

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@motion_so Motion

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@flopezluis Totalmente de acuerdo uno viene pagando una pasta en abogados y tramites, pagando impuestos, trabajando duro y esto pasa…

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@zamdoteth Hello

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@codewithimanshu Claude

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@cryptomanran @star_okx You should invite @benbybit there while you are at it :) dm if you want to make it happen 👌