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Sam Boboev Founder at Fintech Wrap Up
Stripe – yes, that Stripe, the $90B fintech known for online payments – just decided to build its own Layer-1 blockchain network called Tempo. The announcement dropped in early September 2025, when Stripe’s CEO Patrick Collison took to X to say that “existing blockchains are not optimized” for the booming use of stablecoins on Stripe’s platform. ...
14 September 2025 /payments /crypto
Nkahiseng Ralepeli VP of Product: Digital Assets at Absa Bank, CIB.
If you want to see what the future of money looks like, start where the problems are hardest. Sub Saharan Africa pulled in more than $205B in on chain value between July 2024 and June 2025, up 52%, making it the third fastest growing crypto region. That headline number is not a bull market flex, it is a signal that digital assets are graduating fr...
13 September 2025 /crypto /markets
John Bertrand MD at Tec 8 Limited
A ready reckoner is a printed book containing pre-calculated values, often multiples of given amounts, available in the UK before decimalisation in 1971 – when 12 pennies became 10. Stablecoin is a new digital form of money and represents the paper money at par, for example, one Wyoming’s new Stablecoin, Frontier is equal to one US Dollar. The end...
11 September 2025 /regulation /crypto Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Paul Quickenden Chief Commercial Officer at Easy Crypto
Every time Bitcoin summits a new high price, the collective room does the same dance: whoops, screenshots, a victory lap… and then a very long inhale. The chorus follows on cue: “Is this the top?”; “Am I too late?” and “Should I sell?” Peaks are often exhilarating not only because of what they promise, but because of what they threaten - the next...
08 September 2025 /crypto /markets
Alex Malyshev CEO, Co-founder at SDK.finance, white-label FinTech Platform
For years, cryptocurrency and traditional finance were seen as parallel worlds. Banks focused on fiat. Crypto exchanges focused on digital assets. Payment service providers largely stayed on the sidelines. That separation is no longer sustainable. Today, clients expect to move between crypto and fiat currencies as easily as they transfer money betw...
08 September 2025 /crypto
Stablecoins are crypto with a reserve of assets, one -to-one in value associated with the coins outstanding. Assets are of high-quality liquid value e.g. short-term US T-bills or commodities, such as gold. In September 2025 The Bank of England (BoE) reflected on its new wholesale Real Time Gross Settlement System (RT2) which includes ‘multi-money’....
05 September 2025 /payments /crypto Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Jas Shah Fintech Strategist at Fintech: Under the Hood
Hey Fintechers and Fintech newbies 👋�� It feels like there's at least one major stablecoin announcement each week now, and it’s become the norm. Just recently: BVNK now covers all 50 US states - The full-stack stablecoin payments provider announced the expansion of its stablecoin services across the US, and is able to support customers ...
01 September 2025 /crypto
Retired Member
Since President Trump has signed the GENIUS Act a lot has been published on what that could bring to the traditional financial sector. It opens doors for traditional financial institutions (FIs) to enter the digital asset space with fewer regulatory hurdles. Banks can now more easily offer crypto services and provide banking to crypto businesses i...
24 August 2025 /crypto Blockchain Observations
Imagine sipping coffee with a fellow fintech nerd when they drop this bombshell: “Did you hear Stripe and Circle are both building their own Layer-1 blockchains?” It sounds crazy, but it’s true. In the past few months, payments giant Stripe (yes, that Stripe) and stablecoin issuer Circle have each unveiled plans for custom L1 blockchains – Stripe’...
24 August 2025 /payments /crypto
Parminder Saini CEO at Triple Minds
Excerpt of Crypto Enforcement Team Implemented by the FCA to Target Rogue Firms The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has officially formed a dedicated Crypto Enforcement Team to actively identify and eliminate rogue crypto firms operating without regulatory approval in the UK. This move comes amid increasing concerns about fraudulent schemes, mon...
21 August 2025 /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
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