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Cross River Bank Makes $250M Bet on Crypto-Backed Lending

The deal reflects growing institutional interest in digital assets amid a more supportive regulatory environment.

Suman Bhattacharyya

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Jun 4, 2026

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Jun 8, 2026

Flutterwave's $40B Rail, Brass Integrating to Paystack MFB, and PayPal Freezes Kenya (TWIF Africa - 06/08)

Jun 7, 2026

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Jun 7, 2026

Fintech's $504B revenue record, Bitcoin's plunge, and the CFPB's continued unraveling (TWIF 6/7)

Jun 6, 2026

Ramp hits $44B, Kpler lands a $1B+ check, and more agentic finance deals (TWIF 6/6)

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Fundraises

Ramp hits $44B, Kpler lands a $1B+ check, and more agentic finance deals (TWIF 6/6)

AI spend management and trade intelligence dominate a heavy week for fintech funding.

Suman Bhattacharyya

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Jun 6, 2026

Breaking

Cross River Bank Makes $250M Bet on Crypto-Backed Lending

The deal reflects growing institutional interest in digital assets amid a more supportive regulatory environment.

Suman Bhattacharyya

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Jun 4, 2026

Exits & Deep Reads

SoFi's stablecoin launch, a $1.6B bank sale, and the fintech IPO window reopens (TWIF 5/31)

Plus: JPMorgan's $20B M&A war chest and a $150M fintech SPAC.

Suman Bhattacharyya

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May 31, 2026

DEEP READS

Exits & Deep Reads

SoFi's stablecoin launch, a $1.6B bank sale, and the fintech IPO window reopens (TWIF 5/31)

Plus: JPMorgan's $20B M&A war chest and a $150M fintech SPAC.

Suman Bhattacharyya

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May 31, 2026

Exits & Deep Reads

Blockchain.com files for IPO, 37 banks back euro stablecoin, Trump signs fintech EO (TWIF 5/24)

Also: Hana Bank bets $672M on crypto, NMI buys Dwolla

Suman Bhattacharyya

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May 24, 2026

Exits & Deep Reads

Wise, GCash, and Kraken Lead a Busy Week for Fintech Exits (TWIF 5/17)

Also: SoFi, Carta and NAB go shopping.

Suman Bhattacharyya

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May 17, 2026

Exits & Deep Reads

AmexGBT goes private for $6.3B, Kraken buys into stablecoins (TWIF 5/10)

Corporate travel, crypto payments, and tokenized securities headlined this week's biggest deals.

Suman Bhattacharyya

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May 10, 2026

Exits & Deep Reads

Fintech M&A heats up as OPay, Airtel Africa line up big-ticket IPOs (TWIF 5/3)

Suman Bhattacharyya

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May 3, 2026

Exits & Deep Reads

Franklin Templeton wraps crypto into its $1.7T of assets via Coinfund spinoff (TWIF 4/5)

Nik Milanović

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Apr 5, 2026

SIGNALS

A treasure trove of Pix

Brazil's real-time payment system offers more than meets the eye

Matt Jones

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May 5, 2026

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