Now clients can invest in crypto through traditional financial institutions—and neither will have to directly hold digital currency.

The crypto-wary regulator is expected to pave the way for easier investment in Bitcoin over the next week.

India’s CBDC setbacks suggest the digital euro will have to overcome many hurdles

Precipitously decreased funding is creating headwinds for fintech, but emerging environmental and regulatory crises will present innovative startups and vendors with lucrative opportunities in 2024.

Ad spending growth is tapering off, but major changes are coming to the market, including the deprecation of third-party identifiers, a new era in TV ad measurement, and growing use of AI in advertising.

This time, it’s the former CEO of the world’s largest bitcoin and altcoin crypto exchange.

The FTX founder will face the consequences of his illegal crypto dealings—but how does publicity around the trial affect the financial services industry?

FIs must prioritize inclusion of the booming Latino community, which faces barriers in traditional banking—but shows high fintech engagement.

The SEC stepped up its crackdown on crypto after filing civil charges against Coinbase and Binance.

Gen Zers are flocking to emerging payment methods, but card-based options, led by debit cards, remain supreme. Payment providers must align offerings with Gen Z’s preferences now as their spending power grows.

The crypto winter has brought assets crashing down to earth and dampened payments growth. But key crypto payment use cases remain intact, drawing continued investment from major payment providers. This helps set a path for US crypto payment adoption to grow by a 21.3% average annual rate from 2022 to 2025 and worldwide volume to grow by 12.6%.

Cryptocurrency volatility has tempered expectations for crypto payments. But it hasn’t erased them: Retail, remittance, and cross-border B2B payments remain in growth mode.

Despite a tough few months, Stripe is willing to invest in crypto. Industry rivals may need to take note.

It launched crypto transfers between Venmo users and through external wallets and exchanges.

Digitization has reduced consumers’ remittances costs worldwide, reshaping the competitive battlefield. Money transfer operators must follow new playbooks to monetize this $800 billion market.

On today's episode, we discuss how sports betting in the US became an overnight market and how many folks will own cryptocurrency going forward. "In Other News," we talk about Substack's new tweet-like feature "Notes" and how YouTube is pricing NFL Sunday Ticket. Tune in to the discussion with our director of forecasting Peter Newman and analyst Andrew Spink.

Between bank collapses and a prolonged crypto winter, 2023 has not been kind to the banking industry. But that doesn’t mean things can’t turn around. Here are five charts on what’s good (consumer trust remains steady), what’s bad (crypto’s downfall continues), and some areas of opportunity (the rise of ChatGPT).

Web3 is intrinsically linked to crypto, which is in crisis. Web3 users can’t touch applications without touching crypto.