Tagged: perspective

May 5, 2026 @ 8:45 am By JD Alois  |  

The American Bankers Association, Bank Policy Institute, Consumer Bankers Association, Financial Services Forum, and Independent Community Bankers of America issued a shared comment on the language regarding the compromise on stablecoin yield. This is the single biggest hurdle for the passage of the CLARITY Act, crypto… Read More

May 4, 2026 @ 9:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) will be a big beneficiary of the CLARITY Act, and with reports indicating the legislation will move to markup as soon as May 11, shares of the everything exchange are moving higher. As was recently reported, a deal has been agreed upon regarding stablecoin… Read More

May 4, 2026 @ 1:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In the fast-growing web3 and cryptocurrency space, new projects frequently emerge amid waves of excitement and online buzz. Kaspa is the latest example, drawing significant attention across platforms like X and other social channels. Promoters and advocates highlight Kaspa‘s so-called innovative features, positioning it as… Read More

May 1, 2026 @ 6:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

According to a report this afternoon, a compromise has been reached on the CLARITY Act and stablecoin yield. The CLARITY Act, or crypto market infrastructure legislation, has been held up by the banking industry, which fears competition from the digital asset sector. Banks worry that… Read More

April 28, 2026 @ 8:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) says consumers worry that digital assets will harm community banks. ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey says their polling proves that Americans “strongly support community bank views amid the ongoing debate over digital assets market structure.” Rainey… Read More

April 28, 2026 @ 7:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nigel Morris, Managing Partner at QED Investors, says he has never witnessed a shift as profound as the one driven by agentic AI. In his view, this technology is reshaping the entire Fintech industry in ways that go far beyond previous cycles of innovation. His… Read More

April 26, 2026 @ 1:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The recent turbulence across decentralized finance (including the fallout from the Kelp DAO incident) has led to industry professionals emphasizing more resilience over retreat. Joe Flanagan, co-founder and executive chairman at Maple Finance, has articulated a measured perspective. That being, rather than emerging diminished, the… Read More

April 24, 2026 @ 1:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Family offices are increasingly embracing alternative investments as a core strategy for long-term portfolio resilience, according to insights shared by Eric Poirier, the chief executive of Wealthtech Addepar. In a recent discussion, Poirier pointed to data from his firm’s platform showing that alternative assets now… Read More

April 23, 2026 @ 9:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Crypto market infrastructure legislation continues to meander through the US Senate as stakeholders struggle to reach an agreement on the bill’s final language. The Clarity Act, which passed the House last year, has struggled to gain traction in the Senate, as the legacy banking industry… Read More

April 21, 2026 @ 4:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, recently announced its acquisition of Bitnomial for up to $550 million in cash and stock. The move, which values Payward at $20 billion, secures a complete set of US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) approvals for a… Read More

April 18, 2026 @ 6:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

During a recent keynote address delivered in Washington DC, Piero Cipollone, member of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) Executive Board, argued that tokenization and distributed ledger technology (DLT) represent a rare opportunity to break a century-old pattern in finance. Despite waves of technological progress—from electronic… Read More

April 16, 2026 @ 12:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

This post on X distributed yesterday generated a good number of views. It includes a 2014 letter to the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that highlights the poor state of the US tax code. Donald Rumsfeld, an old pol who passed away in 2021, who… Read More

April 15, 2026 @ 11:02 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) recently produced a report on tokenization that said: “the journey towards tokenized markets will require time, continuous evolution, and strategic adaptation.” The bank added that legacy and hybrid systems will likely coexist for some time in parallel environments. “Reaping the… Read More

April 13, 2026 @ 11:19 am By JD Alois  |  

The American Bankers Association (ABA) has issued a statement countering the report by the Council of Economic Advisers, part of the Trump White House, which recently stated that stablecoin yield does no harm to banks but, if banned, harms consumers’ ability to generate value from stablecoin holdings. In… Read More

April 10, 2026 @ 5:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Polygon Labs’ recent move into stablecoins has been viewed positively by Fintech industry professionals. Artur Firstov, Chief Business Officer at Mercuryo, a payment infrastructure platform in the digital token space, has shared key insights with CI on this latest development. Artur Firstov of Mercuryo stated:… Read More

April 10, 2026 @ 12:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ruben Bombardi, the VARA General Counsel and Head of Regulatory Enablement, noted that the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) published its Guidance on the Virtual Asset Issuance Rulebook, setting out in practical terms how virtual assets are “created, disclosed, and brought to market” in Dubai…. Read More

April 10, 2026 @ 5:43 am By JD Alois  |  

As should have been expected by all, a research report published by the Trump administration’s Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) indicates that stablecoin yield will not impact lending at all. The FUD promoted by banks never held any merit but it was a great display… Read More

April 10, 2026 @ 3:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Strategy‘s (Nasdaq: MSTR) Michael Saylor is calling the Bitcoin bottom at around $60,000. Saylor, who has a net worth of around $8 billion, also claims that the rise of quantum computing tech does not pose a major threat to the Bitcoin network. According to Saylor’s… Read More

April 8, 2026 @ 1:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent report claims that Blockstream‘s founder Adam Back might actually be Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin (BTC), which is now the world’s largest cryptocurrency in terms of market cap and overall adoption. According to a detailed NYT probe, British cryptographer Adam Back… Read More

April 8, 2026 @ 6:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In his annual letter to investors, JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon shares timely observations that resonate across the fintech and traditional banking industries. Professionals in these fields have come to value these communications highly, viewing them as must-read documents packed with forward-looking analysis (although it… Read More