The Trillion-Dollar Syndicated Lending Market Still Runs on Email
Syndicated lending moves trillions of dollars annually and still runs on email and spreadsheets. Here is what that costs the market and what is starting to change.
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Wero at Money20/20: Europe's Payment Sovereignty Project Is No Longer Theoretical
Wero's CEO takes the stage at Money20/20 Amsterdam tomorrow. Europe's push to pay without Visa, Mastercard, or PayPal has moved from policy ambition to live product.
SoftBank's €75 Billion Bet on France Is Really a Bet on Its Grid
SoftBank committed up to €75 billion to build AI data centers in France. What France sold to get it was not incentives or talent. It was its electricity grid.
The CFTC Just Approved the First Regulated Bitcoin Perps in US History. Here Is Why That Took So Long
The CFTC approved the first regulated bitcoin perpetual futures in the US on May 29, 2026. What perps are, why they thrived offshore for a decade, and what changes now.
Starbucks Is Counting Milk by Hand Again. Is AI Just Vogue?
Starbucks retired its AI inventory tool after nine months. Klarna rehired the staff it replaced. Here is what the pattern reveals about how enterprises are buying AI right now.
Anthropic's $65 Billion Round: What the Money Is, Where It Goes, and Who Pays If It Doesn't Come Back
Anthropic raised $65 billion at a $965 billion valuation. What that money actually is, what it costs to run an AI company, and who absorbs the gap when the math gets hard.
MiCA's Hidden Fragility: What a UniCredit Warning Reveals About Europe's Stablecoin Bet
UniCredit's deputy vice chair warned Europe cannot replicate the US deposit backstop that saved crypto markets in 2023. MiCA makes the gap harder to ignore.