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The share of U.S. adults who said they have invested, traded or used a cryptocurrencyšŸ“ˆ
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LoveFrom brought a ray of sunshine to HCI, but insights come from the trenches, particularly The Browser Company's latest learnings: 1. Webpages wonā€™t be the primary interface 2. The Web isnā€™t going anywhere 3. New interfaces start from familiar ones https://browsercompany.substack.com/p/letter-to-arc-members-2025
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American Express. The last US major to serve as both credit card issuer and network šŸ’³ No stranger to big bank owners, the Capital One <> Discover merger signals another chapter for Discover, whose last was Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Discover (1997 - 2007).
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Bitcoin keeps raising the ceiling on crypto's upward volatility & is worth celebrating loudly, while stablecoins have been quietly dominating value transfer & adding nearly a quarter trillion in financial stability. Money Talks. Wealth Whispers.
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Despite the "experience paradox" leading to junior roles being filled by senior ICs, remember: 1) Skipping junior hiring entirely risks breaking the talent pipeline and 2) Building multi-generational companies requires intentional development of emerging talent
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SignalFire's 2025 State of Talent Report did uncover some jarring startup labor market data, such as: 1) Tech companies have reduced new grad hiring by over 50% from pre-pandemic levels and 2) Startups now allocate less than 6% of roles to new grads https://www.signalfire.com/blog/signalfire-state-of-talent-report-2025
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eToroā€™s IPO priced at $52.00, opened at $69.69, and still holding strongšŸ’¹ Wall Street analysts draw future comp lines into Klarna & Chime offerings. Iā€™m keen to trend them against Coinbase & Galaxy, both making potential telltale market movesšŸ“ˆ https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/NASDAQ-ETOR/
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"How will Galaxy's transition to a public company on NASDAQ impact its ability to expand its AI and data center infrastructure investments while continuing to bridge traditional finance and digital asset economy?" Best question goes to Karen O'QuinnšŸ—£ļø https://www.galaxy.com/glxy
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The 2026 Dubai Cashless Strategy is getting closer to reaching its 90% goal, should the cashless B2G transactions MoU with Crypto(dot)com fully materialize. https://mediaoffice.ae/en/news/2025/may/12-05/dubai-finance-signs-mou-with-cryptocom
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ā€œIn our own day, the church offers everyone the treasury of its social teaching in response to another industrial revolution and to developments in the field of artificial intelligence that pose new challenges for the defense of human dignity, justice and labor,ā€
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Zā€™s transition from venture capitalist to venture builder is a lot of usā€¦oscillating mindsets & skillsets depending on what side of the table weā€™re currently seated on with startups. Learn to love the learning loop ā™¾ļø
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Grubhub moving from Seamless to Wonder ($650M), DoorDash acquiring UK's Deliveroo ($1.9B), or the UberEats-Instacart partnership continuing to flirt...we're all standing by the door, staring at our screens, waiting.
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Opaquely calculated delivery fees suck, plain & simple. Less simple, is determining if all this delivery app M&A activity is a bane or a boon.
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ā€œEscape competition through stillness, but raise capital like itā€™s war.ā€ QuoteMeMore & NavalGPT might be a hoax, but the wisdom is still soundšŸ§ 
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Exactly 50 years ago was Day One after Mayday ā€” when the SEC abolished fixed brokerage commission rates and introduced a system of negotiated rates ā€” enabling an ongoing arc of accessible investing for all. Today, more Americans own stocks than have Netflix subscriptions.
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OpenAI, Yahoo!, Perplexity, or Rumble ā€” Which do you trust to ā€œnot be evilā€ if potentially cleared to purchase an internet browser that owns well over half of the entire market share? https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/google-chrome-antitrust-interested-buyers-openai-perplexity
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Another proof point against NFTs being primarily accessed via permissions platformsā€¦even if run by timeless brands. https://www.theblock.co/post/352129/nike-class-action-lawsuit-nft-rtfkts
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"And Google took more than its fair share on both sides of that equation." -- Rohit Chopra, former commissioner of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and former head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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"All of us want to make sure that there is a free and fair internet that is open for new competitors."
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"But what the court has found is that Google engaged in a scheme to choke off competition when it comes to online ads. Now, so many local publications, small content creators ā€“ they depend on the revenue from ads, and all sorts of businesses spend money to advertise online."
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