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AI: Banks scramble to lend $10B to Anthropic

Hi Fintech Futurists —

Today’s agenda is below.

  1. AI in FINANCE: Anthropic’s $10B pre-IPO credit facility reveals how Wall Street uses lending relationships to compete for lucrative investment-banking mandates.

  2. ANALYSIS: The Mon...

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Analysis: The Annotated Stripe Letter

Gm Fintech Architects —

Nobody asked me, but I marked up the Stripe Investor letter that explains why they are buying Open Router for $7B.

The full analysis is shared below, and is a preview of our premium writing.

  • Summary: We examin...
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DeFi: Do Prediction Markets Need a Prime Broker Yet?

GM Fintech Futurists,

Today, we highlight the below items:

  1. DIGITAL ASSETS: The Prime Broker Problem in Prediction Markets

  2. CURATED UPDATES: Financial Institutions and Adoption; DeFi and Digital Assets; Blockchain Protocols; NFTs...

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Analysis: Why Revolut Survived and the Metaverse Didn't, a Tale of Financial Fashions

Virtuals peaked at $16.5MM in monthly fees before falling more than 90% within four months, despite the underlying technology continuing to work.

Gm Fintech Architects —

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Podcast: AI Distribution for 5000+ Banks, with Fiserv Co-Head of Financial Solutions Srini Krish

Hi Fintech Architects,

In this episode, Lex chats with Srini Krish — Co-Head of Financial Solutions at Fiserv, one of the original fintechs, in business for nearly five decades and sitting at the intersection of commerce and banking.

Lex...

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  • Lex Sokolin

    Partner at Generative Ventures, investing in machine economy of Web3 + AI + Fintech. Ex Chief Economist & CMO at Consensys, Founder of Fintech Blueprint, AdvisorEngine, and NestEgg Wealth.

  • Laurence Smith

    All things #fintech and a little bit of football #WHUFC

  • Michiel Milanovic
  • Matt Low

    Co-Editor of The Fintech Blueprint

  • Luke Spill

    Building the future of artist finance. Oxford MBA. Ex-UMG. Writing about agentic AI, stablecoins & the systems reshaping money.

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