Beyond Digital: Huawei’s Vision for an AI-Driven Finance Future
Digital transformation is evolving fast. At Huawei’s HiFS 2025, CEO Jason Cao unveiled the “Digital + AI Flywheel”, blending strong digital infrastructure with AI to reshape finance.
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Coinbase Starts H2 Strong with Liquifi Acquisition
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Circle Gains a Rival as Paxos Launches USDG in EU
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There’s a new USD-based stablecoin in town. Paxos has launched Global Dollar (USDG) across the EU, following approval under the region’s new MiCA framework.
Backed by Robinhood, Kraken, and Mastercard, USDG enters a market opening up to regulated dollar tokens. With oversight from Finland’s
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Kraken, Bybit, and Robinhood Race to Tokenize Wall Street Stocks
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Usually, I start the week with a team meeting, and this week we kicked it off with a question: What would make this newsletter even better?
After digging into the data (hello, stats!), we sat down to brainstorm. Some ideas were expected, such as more educational content,
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Lesaka Acquires Bank Zero in $62M Deal to Bolster SA FinTech Ambitions
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South African FinTech firm Lesaka Technologies is making a bold move to solidify its digital banking footprint with the R1.1 billion (~$62M) acquisition of Bank Zero, a digital-only mutual bank.
The all-equity-and-cash deal, still subject to regulatory approvals, will see Lesaka acquire 100% of Bank Zero’