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Explore the latest in financial innovation, digital payments, mobile banking, and fintech regulations shaping the industry.
Adobe’s Figma Acquisition Failure: How European Regulators Killed the Biggest Software Deal of the Decade
Adobe’s stock dropped 17% on the day it revealed it was purchasing Figma for about $20 billion. Usually, victories don’t…
The Spotify Royalty Model Shakeup: Why Independent Artists Are Losing Millions to the Algorithm
A certain type of frustration develops gradually. It doesn’t reveal itself in a single negative instance. Stream by stream, policy…
The Corporate Concert Sponsorship Boom: Why American Express and Citibank Are Buying Up Live Entertainment
Between the headliner and the opening act, there’s a point where you notice the branding. the background of the stage.…
Shopify’s Logistics Retreat: The Financial Masterstroke of Focusing Exclusively on E-Commerce Software
A certain type of business decision appears to be a failure from the outside but appears to be brilliant in…
Behavioral Economics in the App Store: The Lucrative Science of Digital Habit Formation
Around 11 p.m., a small orange owl with a guilty expression appears on your screen, and it gives you a…
The Attention Economy Crash: Why Brands Are Slashing Ad Budgets on TikTok and Instagram
Neither a quarterly earnings call nor a boardroom announcement was the first indication that something was actually wrong. The comment…
Many people tell the story of Tim Sweeney as the kid who taught himself to code, made a game at…
The Tokenization of Real Estate – How Blockchain is Allowing Retail Investors to Buy Fractions of Commercial Skyscrapers
A commercial skyscraper usually costs tens of millions of dollars, takes a team of lawyers, and a lot of patience…
The K-Pop Financial Machine – How HYBE and BTS Engineered a Global Entertainment Monopoly
One instance from 2019 still has a lot to say. In a nation where Korean pop music was hardly mentioned…
The Smart Contract Legal Loophole: Why Traditional Commercial Insurance Firms Are Refusing to Underwrite Algorithmic Agreements
When an underwriter goes through a smart contract term sheet for the first time, there’s a certain silence. It’s not…

