Stripe
Digital Economy
Stripe’s $53 Billion PayPal Bid: The Fight to Own Stablecoin Checkout
Stripe and Advent's $53B bid for PayPal is a bet to vertically integrate stablecoin payments. What it means for cross-border money and Algeria.
Startups
Visa and Bridge Are Taking Stablecoin Cards to 100+ Countries — But the Hard Part Is Adoption
Visa and Stripe-owned Bridge are expanding stablecoin cards from 18 markets to 100+ countries by 2026, spendable at 175M merchants worldwide.
Digital Economy
Payments Giants Unite: Stripe, Visa, Mastercard and Coinbase Plot a Stablecoin to Challenge Tether
⚡ Key Takeaways Stripe, Visa, and Mastercard are close to launching a joint stablecoin platform, with Coinbase evaluating participation. The...
Digital Economy
PayPal’s 85% Crash: How the Pioneer of Digital Payments Lost Its Edge
⚡ Key Takeaways PayPal’s stock has crashed 85% from its July 2021 peak of $308.53, and the company fired its...
Digital Economy
Stripe’s Tempo Blockchain: Rewriting Global Payments at 100K Transactions Per Second
Stripe's Tempo blockchain launched mainnet with 100K TPS and a Machine Payments Protocol for AI agents. Visa, Deutsche Bank, OpenAI among design partners.
Digital Economy
Embedded Finance: When Every App Becomes a Bank
You open a ride-hailing app to request a car. Before you close it, you check your in-app wallet balance, pay your driver a tip, and take out a short-term micro-loan to cover a bill coming due next week.
Skills & Careers
Technical Writing in the AI Era: The Most Underrated Skill in Technology
The Skill Nobody Talks About at Career Fairs At every tech career fair, the booths for software engineering, data science, and product management draw crowds. The technical writing booth — if there is one — sits quietly in the corner.
