Dr Efi Pylarinou
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⚡ Legacy finance gets a tokenization upgrade! 😉 Goldman Sachs & BNY are tokenizing MMF shares using GS DAP® blockchain to create as they say "more liquid, clear, and useful" digital assets while maintaining traditional custody. Incumbents building the bridge to DeFi. This…

Perplexity AI, backed by Nvidia, is in talks with mobile makers to pre-install its AI-powered Comet browser, aiming to rival Google. 💥 ow.ly/kBEi50Wsjkm

BREAKING: The UK-India Trade Agreement just created the world’s most exciting fintech corridor UK PM @Keir_Starmer after meeting PM @narendramodi on FTA: “This is the biggest economically significant trade deal UK has made since leaving the European Union. It’s one of the most…
💳 Massive interoperability play! PayPal World connects India's UPI ($238B monthly volume), China's WeChat Pay, and Latin America's Mercado Pago on one platform. Users can now shop internationally "by clicking on the PayPal button without needing to set up a PayPal account."…
🚨 Sam Altman's terrifying warning to Wall Street: "A thing that terrifies me is apparently there are still some financial institutions that will accept the voiceprint as authentication for you to move a lot of money." We are unprepared for what's coming.…
💥 We're spending billions on cybersecurity and getting WORSE results every year. Why? Because it's incredibly easy to create a lie, but exponentially harder to detect one. @TonyFish breaks down the fatal asymmetry in digital deception - and what we can actually do about it.…
Sam Altman admits he didn't expect banks to be ChatGPT's early adopters. "Morgan Stanley, Bank of New York... we were like 'Are y'all sure?'" (Banking Dive) Banks saw the risk of NOT adopting AI as existential. buff.ly/9LtUS7H
How AI is Changing Our Understanding of Human Decision-Making 🧠 🤔 ow.ly/ffF450WsjJX

The institutional crypto playbook evolves: While others chase Bitcoin treasuries, Ether Machine is betting big on ETH yield with a $1.5B fund going public as $ETHM. Staking + restaking + DeFi = the new corporate crypto strategy? Former Consensys team leading the charge 🔥…
💥 🚀 Just dropped: Our groundbreaking #DavosForesight white paper with @J3DAI! 📥 Download the full whitepaper here: buff.ly/1PEikHb I facilitated "Economy, Money & Prosperity" - reimagining a world where well-being > wealth accumulation 💫 42 global thought leaders.…

🚀 Financial services are going ALL IN on AI agents! says NVIDIA`s blog Customer service use of generative AI more than doubled from 25% to 60% in just one year, with 90%+ reporting positive revenue impact. AI On: How Financial Services Companies Use Agentic AI to Enhance…

Jack Dorsey pumps $10M into a nonprofit focused on open source social media ow.ly/U1IP50Wsjvn

🏦 Sam Altman admits he didn't expect banks to be ChatGPT's early adopters. "Morgan Stanley, Bank of New York... we were like 'Are y'all sure?'" OpenAI’s Altman didn’t expect banks to take to AI so soon | Banking Dive Banks saw the risk of NOT adopting AI as existential.…

🚀 Big news for US crypto users! Telegram's TON wallet is now live for all 87 million American users. Built directly into the messaging app, it aims to make crypto more accessible than ever. Over 100M users globally already activated theirs! buff.ly/KZPT8gf
Denmark aims to host world's most powerful quantum computer 🇩🇰 ow.ly/Pkh550Wsjux

OpenAI Just Launched ChatGPT Agents — Here’s What You Need to Know buff.ly/YM0yn6X By @haroldsinnott Pre-built agents for businesses are the way.
Merchants are removing QR codes and people think it means UPI is dead. Fear spreads faster than facts. UPI transaction data proves this perfectly. Here's what 20+ years in fintech has taught me about separating noise from signal 🧵👇 @SpirosMargaris @psb_dc @efipm…
Mindset change it is. Because we all know "culture eats strategy for breakfast".
🌏Driving World-Class Bank Transformation in Asia Pacific: Technology transformation strategies and priorities among leading #banks in APAC. 🆕Report by @TabInsights, @TheAsianBanker & @FISGlobal: theasianbanker.com/assets/images/… #DigitalBanking #strategy #Asia #APAC
Digital wealth manager #Nutmeg posted a £40m loss for 2024, despite a jump in assets under management. The wealth platform, launched in 2012, owned by #JPMorgan since 2021, has not yet turned a profit. @FinancialNews. #WealthTech #WealthManagement fnlondon.com/articles/jpmor…