Simon Taylor
@sytaylor
#Fintech Geek. Ranting @ http://fintechbrainfood.com
Solid take. The Forbes covers are happening. Crypto treasury companies are going public. Bitcoin whales are selling. In hindsight it will be inevitable
I think within the next 24 months, we’re going to witness an AI company that was one of the fastest growing companies of all time and realize that revenue was fake (not predicting who that is just think it’s an inevitable) We will have an Elizabeth Holmes of AI ARR
Exactly this But that's how innovation always happens Haters go from 1. Let me tell you why this will never happen to 2. Let me tell you how this will happen
I love how quickly people have pivoted from "No one will want to use a stablecoin" last year to "Stablecoin=prepaid on steroids!" today. I don't know why I'm surprised.
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Tokenized Podcast LIVE in London 💂 “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘰” → Founder at [Redacted] From behind the screen and in your ears, to up close and personal, Tokenized is hosting its inaugural Tokenized Live Podcast in London! 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀:…
More: Why Every European Card Scheme Dies by @sytaylor linkedin.com/pulse/why-ever…
My sense is the FDIC maxis did not really understand the financial crisis. Izzy is on point here (as ever) Cc @CampbellJAustin @nic__carter
Why the 2008 crisis is far from over 👇 1/2 Now that @robilypj and Carlo Palombo have been exonerated it’s worth remembering that absolutely nobody faced criminal charges at the executive level for what happened in 2008. On the contrary, 17 years later, we are only now…
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1/ State of Onchain Payments 2025 is now live. Onchain payments are growing fast, but most teams still lack the data to design better experiences. We surveyed 1,000+ users and analyzed 300M @WalletConnect sessions to understand what’s working, what’s broken, and what’s next.
Now that's something
BREAKING: $50 BILLION PAYMENTS GIANT SQUARE JUST TURNED ON #BITCOIN LIGHTNING PAYMENTS FOR ITS FIRST MERCHANTS 4 MILLION SELLERS ABOUT TO ACCEPT BTC. HUGE 🔥
Y tho
JUST IN: 🚨 Polymarket is considering launching its own stablecoin.
Why did Stripe acquire Privy? The tools to build stablecoin applications have been subpar. We are still early in the adoption curve, but also in the product curve. Central to everything in this space are wallets. Stripe think that Privy can accelerate application development…
I'm gonna be in SF, and potentially recording a live podcast on 20th August. Who'd wanna be involved?
Stripe broke the internet when they spent $1.1bn for Bridge. But this was a small part of a bigger master plan. In this Exclusive @TokenizedPod Interview, President of @Stripe Will Gaybrick takes us behind the scenes... 🧵
From Fintech to stablecoins Stablecoin Issuers = partner banks Chains = payments processors Stablecoin APIs = BaaS infra Wallets = Accounts