Posts By Reeves Birner
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203BlockchainWhy Blockchain Adoption Is Accelerating
On January 10, 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission approved 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs simultaneously. Within 11 months, these funds accumulated...
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177BlockchainThe Growth of Blockchain in Financial Services
Deutsche Bank spent $5.4 billion on technology in 2024, with blockchain infrastructure accounting for a growing share of that budget. The bank...
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221BlockchainHow Blockchain Is Transforming the Fintech Landscape
Stripe added stablecoin payment processing in 2024, allowing merchants to accept USDC and settle in dollars without handling crypto directly. The company...
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199Blockchain
Why Blockchain Is Critical to Digital Finance
When the European Investment Bank issued a €100 million digital bond on Ethereum in November 2023, it did not use blockchain because...
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231Blockchain
The Role of Blockchain in Future Financial Systems
In 2015, the World Economic Forum predicted that 10% of global GDP would be stored on blockchain by 2027. That estimate now...
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235Blockchain
How Blockchain Enables Transparent Financial Services
When FTX collapsed in November 2022, auditors discovered that the exchange had been lending customer deposits to its sister company Alameda Research...
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255Blockchain
Why Blockchain Is Becoming Financial Infrastructure
Broadridge Financial Solutions processes over $10 trillion in fixed-income transactions daily. In 2024, the company expanded its Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) platform,...
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236Blockchain
The Next Stage of Blockchain Innovation
Ethereum’s Dencun upgrade in March 2024 reduced Layer 2 transaction costs by over 90% overnight. A transaction on Arbitrum that cost $0.50...
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231Blockchain
How Blockchain Is Transforming Global Finance
In Dubai, a government-owned free zone called DIFC (Dubai International Financial Centre) granted crypto exchange licences to Binance, OKX, and Bybit in...
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194Blockchain
The Rise of Blockchain-Enabled Financial Ecosystems
Ethereum hosts over 4,000 decentralised applications, processes $50 billion in weekly DeFi volume, and secures more than $80 billion in total value...
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252Blockchain
Why Blockchain Is Reshaping Fintech Innovation
A fintech startup in 2015 needed a banking licence (or a bank partner willing to sponsor one), a payment processor integration, a...
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205Blockchain
How Blockchain Improves Financial Connectivity
A corporate treasurer at a multinational company manages an average of 27 banking relationships across different countries, currencies, and time zones. Each...
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222Blockchain
The Long-Term Impact of Blockchain on Finance
The first-order effects of blockchain on finance are well documented: faster settlement, lower transaction costs, and programmable assets. But the more consequential...
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271Digital Marketing
Why Thought Leadership Is Essential for Fintech Startups
When Plaid was a seed-stage startup in 2013, its co-founders published detailed technical articles about banking API infrastructure before the company had...
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346Digital Marketing
How Fintech Companies Build Credibility Through Industry Publications
When Ripple’s CEO Brad Garlinghouse published an op-ed in the Financial Times arguing for regulatory clarity on cross-border crypto payments, the article...
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267Digital Marketing
The Role of Media Coverage in Fintech Brand Growth
When Stripe announced its $6.5 billion Series I raise in March 2023, the funding round generated over 2,000 media articles within 48...
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285Digital Marketing
Why Fintech Startups Need Strong Digital PR Strategies
In January 2024, the SEC approved 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs. Within hours, fintech companies that had prepared commentary were quoted in Bloomberg,...
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242Digital Marketing
How Fintech Founders Build Authority Through Thought Leadership
Patrick Collison, co-founder of Stripe, maintains a personal website with curated reading lists, book recommendations, and essays about technology and economic growth....
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204Digital Marketing
The Importance of Publishing Industry Insights for Fintech Companies
When Plaid published its annual “Fintech Effect” report, it did not include a single mention of Plaid’s product. The report surveyed thousands...
