Author
Reeves Birner
Independent market analyst, sharing data driven insights on financial trends in tech and global economies
Stories by Reeves Birner
US Peer-to-Peer Payments in 2026: Zelle Crosses $1T, the Fight Moves Beyond Speed5 min · Read 
US Payment Service Providers: How Stripe at $1.4T and the Rejected $30B Settlement Reshaped 20244 min · Read 
US Wealth Management Technology in 2026: SEC Withdraws Predictive-Analytics Rule, AI Co-Pilots Move Into Production5 min · Read 
Zero-knowledge proofs in US finance: how privacy math is quietly rewiring compliance6 min · Read - Cross-chain bridges in US finance: how value moves between blockchains, and where the risk hides6 min · Read
- ISO 20022 in US payments: what richer message data actually unlocks for banks and fintechs6 min · Read
- Digital wallet infrastructure in the US: what sits behind Apple Pay, Google Wallet and the next layer of fintechs6 min · Read
- Peer-to-peer lending in the US: what is left of the original model, and what replaced it6 min · Read
- Wealth management technology in the US: the quiet rewiring of the advisor stack6 min · Read
- Automated market makers in US finance: how a constant-product equation became a $1T trading rail6 min · Read
- Equity crowdfunding in the US: ten years after the JOBS Act, what the data finally shows6 min · Read
- AI in US portfolio management: where machine learning has earned its seat, and where it has not6 min · Read
- Smart contract security auditing in US finance: how the audit industry grew up alongside the exploit losses6 min · Read
- How Kubernetes for Financial Systems Stopped Being a Controversial Choice in US Banks6 min · Read
- How the US FinTech Ecosystem Is Reshaping Itself in 2026: Rails, AI Underwriting and Embedded Finance6 min · Read
- How Consensus Mechanisms in America Are Maturing: Proof-of-Stake, Restaking and the Regulatory Bar Ahead6 min · Read
- Crypto Trading and Markets in America in 2026: ETFs, Custody and the New US Order Flow6 min · Read
- Payment Security and Fraud Prevention in the US in 2026: AI Risk Scoring, Passkeys and the Push-Fraud Problem6 min · Read
- Layer 2 Scaling in America in 2026: How Optimistic and ZK Rollups Are Carrying US Onchain Activity6 min · Read
- Real-World Asset Tokenization in America in 2026: $18B Live and the Issuers, Categories and Rules Driving It6 min · Read
- Contactless Payments in the US in 2026: How Tap-to-Pay Finally Won and What That Unlocks Next6 min · Read
- Personal Finance Apps in the US in 2026: How Budgeting, Saving and Credit-Building Tools Are Actually Used6 min · Read
- Web3 Financial Applications in America in 2026: Where Wallet-Native Finance Has Actually Found Users6 min · Read
- DAO Governance Models in America in 2026: How On-Chain Voting Has Actually Performed6 min · Read
More executive interviews
Founders, CEOs and technology leaders talk about what they build, how they fund it, and where AI, finance and data are taking their industries next.
Terence McMenamin
Pre-IPO Employees: Sell, Hold or Borrow? Techdollar CEO Terence McMenamin on Beating the Lockup Trap
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Grigorii Danileiko
The Secret to Grigorii Danileiko’s Success: Improving the Usability and Reliability of Enterprise Platforms
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Louis Régis
Inside Propr: How Louis Régis Is Taking Perp Prop Trading Onchain
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David Lucatch
GRND.io: David Lucatch on Staking, Rewards & Where Gold Fits Into Web3
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