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Reeves Birner
Independent market analyst, sharing data driven insights on financial trends in tech and global economies
Stories by Reeves Birner
68 Decacorns in the Top 100 Unicorns: How $10 Billion Startups Became the New Normal6 min · Read 
Five Hectocorns in the Top 100: The Rise of $100 Billion Private Companies6 min · Read 
Nearly 200 Fintech Unicorns Valued Above $800 Billion: Hurun’s Global Fintech Rankings6 min · Read 
Global Unicorn Valuation Reaches $5.2 Trillion: WIPO’s 2025 Innovation Economy Report6 min · Read - PwC Reports Top 100 Unicorn Valuation Rose $895 Billion in 2025: A 44% Surge6 min · Read
- UK Finance Reports 95% of Eligible In-Store Payments Are Contactless6 min · Read
- Interac Says Digital Payments Account for 88% of Canadian Transaction Volumes in 20256 min · Read
- Canada Targets Early-2026 Launch for Consumer-Driven Banking Framework6 min · Read
- 68% of UAE Consumers Prefer Card or Mobile Payments: Mastercard’s Cashless Survey6 min · Read
- UAE Mobile Wallet Market Forecast: The Road to $8.28 Billion by 20306 min · Read
- UAE Mobile Wallet Market Reaches $4.18 Billion: The Gulf’s Digital Payment Revolution6 min · Read
- Dubai’s Cashless Strategy: Targeting 90% Non-Cash Transactions by 20266 min · Read
- Germany Cash Acceptance at 99.4%: Why Europe’s Largest Economy Still Loves Physical Money6 min · Read
- Australia’s NPP Moves $7 Billion a Day: How Real-Time Payments Reshaped Australian Finance6 min · Read
- Moneris Sale at $2 Billion: Inside Canada’s Largest Payments Processor Deal6 min · Read
- Payments Canada Reports $12.2 Trillion in Transaction Value: Inside the National Payment Ecosystem6 min · Read
- Stripe Processes $1.9 Trillion in 2025: How the Payments Giant Captured 1.6% of Global GDP6 min · Read
- UK Removes £100 Contactless Limit in March 2026: What It Means for Digital Payments6 min · Read
- UK Contactless Spending Hits £26.4 Billion in a Single Month: The Cashless Acceleration6 min · Read
- 145 Authorised Third-Party Providers: Inside the UK Open Banking Ecosystem6 min · Read
- UK Open Banking Delivers £4 Billion to the Economy: The Business Case for API Finance6 min · Read
- UK Open Banking Payments Near 33 Million Monthly: How API-Driven Finance Is Going Mainstream6 min · Read
- UK Open Banking Connections Reach 16.5 Million: The 36% Growth Story of 20256 min · Read
- The Global Mobile Wallet Market Reaches $16.31 Billion in 20266 min · Read
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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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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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