April 13, 2026 @ 2:54 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Researchers from Google DeepMind, Microsoft Research, Columbia University, t54 Labs, and Virtuals Protocol propose the Agentic Risk Standard (ARS), a framework that applies financial risk management principles to AI agent transactions. Their paper, Quantifying Trust: Financial Risk Management for Trustworthy AI Agents introduces a settlement-layer… Read More

 Tagged Agentic Risk Standard, AI agent, Chandler Fang, Chi Wang, t54, Tianyi Peng

April 13, 2026 @ 10:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bitget Wallet is exploring the integration of self-custodial crypto payments into Japan’s stablecoin payment ecosystem through discussions with Netstars, a payment infrastructure provider. The initiative centers on how Web3 wallets can connect to existing merchant networks, marking a potential step toward bringing stablecoin payments into… Read More

 Tagged Alvin Kan, Bitget Wallet, japan, Netstars, self-custodial crypto

April 13, 2026 @ 8:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Shares of Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) are cratering in pre-market trading following an earnings beat that apparently did not top whisper expectations that it would crush its earnings. Goldman, the world’s top investment bank, saw its shares decline by over 4% before the market opened and… Read More

 Tagged goldman sachs, gs

April 13, 2026 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK fintech GoCardless has achieved a key milestone by posting its first-ever profitable quarter. This update from the financial technology provider represents a significant shift for the company, which is said to have prioritized expansion and innovation in the payments landscape. The positive results stem… Read More

 Tagged gocardless, uk, united kingdom

April 13, 2026 @ 7:58 am By Michael Wong  |  

Pipe, a Fintech firm offering embedded financing tools for small businesses, has raised $16 million in a funding round led by investors including Fin Capital and MaC Venture Capital, the company said. The deal marks Pipe’s first equity fundraising since it relaunched its embedded financing… Read More

 Tagged fin capital, funding round, pipe

April 12, 2026 @ 9:18 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The early effects of the ceasefire and an interesting take on tokenization highlight our Web3 Thoughts of the Week. CLARITY Act – tokenization legislation “While the US Congress debates how to fit tokenization into existing securities law, and European leaders build legal frameworks around third-party… Read More

 Tagged Aurelie Barthere, ceasefire, clarity act, Coin Bureau, dropprwa, Faisal Al Monai, legislation, nansen, Nic Puckrin, tokenization

April 12, 2026 @ 9:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alpaca noted in a blog post that Azerbaijan’s retail investors have long struggled to tap into international financial markets. Issues such as geographic distance, underdeveloped local capital markets (though now developing quite fast in recent years), inefficient account-opening procedures, and scarce investment choices have kept… Read More

 Tagged alpaca, azerbaijan, birbank invest, infrastructure, pasha capital

April 12, 2026 @ 8:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anthropic has entered a long-term partnership with cloud infrastructure service provider CoreWeave. The collab aims to boost the company’s processing capabilities, enabling the enhanced development and rollout of its flagship Claude suite of AI models. This arrangement grants Anthropic access to an array of Nvidia… Read More

 Tagged Anthropic, coreweave

April 12, 2026 @ 11:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Thredd—the AI-powered issuer processing platform—has joined forces with Cross River Bank, a provider of embedded financial infrastructure. The strategic partnership, unveiled on March 11, 2026, aims to simplify and accelerate how overseas fintech innovators establish operations in the United States, blending technology with regulatory know-how… Read More

 Tagged cross river bank, fintech, thredd

April 12, 2026 @ 10:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

VC activity across the Latin America region showed renewed strength in the first quarter of 2026, driven largely by a considerable surge in late-stage and growth-equity investments from international firms. According to the latest Crunchbase data shared with CI, startups in the region secured $1.03… Read More

 Tagged fundraising, latam, research, vc, venture capital