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Wall Street’s Inflation Alarm From Iran — What It Means for Crypto
Wall Street is flashing inflation warnings. From the bond market to the C-suite, signals are mounting that the US-Israeli strikes on Iran could reignite the price pressures the Federal Reserve has spe...

Crypto Hardware Wallet Provider Ledger Introduces Velora to Enhance DeFi Solutions with Improved Security
French hardware wallet provider Ledger has launched Ledger Velora, a platform designed to streamline access to decentralized finance (DeFi). This new initiative builds on the foundation of ParaSwap, t...

Platforms Expand SMB Lending as Working Capital Demand Rises
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) ended 2025 sharpening their demand and reliance on platform-based working capital. Earnings disclosures indicate that those balances grew meaningfully year ove...

Intuit is betting its 40 years of small business data can outlast the SaaSpocalypse
Intuit has lost around a third of its market cap since the beginning of the year. It's not alone. Many established SaaS players have seen their stock prices fall in recent months, including Adobe and ...

Nasdaq Files for ‘Outcome-Related Options’ Product in Bid To Siphon Market Share From Kalshi and Polymarket
The Nasdaq wants to compete with Polymarket and Kalshi. The stock exchange has filed a proposed rule change with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to list and trade “Outcome-Related ...

XRP faces a brutal 2026 paradox as XRPL adoption surges and the token captures little value
The XRP Ledger (XRPL) is starting to look like a financial back end that traditional finance can adopt without changing itself too much. This is because tokenized funds can sit on the ledger, and stab...

Apple Debuts Lower-Cost Version of iPhone 17
Apple has introduced what it calls a more durable and affordable iPhone 17. The iPhone 17e, which was announced Monday (March 2) and starts at $599, is a scaled-down cousin to the tech gi...

Investors Ramp up Bets on the Agent Economy
Artificial intelligence (AI) agents are moving beyond simple automation to ease the human bottleneck across finance and enterprise workflows. Led by Sphinx Labs’ $7.1 million seed round and Basis’...

Pluvo Secures $5 Million to Turn Financial Data Into Answers
Pluvo raised $5 million in a seed round to scale its artificial intelligence-native financial analysis platform for finance teams. The company’s platform delivers analysis that chief fina...

Ex-Trump Official Wants Prediction Markets Regulated By States
An ex-Trump administration official is calling on states to regulate prediction markets. Mick Mulvaney, a former congressman and acting chief of staff for the first Trump White House, spok...

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