Week’s Most Interesting
Big Tech’s New BIG Legs?
In an effort to avoid wasting anyone’s time, this ‘week’s most interesting’ has absolutely nothing – NOTHING – to do with fintech, payments, software or
The Heavenly, ‘Unholy’ Union btw Debt & SaaS Startups
Heading home from my first in-person SaaStr event in the San Francisco Bay Area this week, I was struck by a trend that continues to
Echoes of the Past – Shopify v. Amazon Elicits Memories of ‘PayPal Wars’
Back in early 2000, a nascent PayPal – pre-merger with Elon Musk’s X.com – led by two of its founders – Luke Nosek and David
I Love Debt
For the second week in a row, a new breed of specialty finance concern – that which originates loans/ debt to high growth, B2B SaaS
You Cool Man?
Imagine what Ron “Slater-son” Slater would be saying today if he were in high school while the country was on the precipice of federal cannabis
Block Chokes on Bitcoin Loss – I Told You So
It wasn’t too long ago, June 26th for the record, when I wrote about the imminence of potential earnings misses for companies who parked Bitcoin
Senators Put Mastercard/Visa Oligopoly on Notice
In a major headline this week, the Wall Street Journal provided the payments and financial technology sectors a heaping portion of Dodd-Frank redux, with a
Blockchain, NFTs Banned from No. 1 Video Game
Minecraft, the world’s most popular video game (number of copies sold), and the fourth most played (number of active player accounts), threw serious shade on
Stripe Cuts Internal Valuation By 28%
Privately held fintech and payments/payments orchestration giant Stripe let it be known to employees on Friday that its board approved a new independent 409A, internal
VC Firm Konvoy Launches New $150M Fund Eyeing Blockchain-Based Games
Konvoy Ventures, a thesis-driven venture capital firm, is on track to invest at least $30 million to support a variety of blockchain and cryptocurrency-based video