Fintech Monster
Fintech Monster is run by a solo editor with over 20 years of experience in the IT industry. A long-time tech blogger and active trader, the editor brings a combination of deep technical expertise and extended trading experience to analyze the latest fintech startups, market moves, and crypto trends.
Startups
Pendle’s decision to hold 2.4M STRC shares non-custodially shows they are serious about bringing complex, variable-rate assets into DeFi, aiming to be a bridge for institutional structured products.
Fri, 15 May 2026
Startups
Taurus snagging a MiFID II license is massive. It wipes out a ton of regulatory risk around tokenized assets in the EU, creating a fully compliant bridge between traditional finance and crypto.
Fri, 15 May 2026
Startups
The playbook here is simple but aggressive: they are buying an absolute ton of Bitcoin by selling their preferred stock. It's an incredibly powerful engine, but it completely relies on the market constantly wanting to buy those shares.
Fri, 15 May 2026
Startups
Svasth.ai is building an AI protocol to connect scattered health data, turning patient interactions into useful insights for better care in India.
Thu, 14 May 2026
Startups
HSBC analysts expect Alibaba Cloud's profits to jump 40% to 50%, thanks to their new custom AI chips that reduce reliance on foreign tech.
Thu, 14 May 2026
Crypto
Tether's T3 Financial Crime Unit froze over $450 million in illicit assets. This aggressive enforcement is great for compliance but raises questions about stablecoin liquidity.
Thu, 14 May 2026
Startups
The CLARITY Act wants to add the Treasury Department to oversee crypto. But its plan to ban yield on stablecoins is causing a major fight and could hurt DeFi innovation.
Thu, 14 May 2026
Startups
KyberSwap just rolled out "Smart Settlement" to make DeFi trading more efficient. It uses on-chain logic to reduce slippage and block MEV attacks and bad quotes.
Thu, 14 May 2026
Startups
AI agents are fundamentally changing digital commerce by surpassing $50 million in autonomous payments using the x402 protocol, establishing a new, machine-to-machine economic infrastructure layer.
Thu, 14 May 2026
Startups
BRICS nations are accelerating the adoption of local currencies, particularly the Chinese Yuan (CNY), for trade settlements, creating a functional, multipolar financial architecture that bypasses reliance on the US Dollar and Western-dominated payment rails.
Thu, 14 May 2026
Startups
Class-action lawsuits allege that Fenwick & West did more than merely advise on legal matters, accusing the firm of actively facilitating and concealing systemic financial fraud and the misappropriation of billions of dollars during the FTX collapse.
Thu, 14 May 2026
Crypto
Massive capital inflows into deep tech and aerospace IPOs signal a structural shift favoring tangible assets, potentially creating a counter-cycle that constrains upward liquidity and valuation growth in the cryptocurrency market.
Thu, 14 May 2026
