This Week in Stablecoins: TradFi Doesn’t Want DeFi. It Wants Blockchain

This Week in Stablecoins: TradFi Doesn’t Want DeFi. It Wants Blockchain
This Week in Stablecoins: TradFi Doesn’t Want DeFi. It Wants Blockchain
July 17, 2026  |  Blockchain

The most important digital asset story this week was not the price of bitcoin, the launch of another cryptocurrency fund or even the continued expansion...

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Apple Retakes Top Valuation Spot as Wall Street Rewards Smart AI Spending
Apple Retakes Top Valuation Spot as Wall Street Rewards Smart AI Spending
July 17, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Apple has become the world’s most valuable company for the first time since April 2025, overtaking Nvidia, which had held the top spot since June...

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AI Firm Databricks Closes In on $188 Billion Valuation This Summer
AI Firm Databricks Closes In on $188 Billion Valuation This Summer
July 17, 2026  |  Investments

Databricks is raising a round of strategic funding at a $188 billion valuation and expects the round to close later this summer, the company said...

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Apple Demands Documents From Former Employees Now at OpenAI
Apple Demands Documents From Former Employees Now at OpenAI
July 17, 2026  |  Apple

Apple sent letters to about 40 former employees who now work at OpenAI, demanding that they preserve documents and communications and meet with Apple lawyers,...

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PayPal Board Calls $53 Billion Stripe-Advent Bid Inadequate
PayPal Board Calls $53 Billion Stripe-Advent Bid Inadequate
July 17, 2026  |  Acquiring

PayPal’s board believes the $53 billion takeover offer from Stripe and Advent International offered on July 15 undervalues the company. According to a report from...

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Panel: The Hidden Cost of B2B Payments Is Manual Work, Not Fees
Panel: The Hidden Cost of B2B Payments Is Manual Work, Not Fees
July 17, 2026  |  B2B Payments

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The Best Buy Now Pay Later Customer Is Not Who Banks Think
The Best Buy Now Pay Later Customer Is Not Who Banks Think
July 17, 2026  |  Consumer Finance

Financial institutions have traditionally organized customers using familiar metrics: income, assets, credit score and spending patterns. Those variables determined who qualified for a mortgage, which...

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Study: Issuers Improve Returns by Solving the Next Customer Friction
Study: Issuers Improve Returns by Solving the Next Customer Friction
July 17, 2026  |  Credit Cards

The operating assumption in card issuing is that better technology should produce better economics. Card issuers have largely won the technology-access battle. Instant issuance, mobile...

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Spendability Emerges as the Next Test for Digital Assets
Spendability Emerges as the Next Test for Digital Assets
July 17, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

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