A weekly-style digest covering Japanese finance and fintech, pairing short news items on venture capital, payments, capital markets and digital assets with longer analytical pieces such as a Metaplanet convertible bond breakdown and MUFG's Krungsri acquisition of SFinance. Readers get a curated overview plus deeper financial-structure analysis of specific deals.
Website: https://www.fintechobserver.com/
Newcomer is a deeply reported newsletter on the inner workings of the startup and venture capital industry, written by Eric Newcomer and collaborators. Readers get analysis of fundraising, neocloud and AI infrastructure finances, fintech milestones, and promotion of the associated podcast and AI show.
Research-driven essays on crypto and fintech businesses, examining who captures revenue in onchain finance, how companies like Rain and Visa build and defend their economics. Readers get sourced, analytical breakdowns of retained revenue, valuations and payment infrastructure aimed at investors.
A daily crypto and fintech newsletter that mixes original explainers with guest essays on topics like stablecoin payments, AI data markets and crypto-adjacent lending. Readers get narrative-driven analysis of how these markets work, alongside some sponsored product placements.
A South African-based writer shares opinion essays on digital transformation through an African lens, covering data ownership, AI deception risks, and fintech. Readers get personal, sharply argued commentary that connects global tech news to African and postcolonial history.
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