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Brex’s $5B Exit, The Agentic AI Era & Wall Street’s Crypto Pivot

The fintech landscape is undergoing a massive structural shift as the line between agile startups and massive incumbents blurs. In our lead story, Capital One has agreed to acquire corporate card darling Brex for $5.15 billion. Brex CFO Erica Dorfman notes the deal prioritizes scale and liquidity over peak private valuations, a sentiment echoed across the industry. This consolidation trend is visible elsewhere, as Affirm files to become a regulated bank to lower its capital costs, and Databricks secures $1.8 billion in debt to fuel growth. Artificial Intelligence is rapidly evolving from a buzzword into financial infrastructure. Decagon has hit a $4.5 billion valuation by deploying AI customer support agents, while new players like Mine (formerly Fizz) are raising capital to build "money agents" for young adults. We are seeing a surge in practical applications: Anthropic brings Claude directly into Excel for financial modeling, Ramp launches real-time budgeting tools and spreadsheet agents, and PayPal acquires Cymbio to strengthen its agentic commerce. These shifts raise a critical question: will AI kill traditional Fintech SaaS by commoditizing code, or will safety-first platforms like Anthropic become the new enterprise standard? On Wall Street, the crypto conversation is maturing into a battle for infrastructure. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink is calling for the entire financial system to run on a single blockchain to reduce settlement friction, while F/m Investments tests a tokenized Treasury ETF. However, tensions remain; the White House recently summoned banking and crypto leaders to debate market structure, even as Coinbase prepares for future quantum computing risks and firms like Ledger and BitGo pursue IPOs. Finally, the intersection of politics, regulation, and global markets is heating up. Donald Trump has sued JPMorgan for $5 billion over alleged "debanking," while regulators in Australia have ordered an audit of Airwallex. In a blow to the north, Y Combinator has quietly dropped Canada from its investment list. Meanwhile, Zelle expands its network to community banks, Revolut officially launches in Mexico, and Affirm moves deeper into the household economy by allowing rent payments via BNPL. https://vocaltechnologist.cyou