February, 2025

February, 2025

Dollar Tree Sells Family Dollar to Private Investors for $1 Billion
A decade after acquiring Family Dollar for more than $8 billion, Dollar Tree is selling the chain. A pair of private equity groups will acquire Family Dollar for $1 billion, according to a Wednesday (...

Three Macro Trends in GenAI for Financial Services
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and agentic models are revolutionizing financial services, transforming user experience, fraud detection, payments innovation and compliance processes, accor...

Grab Reportedly Seeking $2 Billion to Acquire Rival GoTo
Singapore-based ride-hailing/delivery platform Grab is reportedly trying to raise funds to acquire rival GoTo. The company is in discussions to obtain a bridge loan of up to $2 billion for the deal...

Block Cuts 8% of Staff Citing ‘Strategy’ and ‘Performance’ Reasons
Financial services company Block has reportedly laid off 8% of its workforce. The job cuts impact 931 people, TechCrunch reported, citing a Tuesday (March 25) email from Block Co-founder and CEO Ja...

Bitcoin Adoption Report: Low-Value BTC Transactions Growing, Long-Term Holding Increasingly Dominant
With almost one year elapsed since Bitcoin’s 4th halving, miners have endured a period of stabilization, adapting to “reduced block rewards, tighter margins, and shifting operational dynamics.” ...

Digital Insurance Firm Lemonade Reportedly Tops $1B of In Force Premium (IFP)
Lemonade (NYSE: LMND), the digital insurance company powered by AI and social impact, has passed $1 billion of In Force Premium (IFP). According to the announcement from Lemonade, this marks a signifi...

Venture Fund Accel Says Unicorn Founders Fuel Next Generation of Startups Across Europe, Israel
While certain malcontents bemoan successful individuals, the reality is that when markets reward innovative entrepreneurs, they tend to use this success to support others attempting to do the same. Th...

Securitize COO Shares Insights on Surge in Tokenized Treasuries and Adoption of Real-World Assets On-chain
In a recent statement, Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, envisioned a transformative future for investing, noting that if we can tokenize bonds and stocks tomorrow, it “would democratize investing in al...

Private Wealth Set for Growth with Total Opportunity, Addressable Market of $70T By 2033 – Report
In a Citi (NYSE:C) research report, diversified financials analyst Nicholas Herman and team explore private wealth, which looks poised for substantial growth with a total opportunity for the industry ...

US expands export blacklist to keep computing tech out of China
The US has added 80 organizations and companies to a trading export blacklist in an effort to prevent China from acq...

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