Neobanks spent 15 years handing rent to sponsor banks, but now they don't have to.
In the past 4 months:
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@coinbase applied for a national trust charter
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@nubank received approval to create a US bank
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@krakenfx got a Fed Master Account
They can now access legacy payment rails.
At the same time, traditional fintechs are plugging into global crypto rails:
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@SoFi launched SoFiUSD
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@stripe acquired
@Stablecoin ,
@privy_io and launched
@tempo
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@RobinhoodApp is launching Robinhood Chain
The stack is getting crushed from both ends and the winners will own both sides of it.
Let's dive into what's happening π