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Benchmark Joins the Late-Stage Crowd

By Laura Mandaro · Jun 4, 2026 4:48pm PDT · 1 comment
For most of this decade, venture capital has morphed from a game of spotting the best young startups to making a more complex range of investments—from public stocks and cryptocurrencies to multibillion-dollar bets on older startups. General Catalyst even bought a hospital system!But industry stalwart Benchmark had held fast to a definition of... For most of this decade, venture capital has morphed from a game of spotting the best young...
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Can Crypto Beat the Banks and Win Over Washington?

By Ken Brown · May 13, 2026 8:00am PDT
This is a critical week for the crypto industry. The most important crypto law ever to hit Congress is about to take a big step forward, and with the crypto market in the doldrums, the timing couldn’t be better.This could be the last chance for the long-delayed bill to become law, as vacations and election season suck up much of the rest of the... This is a critical week for the crypto industry. The most important crypto law ever to hit...
Art by Mike Sullivan

Crypto Hack Puts Big Lender in Turmoil

By Yueqi Yang · Apr 23, 2026 11:42am PDT
The latest in a series of crypto hacks has spread turmoil across the market, toppling the biggest lender in the industry, freezing billions of dollars in assets and causing big losses for highly leveraged traders. The hack, which involved $290 million of fraudulent tokens, began at a little-known startup but the impact quickly spread to Aave,... The latest in a series of crypto hacks has spread turmoil across the market, toppling the biggest...
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Frontier Tower, A Hot Spot for Strange Tech, Plots Global Expansion and New Hotel
By Eli Rosenberg · Apr 4, 2026 6:54am PDT · 4 comments
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Frontier Tower, A Hot Spot for Strange Tech, Plots Global Expansion and New Hotel

By Eli Rosenberg · Apr 4, 2026 6:54am PDT · 4 comments
Near the corner of Sixth and Market streets in downtown San Francisco, Frontier Tower has become a 15-story haven for the wildest and weirdest thinkers in technology. Floor 11 is full of longevity and health tech enthusiasts. The crypto folks are a floor above, with a lounge full of expensive furniture. AI is on floor 9. And the big event there... Near the corner of Sixth and Market streets in downtown San Francisco, Frontier Tower has become...
Gemini co-founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss during the company's initial public offering in September. Michael Nagle/Getty Images.

Winklevosses Bet Big on a Crypto Bull Market. They Bet Wrong

By Yueqi Yang and Michael Roddan · Mar 12, 2026 6:00am PDT
Shortly after Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss took their crypto exchange public last fall, they celebrated the company’s expansion in Australia with a swanky party at a greenhouse in Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden. The Winklevoss twins appeared via video link before a DJ played for a throng of supporters. “We’re in Australia for good,” James Logan,... Shortly after Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss took their crypto exchange public last fall, they...
Art by Clark Miller.

Crypto Is Getting Bashed in Markets and Washington

By Yueqi Yang · Feb 10, 2026 6:00am PST · 1 comment
The crypto industry is facing twin crises—in the markets and in Washington—that are threatening to derail its dream of mainstream acceptance. With the worst crypto sell-off since the collapse of FTX in the background, the industry has run into strong opposition to a wide-ranging bill it is trying to push through Congress. To break... The crypto industry is facing twin crises—in the markets and in Washington—that are...
Stripe co-founder John Collison. Photo by Jeenah Moon/Getty Images.
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Stripe’s Stablecoin Startup Tangles With Sanctions and Scammers

By Michael Roddan and Yueqi Yang · Feb 3, 2026 6:00am PST · 1 comment
When Stripe acquired crypto startup Bridge last year, it described stablecoins as financial services “superconductors.” Thanks to Bridge, Stripe has since integrated stablecoins into an array of products, such as stablecoin cards that allow customers to spend crypto anywhere. Using stablecoins for payments turns out to be harder than it looks.... When Stripe acquired crypto startup Bridge last year, it described stablecoins as financial...
Optimism Wanes as AI Risks Take Center Stage
By Shane Burke · Jan 29, 2026 12:04pm PST
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Optimism Wanes as AI Risks Take Center Stage

By Shane Burke · Jan 29, 2026 12:04pm PST
Optimism among The Information’s readers about the tech industry’s near-term outlook has fallen to its lowest level since President Donald Trump’s tariffs spooked markets last April, according to our latest monthly subscriber survey. This month, 38% of readers said conditions would worsen in the next six months, up from 25% in December 2025. At... Optimism among The Information’s readers about the tech industry’s near-term outlook has fallen...
Art by Mike Sullivan
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Crypto Exchanges Want to Trade U.S. Stocks Everywhere

By Yueqi Yang · Jan 23, 2026 10:00am PST
Some of the world’s biggest crypto exchanges are racing to let their customers trade crypto tokens that seek to track U.S. stocks, creating a parallel market that’s beyond the reach of U.S. regulators. Binance is exploring reintroducing stock tokens on its exchange after having removed them in 2021, according to a person familiar with the plan.... Some of the world’s biggest crypto exchanges are racing to let their customers trade crypto...
Art by Clark Miller.
Opinion

Fix Private Markets Before Small Investors Are Invited In

By Rett Wallace · Dec 30, 2025 8:00am PST · 16 comments
Wall Street’s latest push into private markets may give individual investors and their 401(k) accounts access to shares of unicorns like SpaceX and OpenAI. It may also allow them to add billions of additional dollars to the liquidity trap currently plaguing more sophisticated investors. Private markets have suffered from illiquidity, not lack of... Wall Street’s latest push into private markets may give individual investors and their 401(k)...
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Stablecoin Startups Spark Trouble for JPMorgan

By Michael Roddan and Yueqi Yang · Dec 26, 2025 6:00am PST
JPMorgan Chase in recent months has frozen accounts used by at least two fast-growing stablecoin startups, highlighting the risk that cryptocurrency transactions pose for banks, which are required to know the people they do business with and the source of their cash. The stablecoin startups did business in Venezuela and other places that posed... JPMorgan Chase in recent months has frozen accounts used by at least two fast-growing stablecoin...
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Predicting Prediction Markets Is a Tough Call
By Ken Brown · Dec 24, 2025 8:00am PST
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Predicting Prediction Markets Is a Tough Call

By Ken Brown · Dec 24, 2025 8:00am PST
The best prediction for 2025 would have been predicting the soaring growth of prediction markets. My prediction for 2026 is it will be a tough year for prediction markets.My colleagues Sara Germano and Yueqi Yang chronicled the stunning rise of these markets last weekend. They focused on the dramatic growth in sports betting and the tumult this... The best prediction for 2025 would have been predicting the soaring growth of prediction markets....
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Private Tech Giants Could Lose Scarcity Premium in IPOs

By Ken Brown · Dec 17, 2025 8:00am PST · 4 comments
Scarcity creates value in everything from precious metals to giant private tech companies. That accounts for some portion of the stunning prices investors are paying to get into SpaceX, OpenAI and other companies while they are still private. An army of wealth managers, fund executives and other go-betweens have made a lucrative living... Scarcity creates value in everything from precious metals to giant private tech companies. That...
Art by Mike Sullivan
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Small Bank Critical to Stablecoin Payments Tightens Risk Controls

By Yueqi Yang and Michael Roddan · Dec 16, 2025 6:00am PST
In just two years, Kansas City, Missouri–based lender Lead Bank has emerged as a major link between stablecoin startups and the traditional financial system, powering billions of dollars of payments around the world. But lately, signs have emerged that both the bank and its stablecoin clients are tightening their risk controls, potentially... In just two years, Kansas City, Missouri–based lender Lead Bank has emerged as a major link...
Art by Clark Miller
The Weekend

How to Better Protect Your Crypto

By Abram Brown · Nov 29, 2025 8:55am PST
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Secretive startup Klay enters the fray over AI music• Lists: Our 2025 gift guide—38 items we absolutely recommend • Robotics: Meet Matic, the most wonderful little robot in the world• Plus, our Recommendations: “Adrift,” “Venetian Vespers” and “One Battle After Another” Since the... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Secretive startup Klay enters the fray...
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Crypto Winter Will Be Different This Time
By Ken Brown · Nov 26, 2025 8:00am PST · 5 comments
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Crypto Winter Will Be Different This Time

By Ken Brown · Nov 26, 2025 8:00am PST · 5 comments
Winter is coming, not just in the seasons but in the crypto market. If the current downturn turns into another crypto winter, it will have a bigger impact on the mainstream financial system than it has in the past. Bitcoin has fallen 30% in less than two months and is down for the year, while other cryptocurrencies have crashed by much... Winter is coming, not just in the seasons but in the crypto market. If the current downturn turns...
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Trump Family Crypto Deal Runs Aground

By Michael Roddan · Nov 26, 2025 6:00am PST · 5 comments
Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. rang the bell at Nasdaq’s New York headquarters in August to celebrate the announcement of a deal that could have netted the family a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars. The president’s oldest sons were combining their crypto startup, World Liberty Financial, with a publicly traded Canadian company, Alt5... Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. rang the bell at Nasdaq’s New York headquarters in August to...
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Visa and Mastercard Are Moving Fast Into Stablecoins

By Yueqi Yang · Nov 21, 2025 6:00am PST
Visa and Mastercard are moving quickly to embrace cryptocurrencies for payments, to take advantage of the rising popularity of stablecoins in developing countries and fend off competition from merchants trying to circumvent their networks. The companies ramped up their crypto payments business overseas and have been looking for acquisitions or... Visa and Mastercard are moving quickly to embrace cryptocurrencies for payments, to take...