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Fintech/Payments·Winter 2026
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The first regulated exchange to trade on attention.

Overview

One-liner
The first regulated exchange to trade on attention.
Investors
Y Combinator
Funding round
Seed
Funding notes

No additional investors found. YC W26 only.

Why it's interesting

Market trends shaping Forum

  • 1Stablecoin settlement moving from crypto-native to mainstream B2B
  • 2Account-to-account (Pay by Bank) gaining share from cards in checkout
  • 3Embedded payments becoming table stakes for vertical SaaS
  • 4Cross-border B2B the largest underserved opportunity, $250T flow
  • 5Fraud and KYC tooling rebuilt for AI-generated identity attacks
  • 6Card-issuing platforms consolidating; Marqeta vs. Stripe vs. challengers
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