Janet Harrison

Janet Harrison has over 16 years experience in the financial services industry giving her a vast understanding of how news affects the financial markets, and an early adopter of blockchain technology and digital currencies. Janet is an active holder and trader spending the majority of her time analyzing blockchain projects, reports and watching new and upcoming projects and other initiatives in the industry. She has a Masters Degree in Economics with previous roles counting Investment Banking.

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Janet Harrison · May 20, 2026 · 5:41 PM

European banks are moving closer to a euro stablecoin that could reshape payments

Intesa Sanpaolo and ABN Amro have joined a larger European bank coalition behind Qivalis, a euro stablecoin project that reflects a broader institutional push to challenge dollar-dominated digital payments.

Janet Harrison · May 20, 2026 · 3:23 PM

Sorted Wallet's new funding bet is on phones the crypto world ignores

Sorted Wallet's $4.4 million seed round shows how stablecoin payments are moving toward real-world utility, especially in markets where smartphones and reliable internet are still a constraint.

Janet Harrison · May 20, 2026 · 12:42 PM

ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 Is Forcing A Re‑think Of Google's Video Story

Independent tests and community benchmarks show ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 outperforming Google's Gemini Omni Flash on motion and temporal fidelity, a development that could sway enterprise and startup buyers as the AI video market shifts toward procurement.

Janet Harrison · May 20, 2026 · 11:52 AM

Meta cuts about 8,000 roles as it pivots people and capital toward AI

Meta has started cutting about 8,000 jobs while moving thousands of people into AI teams, a strategic reallocation that funds larger AI spending by trimming conventional roles and reshapes where talent flows in 2026.

Janet Harrison · May 20, 2026 · 9:11 AM

Minnesota's prediction market ban is forcing a new legal fight

Minnesota has become the first U.S. state to ban prediction markets, and the CFTC is already suing to stop the law. For operators like Polymarket, the bigger risk may be a widening patchwork of state bans.

Janet Harrison · May 20, 2026 · 6:53 AM

Memory makers borrow big to build for AI, leaving startups squeezed in the short term

Memory-chip makers are taking on heavy debt to accelerate DRAM and HBM fab builds for hyperscaler AI demand, keeping prices high now while promising later relief when new capacity comes online.

Janet Harrison · May 20, 2026 · 3:26 AM

Bitcoin Depot's Chapter 11 exposes the structural limits of the crypto‑ATM model

Bitcoin Depot's Chapter 11 and network shutdown expose the fragile economics and regulatory burden facing crypto ATM operators, and they signal that the retail kiosk on‑ramp may be a shrinking niche as app and institutional access mature.

Janet Harrison · May 20, 2026 · 1:09 AM

Google's smart glasses push turns AI wearables into a bigger race

Google's smart glasses move signals that AI wearables are becoming a serious platform battle, with Meta, Apple, and startups all fighting for the same interface.

Janet Harrison · May 19, 2026 · 10:05 PM

ICE moves to list futures on GPU compute, putting AI infrastructure on the trading floor

Intercontinental Exchange plans futures contracts tied to GPU and cloud compute prices, joining CME in financializing compute and offering regulated hedges for AI infrastructure costs.

Janet Harrison · May 19, 2026 · 5:28 PM

Standard Chartered's AI pivot and what it means for banks, vendors and fintechs

Standard Chartered has announced plans to cut 15 percent of its corporate function roles by 2030, removing roughly 7,000-7,800 jobs as it scales AI and automation, a candid signal that major banks are moving from pilots to structural workforce redesign.

Janet Harrison · May 19, 2026 · 2:18 PM

Solana is facing a builder backlash over its Phoenix push

Solana's promotion of Phoenix has sparked criticism from community builders who say rival perp DEX teams have not received equal support. The dispute shows how ecosystem attention can become a competitive advantage in DeFi.

Janet Harrison · May 19, 2026 · 10:39 AM

Phoenix data centers are heating nearby neighborhoods and the pressure is rising

Arizona State University research suggests Phoenix data centers can raise nearby air temperatures by as much as 4 degrees Fahrenheit, adding a concrete local cost to the AI buildout.

Janet Harrison · May 19, 2026 · 9:52 AM

Cursor makes Composer 2.5 a cheaper rival for coding agents

Cursor has released Composer 2.5, a coding model that comes close to top frontier systems on several software benchmarks while offering much lower token pricing. The bigger story is Cursor's push to own more of the model layer inside its developer workflow.

Janet Harrison · May 19, 2026 · 3:22 AM

Gemini 3.2 Flash pushes Google deeper into elite math territory

Google's Gemini 3.2 Flash is being credited by community testers with solving IMO 2025 Problem 6, a feat that would place it in an extremely small group of public models and sharpen scrutiny of frontier math benchmarks.

Janet Harrison · May 19, 2026 · 1:04 AM

Schiff's data center bill forces hyperscalers to shoulder their power tab and reshapes AI investment

Senator Adam Schiff's new bill would force big data centers to pay for their own generation and transmission, shifting costs from ratepayers to hyperscalers and reshaping where AI capacity is built and financed.

Janet Harrison · May 19, 2026 · 12:55 AM

Phoenix Trade takes on Hyperliquid in Solana perps war

Anewchallengerjustcrashedtheperpsparty.PhoenixTradehit1.27 billion in daily volume on Solana, and the fight with Hyperliquid is turning into a full blown rivalry.