🖨️ Klarna Prints Its Best Quarter Yet. Affirm Goes Agentic with Google. Coinbase Just Won in Washington.

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BNPL is having its moment. Klarna just posted $1 billion in revenue and its first profitable quarter in over a year, Affirm embedded itself into Google's AI shopping layer, and the Senate Banking Committee finally advanced the Clarity Act — sending Coinbase surging 8% in a single session. We break down what each move means for your portfolio and why Thursday, May 15th might be the day fintech stopped playing defense.

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