Roberto Machado

Anchorage Digital is building for a world where institutions can access DeFi—without compromise. Through a new trading API integration with Uniswap Labs, Porto users can now execute token swaps directly within the web dashboard. "It's our time right now to make sure that as treasuries are coming in, as new individuals are coming in, as larger institutions are coming in, as wealth managers are coming in— that we make as much of the true and differentiated benefits of digital assets available to them as possible." —Boaz Avital, Head of Product, Anchorage Digital To commemorate the launch of the Uniswap Labs x Porto native integration, we’re offering fee-free swaps for a limited time. Explore Porto’s institutional self-custody capabilities and get started with same-day onboarding: https://lnkd.in/gdJepfRK 

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🚨 Porto users: Fusion (by IPOR) is now discoverable in the featured dApp section, allowing you to connect your wallet to access 25+ professionally curated, fully automated yield strategies. The prime brokerage protocol of DeFi, Fusion enables access to risk-adjusted onchain vaults featuring prime collateral assets like stablecoins, ETH, & BTC. Transparent, permissionless, and trust-minimized. Built on Fusion’s institutional-grade infrastructure. Porto users can use Fusion to: ✔️ Access curated vaults, risk-scored by Xerberus DAO LLC.  ✔️ Get auto yield optimization & full transparency. ✔️ Auto-withdraw & delever in liquidity crunches.  ✔️ Deposit/withdraw directly in Porto.

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🚨 ICYMI Porto users: Fusion from Fusion (by IPOR) is now discoverable in the featured dApp section, allowing you to connect your wallet to access 25+ professionally curated, fully automated yield strategies. The prime brokerage protocol of DeFi, Fusion enables access to risk-adjusted onchain vaults featuring prime collateral assets like stablecoins, ETH, & BTC. Transparent, permissionless, and trust-minimized. Built on Fusion’s institutional-grade infrastructure.

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Bom dia! Just back from SBC Summit in Lisbon. 25,000 people, 134 countries, huge economic impact. The gaming industry isn't just booming—it's becoming Europe's quiet economic engine. Here's what caught my attention: while everyone debates AI regulation and digital taxes, gaming companies are building the infrastructure for Europe's digital economy. Payment systems, data analytics, real-time processing at massive scale. Portugal gets it. Their Minister of Economy showed up on day one. Compare that to other EU countries still treating gaming like a regulatory problem instead of an innovation opportunity. The numbers don't lie: 127% growth in North American attendance, 126% from Latin America. Money follows infrastructure, and the infrastructure is being built in places like Lisbon, Malta, Gibraltar.

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Portugal’s Innovation Agency once told us we weren't doing R&D. Why? Because we weren’t inventing shiny new tech. Because software, they said, “isn’t innovation.” But here’s what we were actually doing: 👉 Working shoulder-to-shoulder with cannabis producers 👉 Testing software in real grow rooms 👉 Solving compliance pain on the production floor Their verdict? Just “gathering requirements.” Meanwhile, companies got their "R&D seal" status for… migrating to cloud servers. This mindset is stuck in the past. It punishes real-world builders and rewards checkbox projects that never leave the lab. At Cannabud.ai, we started with questions, not code. We went into licensed facilities. We listened. We mapped pain points. We turned those into hypotheses, tested them, and refined them under regulatory fire. While bootstrapping to fund it all. The result wasn’t just a platform. It’s an operating system for cannabis, built with growers, designed for uncertainty, and hardened in the real world. Our mission? Not flashy tech. But better days at work for cultivators: 👉 Clearer tasks 👉 Fewer compliance gaps 👉 No lost time, no paper trails 👉 Just control, traceability, and confidence Innovation isn’t about who’s first. It’s about who redefines the experience. That’s what Google did. That’s what we’re doing in cannabis. If building probably the most flexible, auditable, and user-driven ERP in Europe’s cannabis sector doesn’t count as R&D… Maybe the problem isn’t our definition of innovation. It’s theirs.

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Bison Bank moves toward launching Portugal’s first stablecoin The Bank announced it will integrate Bison Digital Assets into its main structure, positioning itself to become the first crypto-focused bank in Portugal. It plans to issue the first stablecoin launched by a Portuguese bank, alongside initiatives in asset tokenization and broader digital asset services. The move is supported by the EU’s MiCA regulatory framework, which allows the bank to deal and invest in cryptoassets on behalf of clients. CEO António Henriques said the services are expected to launch in the first half of this year. Source/More info: https://lnkd.in/ei4hu8Cb This and more in the newsletter! Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/ecvqiKBY Find this helpful? [ 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 ] Anything to add about this subject? [𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁] Nice story. Next! [ 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 ]

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SBC Lisbon recap part 2. The industry keeps talking about innovation, but let’s be honest, it’s mostly just talk. What’s the last real innovation we’ve seen? Cash-out. And that’s been around for more than a decade. I still remember SBTech cool feature, think it was called “The Pulse” back in the 2017 I believe. Please don’t say Crypto is innovation because it wasn’t created by our industry. Did we invest enough in Infrastructure as a service? Am I wrong, or are we as an industry just way too comfortable with the status quo?

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Portugal Calling: An Emergent Fintech Hub?!? Betcha didn't know Portugal is a hotbed for fintech, did ya? Yep - Portugal shouldn't be thought of as just a big retirement community or resort area. There's a real economy here, even if it's a well-kept secret. Thanks to @andre santos for bringing this chart to my attention. A fintech hub here makes a ton of sense. Consider the following: 1. Portugal has a stunning level of finance talent - a fact we are only now starting to leverage at High Score Strategies. Go ahead - don't believe me. We have started leveraging it and will start to run circles around our competitors in '26. 2. For centuries, Portugal's prosperity has been linked with foreign trade. Portugal's links with Brazil, North America, and the European Union mean that its prosperity lies abroad. That can't happen without efficient payments. 3. Because of Portugal's rapid development since joining the European Community, it has leapfrogged many traditional technologies, and payments are no exception. 4. Many of the most important transatlantic data communication cables originate/terminate in Portugal. That gives Portugal an infrastructure advantage in terms of processing efficiency. 5. EU development funds have created vital infrastructure (especially Internet infrastructure) that enables companies to perform particularly well here. It's not terrible that they also allow me to stream NFL games in 4K at home! What does Portugal need to capitalize on this hub? 1. De-regulate. It's harder to do business here than it needs to. Regulation also breeds corruption. It doesn't have to go as far as the United States, but there's a happy medium. 2. Set tax policy that encourages venture-style investments. There's local capital here, but it's too focused on real estate and generally too risk-averse (sound familiar, Atlanta?) The European approach to development has long been to favor large enterprises, but the job creation and wage growth are in startups. 3. Stimulate housing supply. It's hard for young talent to stay in the country (though they really want to) because housing is either prohibitively expensive or not available at all. As a wise man in the U.S. once said, "The rent's too damned high!" Portugal's housing shortage isn't a demand problem; it's a supply problem. I'm no housing policy expert, but I think there are a number of tools the government could use to stimulate supply and create a sustained boom, thereby both raising wages and lowering pent-up housing demand. What they should be saying about Portugal - come for the wine, sun and charm, stay for the fintech! Chart source: https://buff.ly/TgTRAjo

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90% of AI startups launched in 2025 will be built on agent-based infrastructure. I have spent the last 4 years building agent processes and I am convinced we are witnessing a shift from “chatbots” (like Claude, ChatGPT) to autonomous, multi-step, goal-driven agents. These cognitive dynamic apps are capable of researching, reasoning, and executing entire workflows without constant human prompting. Why? 1. Static tools are being replaced by dynamic decision-makers. 2. Prompt engineers are being replaced by workflow designers (RPA meets DX 2x) 3. When speed meets autonomy, leverage compounds. Agent-first architecture is the new Vertical SaaS. 💬 Prove me wrong. If you’re building something not based on agent workflows in 2025, I want to hear why. If you're betting on other paradigms (LLM plugins? GPTs, Poe-bots, smart APIs? human-in-the-loop hybrids?) — make your case. Especially curious what startup founders, VCs, and devs think — are you doubling down on agents, or avoiding the hype? Read more about my thoughts on this here : https://lnkd.in/gjsXxAvu #AIStartups #AIAgents #AutonomousAgents #ArtificialIntelligence #FutureOfWork

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Here are the takeaways from Soap Payments attending SBC Lisbon, our biggest conference on gaming thus far: - I heard many stories from operators contacted by many dozens of payment companies prior to SBC selling them payments that have become a joke “Do you sell payments?” - Walking through the hallway solely dedicated to payments, and seeing 70+ B2B gaming payments suppliers,I only re-confirmed gaming payments is a “red ocean” This reinforced my confidence in our decision early on to take a different approach. We are technology-first, not sales-first. And…we are not reinventing payments! Rather, we are building the connective tissue - an agentic finance platform - that unifies payments data, KYC, geolocation, fraud, and onboarding. What makes this powerful is our proprietary “secret sauce” of AI + data science: real-time decisioning, automated underwriting, and fraud ring detection that get smarter with every transaction. Similar to a game aggregator, we are aggregating the best payments, compliance automation and AI-driven workflows into our vertically integrated stack for high risk industries, starting with gaming. What this means for operators: - Get ready for Visa VAMP next month! Chargebacks above 0.5% will be “excessive” for acquirers who may get their bank bins in trouble. Then, banks/psps off board operators with high chargebacks to “blend” lower overall. This creates a serious risk to your business. We help you keep chargebacks at bay with our vertical stack. - Maximize approval rates through intelligent waterfalling across processors. ⁠Built-in processor redundancy with network tokenization to ensure reliability. Our AI-native fraud engine detects and shuts down multi-accounting, bonus abuse, and chargeback fraud in real time. - ⁠All-in-one integration: Access multiple payment methods and all adjacent connected systems (KYC/geo/fraud) through a single connection - cutting integration time by a month or more compared to a direct build. That system which the gaming industry giants might have taken a decade to build. We are providing that to our customers from Day 1 to maximize auth rates, GGR and wipe out fraud. Effortlessly and enterprise-grade. For our payment processing / financial services partners: - Cut onboarding time for high-risk merchants by ~90% with our AI-powered onboarding system (white-label possible). Our technology-first approach is showing results with our business growing processed volume by 3x MoM. Our operators appreciate our technology-first approach. If you are an operator looking to increase your authorization rates, increase GGR/NGR and reduce chargebacks, we would love to chat. Our processing partners appreciate the AI onboarding system we are building with them to automate the most boring back and forth onboarding work. If you are a gaming-focused PSP looking to speed up your onboarding with AI, we would love to chat also. See you at #g2e next! #gaming #ai #payments #agenticfinance

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Dropping this Thursday! 🫳 In the next episode of Stable Talks powered by Bitso Business, Julian and I sat down with Thomaz Teixeira (CEO at BRL1 Network) for a wide-ranging conversation on Brazil’s stablecoin infrastructure and the role of BRL1 in the evolving financial ecosystem. In this snippet, Thomaz breaks down one of the most debated questions in Brazil right now: PIX vs. stablecoins — competition or complementarity? He explains why PIX isn’t a rival to BRL1, but the foundation that makes BRL1 possible. He also explores the other side of the equation: What can stablecoins unlock that PIX was never designed for? A timely conversation on how Brazil’s infrastructure gives stablecoins a head start, and why the future won’t be PIX or stablecoins, but both playing different roles in the same ecosystem. Full episode drops Thursday. Check out our other episodes. Link in comments.

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🚀 Feedzai, one of Portugal’s leading tech unicorns, has surpassed a $2 billion valuation after securing a $75M funding round with new investors including Lince Capital, Iberis Capital, and Explorer Investments.   At the same time, Feedzai has been appointed by the European Central Bank as the main technology provider for the digital euro’s risk management and fraud prevention system, under a four-year contract worth up to €237M.   A major milestone that reinforces Feedzai’s position as a global leader in AI-driven financial risk management and a proud moment for Portuguese innovation.   Read more: https://lnkd.in/gqEg6QSk

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Big news: Kraken is now MiCA licensed by the Central Bank of Ireland. This milestone puts us at the forefront of crypto industry regulation in Europe. We'll leverage to bring more to our customers across the EU. https://lnkd.in/gVUYxxsh

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