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Badea Alexandru
Badea Alexandru
Your Bank Doesn't Know You. Tomorrow's Bank Might Know Too Much.

Oct 12, 2026

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3 min read

Your Bank Doesn't Know You. Tomorrow's Bank Might Know Too Much.

Gold is becoming digital. Crypto is becoming mainstream. And artificial intelligence could turn your digital footprint into your financial identity. After moderating two panels at iFX EXPO Hong Kong, I came home with more questions than answers.

Badea Alexandru
Badea Alexandru
Prediction Markets Are Showing Up Before iFX EXPO

Sep 30, 2026

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2 min read

Prediction Markets Are Showing Up Before iFX EXPO

A few months ago, the category felt niche. Now the number of tech providers approaching brokers is suddenly much harder to ignore.

Badea Alexandru
Badea Alexandru
The Neobank Fight Is Moving to Europe. Brokers Should Pay Attention.

Sep 28, 2026

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2 min read

The Neobank Fight Is Moving to Europe. Brokers Should Pay Attention.

Reported talks between Nubank and Monzo could reshape the competitive landscape. The deal is far from done, but the pressure on financial firms is already real.

Badea Alexandru
Badea Alexandru
EVLV AI Is Live in Beta

Sep 25, 2026

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4 min read

EVLV AI Is Live in Beta

A beta note on building a web-based AI coach for the quiet gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it.

Badea Alexandru
Badea Alexandru
Polymarket shows what happens when growth outruns control

Sep 21, 2026

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2 min read

Polymarket shows what happens when growth outruns control

The $10 million fraud attempt is not just a Polymarket story. It is a warning for every regulated growth team.

Badea Alexandru
Badea Alexandru
Your media agency just became a compliance risk

Sep 18, 2026

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2 min read

Your media agency just became a compliance risk

Google changed its gambling rules this week. The dangerous part is not your ad account. It is everyone else's.

Badea Alexandru
Badea Alexandru
Stop Bragging About Volume

Sep 11, 2026

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2 min read

Stop Bragging About Volume

A trillion dollar quarter and a well run dealing desk are two different achievements. Only one of them shows up in a screenshot.

Badea Alexandru
Badea Alexandru
Valutrades just handed every affiliate manager a live case study

Sep 9, 2026

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1 min read

Valutrades just handed every affiliate manager a live case study

An FCA broker went from open for trading to force liquidating positions in two weeks. Here's what your program needs to survive that.

Badea Alexandru
Badea Alexandru
The Fine Isn't the Broker's Problem

Sep 7, 2026

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2 min read

The Fine Isn't the Broker's Problem

A licensing deadline three weeks out turns every crypto CFD affiliate banner into a liability with your name on it, not legal's.

Badea Alexandru
Badea Alexandru
Nigeria just invoiced the grey market

Sep 4, 2026

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2 min read

Nigeria just invoiced the grey market

$2.3 million, a Nigerian director, and a ban on referral incentives. Every other frontier market is reading the same PDF.

Badea Alexandru
Badea Alexandru
Your Best Affiliate Has a Traffic Problem

Aug 26, 2026

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2 min read

Your Best Affiliate Has a Traffic Problem

AI search is answering the queries your comparison partners rank for. Run this audit before you approve next quarter's affiliate spend.

Badea Alexandru
Badea Alexandru
Singapore Just Put Affiliates in the Same Sentence as the Platforms

Aug 19, 2026

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2 min read

Singapore Just Put Affiliates in the Same Sentence as the Platforms

A new order under the Online Criminal Harms Act names affiliate marketers, influencers, and PR agencies right alongside the platforms. This is the first jurisdiction to close that loophole — it won't be the last.

Badea Alexandru
Badea Alexandru
Buy It or Bank It

Aug 17, 2026

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2 min read

Buy It or Bank It

One CFD broker grew profit 150% by outspending everyone on marketing. The other handed shareholders more cash than it earned. Both are calling it strategy.

Badea Alexandru
Badea Alexandru
Nobody's Automating the Fraud Check

Aug 14, 2026

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4 min read

Nobody's Automating the Fraud Check

Adjust and AppsFlyer catch the obvious stuff. Cookie stuffing isn't on that list, and regulators just made it your problem.

Badea Alexandru
Badea Alexandru
Cyprus Isn't Dying. It's Just Getting Raided.

Aug 10, 2026

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2 min read

Cyprus Isn't Dying. It's Just Getting Raided.

CySEC's on-site sweeps, the UK's affiliate ad ban, and a stalled US crypto bill — three signals for where your license actually needs to be this quarter.

Badea Alexandru
Badea Alexandru
The ARPU Gap Nobody's Reporting

Aug 7, 2026

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2 min read

The ARPU Gap Nobody's Reporting

G makes 9x what XTB makes per client. NAGA just proved the fix — and CySEC is now auditing why the rest of the industry hasn't.

Badea Alexandru
Badea Alexandru
The Filter

Aug 3, 2026

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2 min read

The Filter

Why "Claude or GPT experience" just became a hiring requirement — and what it means for anyone still cold calling manually

Badea Alexandru
Badea Alexandru
IG Group Just Picked a Fight It's Losing

Jul 31, 2026

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2 min read

IG Group Just Picked a Fight It's Losing

$1.3B buys you a distant third place behind Kalshi's 90% and Polymarket's lawsuits — here's why that's the smart bet, not the desperate one.

Badea Alexandru
Badea Alexandru
Flat RevShare Is a Tax on Your Best Affiliates

Jul 29, 2026

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2 min read

Flat RevShare Is a Tax on Your Best Affiliates

Why 2026 operators are ditching one-rate-for-everyone and pricing commissions off player LTV instead

Badea Alexandru
Badea Alexandru
The $497,000 Funeral

Jul 27, 2026

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2 min read

The $497,000 Funeral

BitMEX and BitMart died three days apart last week. Your revshare book is the real casualty.

Badea Alexandru
Badea Alexandru
The Friday Take

Jul 24, 2026

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2 min read

The Friday Take

Europe's biggest crypto decision this year isn't the one everyone's watching.

Badea Alexandru
Badea Alexandru
Three Brokers Went Dark. All Three Told You First.

Jul 22, 2026

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2 min read

Three Brokers Went Dark. All Three Told You First.

HTFX, YaMarkets, BDSwiss , and the public filing nobody in this industry reads.

Badea Alexandru
Badea Alexandru
Show Your Work

Jul 20, 2026

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2 min read

Show Your Work

MiCA's grace period is over, prop firms are racing to zero, and iGaming affiliates are getting audited ,regulated growth just traded trust for proof.

Badea Alexandru
Badea Alexandru
Weekend Gold Is a Marketing Feature Wearing a Risk Product's Clothes

Jul 17, 2026

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2 min read

Weekend Gold Is a Marketing Feature Wearing a Risk Product's Clothes

Vantage, eToro, CMC, and LMAX are racing to trade gold 24/7. Nobody's saying who's holding the risk when the real market is closed.

Badea Alexandru
Badea Alexandru
The 8% Number Everyone's Copying Wrong

Jul 15, 2026

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2 min read

The 8% Number Everyone's Copying Wrong

OKX's bonus isn't a headline. It's a retention mechanic wearing one.

Badea Alexandru
Badea Alexandru
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