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The Social Leverage Letter | Issue #215

Ethan Berk
December 14, 2025

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READING

I. Inside the shift toward data-native markets — The Financial Revolutionist

Markets across finance, culture, and AI are becoming “data-native,” with richer data increasingly determining where value accrues and who controls the stack. As prediction markets, consumer collectibles, and AI world models converge, companies that own high-quality, proprietary data are pulling infrastructure in-house and reshaping markets around that advantage.

Inside the shift toward data-native markets — The Financial Revolutionist

Matt Ober of Social Leverage writes that markets are becoming data-native as finance, consumer culture and AI converge around richer, more valuable data.

II. Regtech100 for 2026

The RegTech100 is an annual list of 100 of the world’s most innovative RegTech companies. These are the companies every financial institution needs to know about as they consider and develop their mission critical RegTech and digital transformation strategies. Amongst the list this year is Archive Intel (Fund IV)

Regtech100 for 2026

The world’s most innovative RegTech companies that every financial institution needs to know about in 2026

III. Cloud data startup Eon's valuation surges to $4 billion in latest funding round

Cloud data startup Eon (SLAF) raised $300 million at a $4 billion valuation, nearly tripling its worth in a year as revenue more than tripled and demand grew for cloud-agnostic data backup and portability. Its platform helps enterprises keep data accessible across cloud providers, turning backup data into a usable asset for resilience, AI, and analytics.

Cloud data startup Eon's valuation surges to $4 billion in latest funding round

Cloud data-management startup Eon said it has raised $300 million in a new funding round led by Gil Capital and that its valuation has almost tripled to $4 billion.

WATCHING

I. Google Insiders Are Rigging The Game (And You’re The Sucker)

II. The Man Who Made Trading Cool Again | TCAF 220

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