French fintech Aria has recently closed a successful €15 million funding round, signaling a significant stride in its mission to reshape the landscape of business-to-business (B2B) payments within the platform economy and B2B marketplaces. The funding, led by 13books Capital and featuring prominent participation.
In the spring of 2025, as Easter dawns with its promise of renewal and resurrection, Changpeng Zhao—known to the crypto world as CZ—stands as a figure both fallen and reborn. Once the towering architect of Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, Zhao’s journey mirrors the Easter narrative: a descent into legal purgatory followed by a reemergence into the public eye.