Sitemap - 2021 - Linas's Newsletter

NFT-collateralized loans? 🧐; Centralized crypto exchanges experienced record growth & volumes 🚀; Indian neobank banks $86M💸🇮🇳

Amazon + Barclays = BNPL in the UK🇬🇧; Crypto funding in 2021 was bigger than all of the previous years. Combined 🤯; Women-led Anthemis is bullish on anything embedded finance🔥

SWIFT to test asset tokenization 👀; Decentralized exchanges are growing rapidly 🚀; Bank of Russia to ban crypto🇷🇺😬

Europe’s biggest telco buys Polkadot 🤯; Kraken snags Staked 👀; Providing credit to commerce brands? 🤔

PropTech buys personal finance app in another FinTech M&A 💸; Women-led Anthemis is bullish on anything embedded finance🔥; $16.3 billion bank merger showing that Europeans struggle in the US🇺🇸💸

Amazon + Barclays = BNPL in the UK🇬🇧; Razorpay’s massive funding & x2.5 increase in valuation 🚀; Crypto funding in 2021 was bigger than all of the previous years. Combined 🤯

Shared-branch model - a solution for countries concerned by cash-access crunch? 🏦; Do investors believe Bitcoin is already mainstream? 🤔; IoT InsurTech to go public via SPAC 🔔

90% of all Bitcoin has been mined. What’s next? 🤔; Klarna isn’t going public yet, but you can already get a piece of it 🍰; PayPal for Crypto raises $52M 👀

Political NFTs? 🧐; Crypto craze in India🇮🇳; FinTech M&A is heating up 🚀

US VC giant lands in Europe🇪🇺; PayPal for Crypto raises $52M 👀; Anchorage is now worth >$3B 🤯

Klarna isn’t going public yet, but you can already get a piece of it 🍰; Build, launch and manage Web3 projects without writing any lines of code 🤯; NFT marketplace built on Solana? 🤔

90% of all Bitcoin has been mined. What’s next? 🤔; Wells Fargo & HSBC to Settle FX Transactions Using Blockchain ⛓; Nike goes meta 👟

Klarna comes to a desktop near you 🖥; BNPL picking up steam in Africa🇪🇬; In search for a global crypto policy 📚

Blockbuster FinTech IPO from Nubank🔔; Monzo isn’t dead and is worth $4.5B now 😳; P2P pioneer goes full into banking 🏦

Gaming giant Ubisoft is exploring NFTs 😳; Visa goes into crypto consulting 👀; A neobank for immigrants? 🤔

The youngest unicorn in LatAm🦄; Growing BNPL appetite in underserved markets 🚀; The growth of narrow-focused neobanks 📲

Another crypto exchange hacked - $196M drained 🦹‍♂️; Enfuce raises one of the largest funding rounds for a female-founded FinTech in Europe this year 🙋🏽‍♀️; TikTok is a FinTech? 🤔

Grab goes public in the largest SPAC deal ever 🙌🏼; Bitcoin-backed loans from Goldman Sachs? 🤔; BNPL is on steroids in Mexico🇲🇽🚀

The rising popularity of the virtual land 👀; Nubank’s downsized IPO raises questions ⁉️; PayPal’s BNPL volume surges 400% 🤯

PayPal’s BNPL volume surges 400% 🤯; Republic snags Seedrs to create the first global private investment marketplace 🌍; Square changes name to Block to focus on Web3 👀

Nubank’s downsized IPO raises questions ⁉️; BNPL for SMBs? 🤔; Crypto.com is on a spending spree 💸

David Marcus leaves Novi 👋; Flutterwave launches Marketplace 🛍; Crypto Boom in LatAm 🚀

MicroStrategy buys the dip 📉; Thought Machine is a unicorn now 🦄; North African Super App? 🤔

Kenyan FinTech powering MSMEs in Africa🇰🇪 💸; The rising popularity of the virtual land 👀; FinTech offering digital accounts for women in LATAM 🙋🏽‍♀️

FinTech companies are becoming media companies 👀; Song rights as NFTs? 🤔; Adidas + Coinbase. Probably nothing… 🤷‍♂️

Adidas + Coinbase. Probably nothing… 🤷‍♂️; FinTech infra APIs in Africa 🚀; Nubank is a Super App📲

Klarna’s ambitions to dominate e-commerce 🛒; France’s all-in-one InsurTech🇫🇷; MercadoLibre goes crypto 😎

Stripe brings battle against Square & SumUp to Europe🇪🇺; Song rights as NFTs? 🤔; The growing Super App fight 🥊

Bitcoin City backed by BTC Bonds & volcano energy 🤯🌋; MoonPay’s mindblowing fundraise 🤯; Gemini’s bid on the metaverse 👀

DeFi losses top $10 billion 😳; Amazon takes its battle with Visa to the US too🇺🇸🤯; FinTech companies are becoming media companies 👀

Apple is thinking about crypto payments 👀; N26 ditches its American Dream🇺🇸; Amazon bans Visa credit cards in UK ❌ 💳

Amazon bans Visa credit cards in UK ❌ 💳; Somewhat disappointing Paytm’s IPO 🤷‍♂️; First bank in the Baltics to offer crypto trading 🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹

Upgrade’s significant valuation upgrade 🤯; Crypto.com arena 😳; Care Now, Pay Later 💳

N26 ditches its American Dream🇺🇸; BNPL growth in Mexico🇲🇽; Bitcoin drops nearly 10% in 24 hours 😱

Apple is thinking about crypto payments 👀; The largest crypto fund ever 🤯; Grab’s results as an illustration of the Super App strategy 📲

Stripe for Debt 👀; The rise of alternative asset investing 🚀; Disappointing results from Bakkt 😢

A FinTech that doubles your VC raises 💸; The Uber move, but reversed - from FinTech to ride-hailing 📲; Massive Amazon + Venmo deal 🤯

Fastest European FinTech to become a unicorn 🦄; Twitter’s dedicated crypto team 👀; Affirm + Shopify = Cash Cow💰🐮

Lemonade acquires fellow InsurTech Metromile 🤯; Mastercard’s crypto cards in Asia 💳; Disappointing results from Coinbase 😕

RegTech is hot, and will only get hotter🔥; Massive Amazon + Venmo deal 🤯; N26 starts testing Brazil🇧🇷

Fidelity’s first investment in Africa 🌍; A startup that wants to make Ethereum faster 🚀; The Uber move, but reversed - from FinTech to ride-hailing 📲

Growing competition in the European retail brokerage space 📲; A FinTech that doubles your VC raises 💸; Square’s long-term dance with Bitcoin 💃

MicroStrategy is a Bitcoin company 😬; The Squid Game token scam 🤷‍♂️; Klarna’s quest to become the ‘Google for Shopping’ 👀

Lemonade’s new revenue stream 🚗; Revolut is building a crypto exchange? 🤔; Maturing tech ecosystem in Africa 👏

Bitcoin whales are accumulating 🐳; China’s CBDC in hot action🔥; Crypto making moves in Australia🇦🇺

A Wise pitch deck that led to London’s biggest and most successful direct listing ever

Klarna’s quest to become the ‘Google for Shopping’ 👀; Chipper Cash is now worth $2B, with FTX leading the latest round 🦄; FinTech funding keeps blowing records 🤯

The Squid Game token scam 🤷‍♂️; More money to automate spend management 💸; The rise of blockchain development platforms 🚀

MicroStrategy is a Bitcoin company 🤷‍♂️; Token inspired by Netflix’s hit “Squid Game” skyrockets 35,000% in 3 days 🤯; WhatsApp wants to win payments in India🇮🇳

Mastercard teams up with Bakkt to bring crypto to the mainstream 😮; Disappointing results from Robinhood 😕; Brazilian FinTech giant Nubank finally files for a blockbuster IPO🇧🇷

Brazilian FinTech giant Nubank finally files for a blockbuster IPO🇧🇷; Visa’s huge ambitions for BNPL 💳; The AWS for Web 3.0 🤯

Disappointing results from Robinhood 😕; PayPal goes further into the POS biz 💳; Another creamy DeFi hack 🤷‍♂️

Strict regulatory cap on N26 ‘s growth 🧢; FinTech superstars Stripe & Klarna form a partnership 🤝; Another crypto unicorn 🦄

Mastercard teams up with Bakkt to bring crypto to the mainstream 😮; eNaira, Africa’s first digital currency, is now live in Nigeria🇳🇬; PayPal is not Pinterested anymore 🤷‍♂️

Revolut’s first (and unexpected) acquisition 👀; Republic’s quest to democratize access to digital securities 💸; Starbucks & Amazon FinTech partnership 🤝

Facebook’s digital currency wallet Novi is now live. But it’s not what you expected 👀; Tesla takes on InsurTechs 🥊; PayPal has a pin on Pinterest 😮

PayPal has a pin on Pinterest 😮; Stripe’s first acquisition in India🇮🇳; Shopify’s & Spotify’s bid for the creator economy 🤝

Tesla takes on InsurTechs 😮; Bitcoin Hits All-Time High 🤯; Cboe goes fully into crypto 🚀

Walking the walk in crypto🚶‍♂️; Facebook’s digital currency wallet Novi is now live. But it’s not what you expected 👀; Vodacom’s huge Super App ambitions🇿🇦

N26 is now valued at $9B 🤯; Another Super App in Europe? 🤔; The biggest ever equity crowdfunding on Crowdcube 😮

The rise of vertical neobanks 📲; Greenlight for the first Bitcoin ETF ✅; White labeling the crypto app? 🤔

Stripe goes crypto 🤯; Klarna jumps into B2B Buy Now, Pay Later front 👀; SumUp Snags Fivestars to go head-to-head against PayPal & Square 🥊

SumUp Snags Fivestars to go head-to-head against PayPal & Square 🥊; Visa is betting more on NFTs 👀; Growing FinTech adoption in the US🇺🇸

Klarna jumps into B2B Buy Now, Pay Later front 👀; FinTech funding spree continues in India🇮🇳; US is now the world’s leader in Bitcoin mining🇺🇸

Stripe goes crypto 🤯; Facebook’s crypto efforts fading away? 🤔; The massive demand for crypto payments infrastructure 💸

ConsenSys to be valued at $3B 🤯; The rise of Open Banking in Nigeria🇳🇬; Monzo partners with Freetrade to boost revenues 💸

NatWest wants to be your first and last bank 🏦; Growing cross-border commerce in Africa 🚀; India’s TikTok, but on a Blockchain 🤯

Google abandons banking plans 🤯; Axie Infinity nets $152M in Series B at a $3B valuation in a bid to change gaming forever 🦄; Embedded insurance on the rise 🚀

Embedded insurance on the rise 🚀; PayPal is solidifying its Super App with a retail push📲; Klarna expands banking services to the Netherlands🇳🇱

Another Indian crypto exchange to reach unicorn status🇮🇳🦄; Stockholm-based FinTech rides the BNPL debt wave 🌊; Bitcoin is back again at $1 trillion market cap 💸

NFT market is booming 🚀; Axie Infinity nets $152M in Series B at a $3B valuation in a bid to change gaming forever 🦄; GDPR fines are sky-high 👀

Google abandons banking plans 🤯; Monzo withdraws US banking application🇺🇸; Upgrade jumps into BNPL train 🚂

Visa’s universal payment channel for Blockchain 😮; Personal finance management apps on the rise 💸; Betterment is now a unicorn 🦄

Apple’s push to become a bigger force in payments 📲; Monese’s insurance play to increase customer loyalty🛡; Africa’s fastest-growing crypto exchange 💸

Affirm’s crypto play 😮; Africa’s fastest-growing crypto exchange 💸; Square & TikTok partnership - a match made in heaven? 🤔

Monese’s insurance play to increase customer loyalty🛡; Starling-as-a-Service? 🤔; Card Issuing-as-a-Service on the rise 💳

Revolut’s crypto token 🤔; Converting your paycheck to crypto with Coinbase 💸; Buy Now, Mastercard Later 📲

Has Bitcoin won in El Salvador? 🤔; The operating system for the SouthEast Asia digital economy 😎; Santander shuts down its FinTech startup PagoFX after 15 months 👀

Remitly’s successful IPO 🔔; Apple’s push to become a bigger force in payments 📲; Crypto Deja Vu in China🇨🇳

Monzo & Curve Flexing 😬; Airwallex hits $4B valuation to be the Apple of Business Finance 🤯; PayPal’s Super App is now live 📲

Are Crypto Wallets going mainstream? 🤔; A bet on India to emerge as the largest BNPL market in the world🇮🇳 ; Open Banking is getting hotter and hotter🔥

NFT platform raises the largest Series B to date for a European startup 🤯; Stripe continues to eat the world 🌎; Revolut will offer fee-free stock trading in the US to take on Robinhood & Square 👀

TrueLayer banks $130M & joins unicorn club 🦄; PayPal’s Super App is now live 📲; Visa’s new rewards to sustain growth 💳

Monese banks $90M and goes into BaaS📱; Airwallex hits $4B valuation to be the Apple of Business Finance🤯; Square is testing Spain🇪🇸

Monzo & Curve Flexing 😬; JPMorgan’s digital-only bank to go live in the UK this week📲; Revolut pays rent with Bitcoin? 🤔

Goldman buys GreenSky to go further into consumer lending👛; Indian unicorn that should triple its valuation🦄; Wise to go into the Robinhood territory 💸

Crypto ETFs triple in value 🤯; China’s fight with Alipay🥊🇨🇳; Square’s Cash App Pay play📲

Stripe’s upcoming IPO 🚀; BNPL player Zip Co goes crypto 🤷‍♂️; Snag ahead of SPAC 😎

Workforce management FinTech unicorn 🦄; Monzo’s quest to boost profitability with BNPL 👀; Cardano’s smart contracts 📄

Varo’s massive fundraise 🤯; Affirm’s growth on steroids 🚀; BNPL heat doesn’t seem to stop anytime soon 🤷‍♂️

Apple’s state ID feature as a growth factor for Apple Pay 👀; The biggest Series A ever by African FinTech 💸; PayPal is super serious about BNPL🇯🇵

New InsurTech unicorn in the UK🦄; Another one - Mastercard buys a crypto analytics firm 👀; Amazon is developing SMB POS to go head-to-head against Shopify & PayPal 🤯

PayPal is super serious about BNPL🇯🇵; Mastercard goes further into Open Banking💸; JPMorgan buys Volkswagen’s payments arm 👀

Revolut plans to enter the BNPL wars ⚔️; Bitcoin experiment in El Salvador🇸🇻; The biggest Series A ever from African FinTech 💸

FTX goes NFTs🔥; Australian neobank goes crypto🇦🇺; New Blockchain Mutual Fund 💼

Zip’s BNPL acquisition and ambitions in Africa📲; Insurance shopping on the rise 🚀; Apple’s state ID feature as a growth factor for Apple Pay 👀

Affirm inks deal with Amazon 🤝; Alpacas in FinTech🦙; MetaMask growth illustrates crypto adoption 📲

Revolut wants to conquer the US🇺🇸 market with credit cards 💳 ; TikTok trims its FinTech biz ✂️; Questionable Facebook Pay rollout 🤔

Remitly IPO & $1.5T remittances opportunity 💸; MetaMask growth illustrates crypto adoption 📲; Another huge FinTech M&A 🤝

Payments are still hot - Melio triples valuation with the latest funding 🤯; Nubank further strengthens its banking proposition in Brazil🇧🇷; More diversification from Square🧾

DeFi protocol Cream Finance got hacked. For the 2nd time this year… 😬; Alpacas in FinTech🦙; PayPal Explores Investing💸

Square to build a decentralized exchange 👀; A new neobank in UK with regional approach 🇬🇧🏦; Affirm inks deal with Amazon 🤝

Visa goes NFTs 🤯; SoftBank’s first foray into Africa🔥; TikTok & Shopify are paving the way for social commerce 📲

Klarna’s rapid expansion & soaring losses 💸; Rent payments FinTech 🏠; Debt-as-a-Service? 🤔

TikTok & Shopify are paving the way for social commerce 📲; Facebook eyes NFTs on its radar 🔎; Citi loves Bitcoin 🖤

SoftBank’s first foray into Africa🔥; Spend management is growing on steroids 🚀; Crypto mining unicorn 🦄

PayPal brings crypto service to Europe🇬🇧; WorldRemit’s massive funding & IPO plans💸; Visa goes NFTs 🤯

BlackRock’s appetite for Bitcoin mining stocks ⛏; All-in-one banking for the middle class 👀; Coinbase’s crypto diversification play 😎

Robinhood is a crypto broker!🐶; PayPal wants to win the BNPL wars ⚔️; Revolut will give you your wage earlier 💶

Facebook’s Novi is ready to go live? 🤔; Whales love Coinbase 🐳; Emerging markets are driving crypto adoption 🚀

Bitpanda’s billions 🐼; Plaid’s play 👏😎; New bank in UK town🇬🇧🏦

Chime’s massive fundraise & IPO plans 👀; Young consumers demand BNPL! 🗣; Walmart’s crypto hiring 😲

Nubank’s upcoming blockbuster IPO 🤯; The first-ever token 'merger' deal 😲; Marqeta’s first-ever earnings 🚀

FinTech M&A & interesting BNPL play 👀; Global FinTech funding is still on steroids, the UK is doing really well💸🇬🇧; Crypto tax reporting unicorn 🦄

Coinbase blowouts earnings 😲; India’s first crypto unicorn 🦄; Ripple is focusing on Asia 🥊

Another (new) neobank in the UK🇬🇧; DeFi is vulnerable to hacking 🕵️‍♂️; Another crypto bank (sort of) 👀

$45B asset manager adds Bitcoin to its balance sheet 👀; Struggling Binance… 😬; India launches new payment system🇮🇳

PayPal for crypto gets FCA approval ✅; Apple Cash updates 🤷‍♂️; Zomato is a FinTech too 😲

JPMorgan goes all-in into Bitcoin 😲; Stripe, but for B2B payments 👀; Nubank is a VC 💸

Robinhood - a new meme stock? 🤔; Coinbase now live in Germany🇩🇪; Citi tests BNPL in Australia🇦🇺

BoA eyes crypto future 👀; Crypto ATMs on the rise 💸; Goldman goes DeFi? 🤔

Rapyd’s rapid fundraise 💸; Indonesian BNPL giant SPACing🇮🇩; HSBC wants to be a FinTech VC 😎

Square to buy Afterpay in $29B deal 🤯; Mixed feelings around Monzo 🤔; Blooming FinTech in LatAm🔥

Robinhood’s moderate IPO 😕; PayPal’s strong numbers 📈; Revolut wants to cash in on US-Mexico remittances activity🇲🇽

Visa goes BNPL 😲; Nubank launches remmittances 💸; Platform for the rich to get richer 😎

Shopify FinTech play is paying huge dividends 💸; Binance needs a new CEO 👨‍💼👩‍💼; Mastercard’s crypto ambitions 🤔

Wealth management for millennials 😎; Visa’s cross-border payments ambitions 👀; Neobanks can be profitable too 🤷‍♂️

New unicorn in payments 🦄; Square of Africa 💳; Klarna is buying. Again 💸

Global FinTech funding already surpassed 2020 levels 🚀; Potential M-Pesa spin-off 📲; Solarisbank banks €190M & buys Contis 💸

Starling Bank is crushing it 🚀; Nigeria🇳🇬 to do a CBDC 😲; Amazon seeks crypto talent 👀

Visa snags Currencycloud for $963M 🤯; Stellar Foundation could buy MoneyGram 👀; Zip goes crypto 😑

Binance is ending the trading of stock tokens 🙅🏽‍♂️; Capital Group acquired 12.2% of MicroStrategy 😲; Fidelity Digital Assets on a crypto hiring spree 👀; Warner Bros goes NFTs 😎

Revolut moves into travel 🧳; Soldo eyes European domination🇪🇺; Fidelity for Gen Z & Millennials 😎

Afterpay wants to be a bank 🏦; Square launches Square banking 📲; FTX's mindblowing fundraise 🤯

Banks spend more to fight FinTechs 💸; ARK Invest votes for Square 🗳; Robinhood, but from Nigeria🇳🇬

India's biggest IPO🇮🇳; Square goes DeFi 👀; Intuit QuickBooks goes against PayPal & Square 🥊

Klarna buys HERO to strengthen its BNPL offering 📲; Buy Now, Apple Pay Later 😏; YuLife nabs $70M to gamify insurance 🎲

Revolut’s jaw-dropping fundraise 🤯; ECB gives digital euro a green light 🟢; Stripe for insurance? 🤔

Buy Now, Apple Pay Later 😏; Facebook Pay grows up to walk alone 👣; FinTech funding soars like on steroids 💸

Square's Bitcoin Hardware Wallet 👛; Goldman Sachs is Confident in Ether 📈; NFTs Aren’t Over Yet 💸

Danish B2B FinTech Pleo Becomes Unicorn 🦄; Wise's Largest Direct Listing in UK History; Google’s FinTech Move in Japan🇯🇵; Revolut In Talks w SoftBank For Backing at Potential $30B Valuation 🤯

Coinbase’s German Licence & New FinTech Offering; Robinhood’s S-1; Two More Billionaires Advocate for Bitcoin

Walmart Goes After Banks. Again; Goldman Sachs Has BNPL Ambitions; Chime Leads US Digital Banking Space

Robinhood Delays IPO Due to SEC Interests Over Their Crypto Biz; Citi Launches ‘Digital Assets Group’; Coinbase Enters Japanese Market

Visa Buys Tink for €1.8B; Mollie Banks €665M at a Valuation of €5.4B; Revolut’s Users & Revenue Grows, Together with Losses

Galaxy Digital Partners with Goldman Sachs for Liquidity; BBVA Launches Bitcoin Trading & Custody Services in Switzerland; Bitcoin Hashrate Dropped to its Lowest Level Since Mid-November

Stripe Launches Stripe Identity; Shopify Offers Shop Pay Checkout System To All Facebook & Google Merchants; Wise to Do Direct Listing On London Stock Exchange

El Salvador Becomes the First Country Ever to Make Bitcoin Legal Tender; Coinbase to Offer Crypto Investments for Retirement Accounts; Ledger Secures $380M Series C at $1.5B Valuation

Brazil’s Nubank Secures Massive $750M Investment; Stripe Launches Global Tax Compliance Service; Klarna Raises $639M at $45.6B Valuation

JPMorgan Has Broader Cryptocurrency Ambitions; Guggenheim To Launch A New Fund, With Potential Crypto Exposure; Sotheby’s Opens in Decentraland

Chipper Cash Banks $100M; Acorns to Go Public via SPAC; German ‘InsurTech’ Wefox Raises $650M $3B Valuation; Klarna Reported Record Quarter

WisdomTree Files for an ETH ETF with the SEC; Ray Dalio Holds Bitcoin, Carl Icahn is Looking to Make a Large Crypto Investment; Coinbase Gets Rated by Big Banks

Apple Signals Growing Interest in Crypto; Revolut’s Super App Ambitions; Consolidation in BNPL Space

Nebraska Bill to Allow Banks to Offer Crypto Services Passes to Final Round; Temenos to Include Access to Crypto Asset Services in its Products; FTX to Raise Up to $1B at $20B Valuation

PayPal Buys Returns Logistics Provider Happy Returns; Marqeta Files to Go Public; Google Partners with Shopify

Brex Launches Crypto Rewards; UBS Explores Offering Crypto Investments; Bitwise Launches New ETF

GPay Partners with Western Union & Wise to Take P2P Payments Global; eBay Goes Embedded Lending for its UK Merchants; VISA Backs Remitly

Galaxy Digital Buys BitGo for $1.2B in Stock & Cash; Goldman Sachs Loves Crypto; Square Bitcoin Revenue Grows 11X Year-Over-Year

Google Pay's Growing Threat to Neobanks; Wealthsimple's Pursuit of Becoming a One-stop-shop for Canadians’ Financial Needs; PayPal Plans for Super App

Tesla Sold Bitcoin to “Prove Liquidity”; JPMorgan Chase To Offer Bitcoin Fund To Wealthy Customers; Germany Opens Up to Institutional Crypto Funds

Brex Raises $425M at a $7.4B Valuation; Current Nets $220M Series D, Triples Valuation to $2.2B; Fiserv Partners with PayPal for QR Code Payments

Signature Bank Goes Fully Crypto; Galaxy Digital is in Advanced Talks to Acquire BitGo; Brian Brooks to become CEO of Binance.US

PayPal Preps to Move into the Chinese Payments Market; Venmo Users Can Now Buy & Sell Cryptocurrencies; Amazon is Bringing Its Hand-scanning Payment to Whole Foods Stores; Revolut to Expand in India

Coinbase Finally Goes Public; Dogecoin is the Hottest Crypto Asset Right Now; Binance Launches Tokenized Stock Trading

Ant, the Biggest Financial App in the World, gets Punished Again; Grab to Go Public in the Biggest SPAC Ever; N26 is Going into Insurance

The NFT Craze; Austria's 1st (Crypto) Unicorn; Buying Tesla with Bitcoin; Visa Now Supports Transaction Settlement with USDC Stablecoin

Square Buys Tidal and Now is a Bank; Flutterwave Raises $170M & Becomes a Unicorn 🦄; Stripe Nets $600M at a $95B Valuation & More

The Perfect Pitch Deck: How Coinbase Raised Seed Capital and Began Journey Towards $100B Worth Public Company

Coinbase Q1 Earnings Surpass 2020 Record; Crypto Traders on Robinhood Grew 6X to 9.5M in Q1; Bitcoin Again Hits $60K

Plaid Raises $425M Series D At $13.4B Valuation; Facebook Pay Tests Personalised QR Codes for P2P Payments; Instacart And DoorDash To Launch Credit Cards

Visa Now Supports Transaction Settlement with USDC Stablecoin; PayPal Launches Crypto Checkout; BlackRock Fund Bought Bitcoin Futures in January

Brazilian Central Bank Gives Green Light To WhatsApp Payments; Walgreens to Offer Bank Accounts; Afterpay Rolls Out In-Store Digital Card For BNPL

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s First Tweet NFT Sells for $2.9M; Tesla Can Now Be Bought Using Bitcoin; Fidelity Files for a Bitcoin ETF

Revolut Goes for US Banking Licence; Visa Faces Justice Department Probe On Debit Card Processes; Robinhood to Allow Users to Buy Into IPOs (Including Their Own!)

Tesla's $1.5B Bitcoin Purchase; Coinbase's S-1 Filing and $100B Valuation; PayPal's Crypto Biz Beating Expectations & More

Robinhood Raises $3.4B to Manage Customer Growth; Shopify is a FinTech; Stripe's Massive Valuation; Square's Crypto Bullishness

Bitpanda Raises $170M at a $1.2B Valuation; SEC Publishes VanEck’s Bitcoin ETF Application; Kraken Could IPO Next Year

Stripe Raises $600M at a $95B Valuation; Flutterwave Partners with PayPal; eToro to go Public via SPAC

CFTC Investigates Binance; the NFT Craze; Bitcoin Passes $61,000 & More

Flutterwave Raises $170M & Becomes a Unicorn 🦄 ; Starling & Zego Join the Unicorn Club Too; SoFi Buys a Bank

Citi Believes Bitcoin Could Power International Trade; Goldman Sachs to Relaunch Bitcoin Trading Desk; Charles Schwab is Exploring Crypto Brokerage

The Walmart Bank; Klarna Now Worth $31B; Square Buys Tidal and Now is a Bank; Oscar Health Goes Public

Coinbase's S-1 Filing is Now Public; Square Buys More Bitcoin; Bitcoin is in the Red

Fed Goes Offline; Square is Doubling Down on Crypto; Klarna to Raise $1B at a $31B Valuation, and More

Venture Capitalists Love Them: 10 Biggest FinTech Funding Rounds of 2020

Coinbase is Worth at least $100B; Robinhood to Allow Crypto Deposits & Withdrawals; Bitcoin is a $1 Trillion Asset

Stripe is Worth $115B; Affirm Shows Strong Growth; Goldman Sachs' Marcus Goes for Everyday Investors

Tesla Buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, Plans to Accept it as Payment; Ethereum Futures Are Now Live; Mastercard to Support Crypto Payments and More

Shopify Expands Shop Pay to Merchants on Facebook & Instagram; Venmo Chases Neobanks with New Features; Klarna & IKEA go Banking

US Federal Regulator Says Banks Can Do Payments Using Stablecoins; Anchorage Becomes 1st Federally Chartered Digital Asset Bank; Goldman to Enter into Crypto Custody; Elon Musk Messing w Crypto & More

VISA’s $5.3B Plaid Purchase Gets Canceled; LendingClub Gets Final Approval for its Acquisition of Radius Bank; Robinhood's GameStop Drama with Brand Fragility at the Core & More

Making Sense of Tesla's $1.5B Bitcoin Buy

Switzerland’s Innovative Tokenized Securities Law; PayPal’s Cryptocurrency Business Has Beat Expectations; IBM Deprioritizes Blockchain Efforts

Robinhood Raises $3.4B to Cope With Customer Growth; Flink Raises $12M Series A to be LatAm’s Robinhood; VISA to Introduce Crypto Trading

Robinhood: Robbing the Poor to Give to the Rich? A Story about the Fragility of the Brand

Decentralized Twitter in the Making; DeFi Market Cap Reaches $49B; Bitcoin Spikes 20% after Elon Musk Adds #Bitcoin to His Twitter Bio

Robinhood: Robbing the Poor to Give to the Rich?; NAB to Acquire 86 400; Brazil’s Nubank Nets Massive $400M Series G at $25B Valuation

Ether Breaks New All-Time High; Goldman Sachs to Enter into Crypto Custody; BlackRock to Buy Bitcoin Futures

LendingClub Gets Final Approval for its Acquisition of Radius Bank; TikTok Rolls Out Mobile Payments Service; DriveWealth Acquires Cuttone & Co.; TransferWise to IPO in London

Bitcoin Suffers Biggest Daily Drop in History; Gemini Considering Public Debut; Anchorage Becomes First Federally Chartered Digital Asset Bank

VISA’s $5.3B Plaid Purchase Gets Canceled; Walmart Launches FinTech Startup; Affirm IPO Affirms Hot Demand in ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’

Cutting Through the Noise: Bitcoin Fundamentals & Why it Was Created

Bitcoin Goes Past $40,000; DeFi Breaks Record as Investors Lock Up $22B; US Federal Regulator Says Banks Can Conduct Payments Using Stablecoins

Venmo Goes Into Bank Waters; N26 Gets Licensed in Brazil to Take on Nubank; SoFi to Go Public via SPAC

Bitcoin Hits All-Time High. Again; SEC Sues Ripple & Two Execs for Selling XRP in $1.3B Illegal Security Offering; Coinbase Files for IPO

Stripe is the Ultimate FinTech-as-a-Service; Robinhood to IPO in 2021; Australian Neobank Xinja Shuts Down

Bitcoin Roars Past $34,000 for the First Time; PayPal & BitGo Acquisition Talks Fall Apart; XRP’s Market Cap Fell 60% after SEC Lawsuit

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