Sitemap - 2022 - Linas's Newsletter

JPMorgan's FinTech Strategy is pretty badass, or why it's winning innovation game in Finance 💸; Mastercard may have lost Africa. Africa’s growth story will be told by Visa 🤯; Crypto Summer in LatAm!

Financial Super App from Estonia?🇪🇪; BNPL is dead. Long live BNPL! 💸; RegTech will be the hottest thing in Web3 in 2023 🚀

Walmart is building a Super App that can change FinTech forever 📲; FinTech champion Wise is one step closer to becoming a bank 😳🏦; The Binance stress test 🪙

The mindblowing collapse of FTX-linked stocks 🥶; Is Binance having an FTX moment? 🤯🤯🤯; Checkout.com’s valuation cut by 72% 😳

Is Binance having an FTX moment? 🤯🤯🤯; Galileo's latest feature proves what many still ignore about BNPL🚨; PayPal + MetaMask 🦊 = 🚀

Visa knows that Africa is the world's next superpower. You should pay attention too💡; Checkout.com’s valuation cut by 72% 🤯; Mastercard & Marqeta are making a major push into B2B payments 🚀

Walmart is going deeper into FinTech & bringing BNPL product in-house 👀; RIP Marcus? Goldman Sachs’ FinTech ambitions are fading 🪦; Microsoft & London Stock Exchange — a marriage made in Heaven? 🤔

The mindblowing collapse of FTX-linked stocks 🤯; Global venture funding is in freefall 🌪; Do virtual words need virtual landlords? Decentraland thinks so 👀

Robinhood wants to be with you until your Last Dance🕺; Starbucks is the ultimate Web3 disruptor ☕️😎; Amazon is copycatting TikTok, but with a twist 🤯

The FTX story just keeps getting crazier 😳; El Salvador is a case study in crypto's structural problems 🇸🇻; (R)evolution: ChatGPT can now both make and break Smart Contracts 🤯🤯🤯

The bullish case for struggling Coinbase 🤑; Binance gets audited. So what? 🤔; Is African FinTech starting to struggle? 🤔

Circle's canceled SPAC signals that crypto contagion is real and spreading 🦠; Every major bank right now should copy Goldman Sachs. Here’s why 😎; Twitter Coin? 🐦🪙

The FTX story just keeps getting crazier 😳; Could Klarna be profitable in 2023? 🤔; Plaid's layoffs and the future of FinTech 👀

Africa will be the driving force for crypto adoption globally 🚀; Genesis got one step closer to bankruptcy. And it's alarming🚨; (R)evolution: ChatGPT can now both make & break Smart Contracts 🤯🤯🤯

Tencent doubling down on remittances highlights two key payments trends 💸🇨🇳; El Salvador is a case study in crypto's structural problems 🇸🇻; Reddit is crushing the NFT game. Again! 🚀

The FTX story is getting wilder and wilder 🤯; Challenger Banks 2.0, the Vertical approach 📲; Over 50% of Bitcoin Addresses are now at a loss 😤

Stripe just killed MoonPay, Ramp, and dozens of other FinTechs 🤯; EU’s Metafail 🤦; N26 is shaping a new FinTech ecosystem in Europe 🚀

Kraken's brutal layoffs: why nobody’s safe & one key lesson 😳; This is how far FinTech funding has plunged 📉; Raise 20% more cash for your startup with this trick 🤑

If you don't have a BNPL strategy, you're missing out 🫵; Social Shopping is the future of e-commerce? Klarna thinks so 🙋🏽‍♀️; Challenger Banks 2.0, the Vertical approach 📲

Revolut takes a page out of Meta's Playbook 👀; Another domino falls - BlockFi files for bankruptcy 🫡; Bitcoin’s correlation to other assets plunges 📉

The FTX story is getting wilder and wilder 🤯; Genesis' fight for survival, or incoming Crypto Armageddon 😳; Over 50% of Bitcoin Addresses are now at a loss 😤

FTX collapse could be a catalyst for crypto regulations🚨; FinTech Winter is a brilliant time for banks to increase acquisitions 💸; FinTech investing just became a lot more difficult for everyone 😳

Institutions are now driving the crypto adoption boom 🚀; FinTech investing just became a hell of a lot more difficult for everyone 😳; FinTech Winter, or a warning sign from FIS 🥶

Price is the story, or how retail is adopting crypto 💸; The crazy FTX story is getting even more ridiculous 🤯; Can the license save Bitpanda? 🐼

Affirm offers a profitability strategy that other BNPL FinTechs should steal 👏; The worst year ever for stock trading apps 📉; Binance wants to be your Crypto Bank 🏦

The verticalization of neobanking continues 📲; FinTech Winter is a brilliant time for banks to increase acquisitions 💸; NFT startups are losing their shine ✨

The future is purple. Nubank Purple 💜; FTX collapse could be a catalyst for crypto regulations🚨; Klarna's explosive growth is rapidly declining 😳

FTX is much worse than anyone imagined 🤯🤯🤯; Elon Musk will turn Twitter into a Bank? 😳; Wait, Crypto is Dead? 🤔

The contagion continues as FTX is a virus that’s soaring worldwide 🦠; Square + American Express, or a perfect ecosystem match 💳; Wait, Crypto is Dead? 🤔

FTX is much worse than anyone imagined 🤯🤯🤯; Ether, the ultrasound money? 🤑; YouTube to double down on Social Commerce. You should too 🛍

Contagion 2.0, or how Genesis could cause Crypto Armageddon 😳; Marqeta is betting on Embedded Finance as The Next BIG Thing 🚀; Nike's chance to own the future via its solid Web3 NFT game 👟

There's no such thing as Smart Money 🤥; Klarna wants to dethrone Google and Amazon 😳; JPMorgan + Mastercard, or why the future of Banking is Open 👐🏼

The aftermath of the FTX collapse could be bigger than the earthquake 🌋; Elon Musk will turn Twitter into a Bank? 🤯; Winter is ON, but PayPal for Crypto raises fresh funding 💸

WTF: Binance walks away from FTX takeover 😳🥶; Mastercard really, really loves crypto ❤️🧡; Pyypl is for the people 🧑‍🤝‍🧑

Coinbase loses half a billion dollars & half a million customers in 3 mos. What signals does it send? 🤔; Mastercard really, really loves crypto ❤️🧡; Bakkt + Apex, or more crypto consolidation 💸

PayPal claims the top spot in BNPL 🤯; Alipay tests golden goose in Hong Kong 🇭🇰; Pyypl is for the people 🧑‍🤝‍🧑

WTF: Binance walks away from FTX takeover 😳🥶; Big banks are betting big on the Boring Stuff 🤑; Frictionless institutional DeFi lending? 🤔

Binance swallows rival FTX 🤯🤯🤯; Yet another causality of the struggling NFT market 😔

Amazon shows why the future of FinTech is Embedded 🗂; Stripe's “excellent” layoffs and a warning sign for everyone 🌪; Alternative asset investing is no longer just for the ultra-rich 🤑

Block continues building its Ecosystem of Ecosystems 🚀; Brazil's FinTech giant Nubank to launch its own cryptocurrency. A game-changer or just a marketing gimmick? 😳; No blockbuster Blockchain IPO ❌

Revolut launched Revolut Chat. Is it a Super App now? 🤔; JPMorgan, DeFi, and the future of finance 💸; NFT lending as the next BIG thing in non-fungibles? 🤑

Latest results from Mastercard & Visa: what the Macro Compass tells us? 🤔; Google wants to be like Klarna? 🤯; Nubank to launch its own cryptocurrency. A game-changer or just a marketing gimmick? 😳

Going all in on crypto at the worst possible time, or how a16z's flagship fund lost 40% in value 🤯; Reddit may just have all the tools to take NFTs mainstream🔥; No blockbuster Blockchain IPO ❌

Amazon + Venmo is a match made in heaven 🫂; Block continues building its Ecosystem of Ecosystems 🚀; Mastercard really loves crypto ❤️🧡

The biggest winners from NFTs are Nike & Gucci 🤯; One more thing about some of the greatest PMF failures ever 😳; Visa continues building a payment ecosystem that even Marvel would be proud of 💸

Amazon is taking another step into the FinTech World 🤯; Here's why 2022 is the worst year in cryptocurrency history 😳; What if we could decentralize social media? 🤔

Millennials are disrupting the Generational Wealth Transfer 💸; The FinTech M&A Market is about to Boom💥; NYDIG, or another reminder you should never put all your eggs in one basket 🪺

Adyen, the FinTech giant that is somewhat ignored 😳; Crypto Winter takes another victim - a crypto exchange turned neobank 💀; The hottest FinTech vertical is now cool? 🤯

Commerce 2.0: a Social Evolution 📲🛍; How much is Bitpanda really worth? 🐼; The future of gaming is being built in Web3 👾

Rising living costs as the golden opportunity for BNPL 😳; The hottest FinTech vertical is now cool? 🤯; The future of Real Estate: NFTs? 👀

The real winner of the Crypto Wars is… Mastercard? 🤔; The latest nail to Meta's Metaverse coffin 😳; Crypto Winter takes another victim - a crypto exchange turned neobank 💀

Revolut's big e-commerce push & the Super App play 📲; Adyen, the FinTech giant that is somewhat ignored 😳; Is Ethereum finally becoming the ultrasound money? 🤯

Welcome to Apple Bank - your everyday Banking from Apple, NOT a Bank 🍎🏦; One of the biggest funding rounds in the decentralized finance sector's history & what it means for the future of DeFi 😳

Crypto Winter is getting Freezing Cold 🥶; PayPal is deepening its in-store push, or why the future of commerce is unified 🔁; How much is a Metaverse user worth? 🤔

FinTech Winter is coming… its time to bundle up ❄️; PayPal is deepening its in-store push, or why the future of commerce is unified 🔁; Does Eat Now, Pay Later illustrate the market top of BNPL? 🤔

N26 widening losses show what happens when you don't prioritize compliance and lack focus🚨; Crypto Winter is getting Freezing Cold 🥶; Banks are crypto companies now 🤯

3 reasons why Visa should acquire Airwallex 💸; Logan Paul and the collapse of the NFT market 🌪; Brazilian companies are buying crypto like their future depends on it 😳

More than just a partnership: Visa and FTX want to bring cryptocurrency into Main Street 💳; How much is a Metaverse user worth? 🤔; DeFi startup that wants to become the “BlackRock of Web3” 👀

Twitter can become the Super App PayPal, Klarna, & Revolut always dreamed of 🤯; Railsr's Series C & why future of finance is embedded 💸; MiCA: what landmark EU ruling means for future of crypto?

SoftBank is an elephant that keeps falling over 🐘; Strong dollar poses threats for European (Fin)Techs 😳💵; Kim Kardashian's crypto crackdown signals future regulations 👀

The Big VC Pullback everyone was expecting is here and it's bad for startups 😔; Decentralised exchanges are a major source of fraud 🚨; Perfect timing: Mastercard launches crypto anti-fraud tool ⏰

Adyen + Tink, or why the future of payments is open 💸; Crypto is here to stay. And it's time to talk about MENA 🚀; Lessons from another failed neobank 🧠

Credit Suss, or Lehman Brothers 2.0: a new crash coming? 😱; Your FinTech should be much more like Liquid Death, the $700M canned water brand 💦; Kim K's crypto crackdown signals future regulations 👀

Strong dollar poses threats for European (Fin)Techs 😳💵; 4 Bitcoin charts that will surprise you 🤯; Has crypto died in India? 🤔

SoftBank is an elephant that keeps falling over 🐘; The most fascinating charts about BNPL you've probably never seen 📊; I’m sorry but Bitcoin hasn't decoupled from anything 🤷‍♂️

Klarna makes deeper cuts and now counts ~1000 people laid off in 2022 😔; The platformization of financial technology 🚀; FTX acquires Voyager Digital for basically $0 🤑

Square + Apple, or the Beginning of the End of Physical Payment Terminals 📲; No signs of a slowdown? Italy's 2nd unicorn is a BNPL 🦄; JPMorgan's push into co-branded cards, & why it can be huge 💳

Banks are becoming crypto companies while crypto companies are becoming banks ₿🏦; Shopify is a FinTech company that you should be paying attention to 🚀; Metaverse gone wrong 😬

The Future of Finance is Integrated: Mollie launches Mollie Capital 💸; FTX acquires Voyager Digital for basically $0 🤑; Care Now, Pay Later? 🤔

Apple's latest move into NFTs could be a game changer for Web3 🤯; Samsung's taking a page out of Apple's playbook & launching a credit card in India 💳; The platformization of financial technology 🚀

Amazon launching with Affirm in 🇨🇦 is brilliant case study of how to grow FinTech product 🚀; Can owning your banking core be a competitive advantage for neobanks? 🤔; Klarna lays off again 😔

Cash App (NOT Revolut) could become the New PayPal 🚀; Web3 infrastructure is too hot to handle, or how to 4X valuation in 6 mos 🤯; Decentralized Finance has a massive security problem🚨

The key reason why every FinTech is becoming a bank 🏦; M&A deal-making in crypto has hit winter mode, with more cold to come 🥶; The SEC just saved Robinhood from getting eaten alive 🤯

Lessons FinTechs can learn from Spotify going into audiobooks 🧠; The upcoming recession should heat up FinTech M&As🔥; Amazon launches PNGL, or Pay Now, Get Later 📦

Decentralized Finance has a massive security problem🚨; Africa is still hungry for cryptocurrencies 🤤; Institutions are now adopting crypto faster than ever before 🚀

Cash App (NOT Revolut) could become the New PayPal 🚀; Regulators plan to crack down on BNPL giants, jeopardizing their path to profits 🤯; (R)evolution: Amazon to shape the future of digital euro 💶

Goldman Sachs & Modern Treasury show that future of money is software driven 💸; The Merge turned ETH into a security? 🤔; Web3 infrastructure is too hot to handle, or how to 4X valuation in 6 mos 🤯

Payment Wars: Revolut to take on PayPal & Apple. Here's what everyone is missing 🧠; Goldman Sachs again reminds us that FinTech is hard 😳; FTX's war chest is about to get even more solid 💸

Ethereum post-Merge: what investors need to know 🧠; When markets are down, institutions adopt Bitcoin and Crypto faster than ever before 🚀; FTX's war chest is about to get even more solid 💸

The Merge: Ethereum's Netscape moment? 🤯; Goldman Sachs again reminds us that FinTech is hard 😳; Vertical neobanks keep raising millions 💸

Starbucks goes Web3, or the biggest innovation in loyalty in 20 years ☕️; The largest crypto deal in history just got canceled 🤯; This is where investors see the Web3 opportunity 💸

Payment Wars: Revolut to take on PayPal & Apple. Here's what everyone's missing 🧠; JPMorgan continues FinTech acquisitions to expand its payments biz 💸; Web3 keeps dominating in startup funding 🚀

Bitcoin in El Salvador🇸🇻 is one of the greatest product-market fit failures ever 🤦‍♂️; When being late-comer is an advantage, or how Zelle dominated P2P payments 📲; FTX continues its buying spree

Revolut is the hottest thing in banking. Yet it can't get a banking license 😬🇬🇧; U-turn & no BS, or why UBS ditched Wealthfront 🫡; Time to build: the oldest VC firm in US closes $4.6B 🚀

PayPal's biggest threat is coming from around the Block & it's called Cash Pay 💳; Time to build: the oldest VC firm in US closes $4.6B 🚀; Celebrities won't save FinTechs from themselves 🤦‍♀️

From FinTech to (Web3) Energy. What could go wrong? 🫣; Bitcoin drops below $19,000, & signals for more crypto bankruptcies ahead 🔔; Global VC funding reaches lows not seen in years. To worry or not?

U-turn and no BS, or why UBS ditched Wealthfront 🫡; Stablecoin Wars: who gains from Binance ditching USDC? 🤔; FinTech for influencers goes bust. A warning sign for vertical neobanks? 🚩

Revolut is the hottest thing in banking. Yet it can't get a banking license 😬🇬🇧; VC growth is slowing down, but we’re not seeing more M&As 🤔; NFTs are gaining momentum in the music industry 🎶

The real Amazon Bank is being built from the ground up in LatAm 🇦🇷🏦; The Private Markets are in a consolidation period 💸; Apple overtakes the smartphone crown in the US, & why it can be huge 📲

A short reminder of the powerfulness of US Government 🇺🇸🌪; As Klarna's losses quadruple, 2023 will make or break once BNPL’s top star 😵; Most active crypto VCs you must know if you want to win 🚀

SumUp copies Block's playbook. Now or never? 🤔; FinTech-as-a-Service will be one of the key pillars of the future of FinTech 💸; Alloy bumps its valuation proving RegTech is still hot🔥

As Klarna's losses quadruple, 2023 will make or break once BNPL’s top star 😵; Can tickets be the killer application for NFTs? 🤔; Most active crypto VCs you must know if you want to win 🚀

Meta (via WhatsApp) & Jio (via JoMart) are changing online shopping forever 🛍; Affirm's strong earnings & promising growth initiatives 🚀; Indonesia’s largest tech firm made massive crypto move 🤯

Ramp going into B2B BNPL is a case study for how FinTech should be done ✅; Google Wallet is going global with the next Big Move: Africa 📲; The verticalisation of venture capital. The new VC game? 💸

A short reminder of the powerfulness of the US Government 🇺🇸🌪; NFTs and metaverse-related cryptocurrencies are crashing. Here's why💡; Bitcoin sinks on Fed's hawkish stance. What’s next? 🤔

Small banks are leading in crypto adoption. Here's what big banks can learn💡; FTX is swimming in cash and looking at a massive acquisition 🤯; Can sustainable investing be the future? 🤔

Goldman Sachs' Marcus shows just how difficult FinTech really is 😔; Can sustainable investing be the future? 🤔; Tokens not cards will be the future of payments 💳

Square's coming for your BNPL business in UK🇬🇧. Here's why it matters 💸; Web3 credit scores can supercharge DeFi 🚀; Malaysia's first Super App could be the most revolutionary app in the region 📲

Stripe gets a ridiculous valuation cut of 64% 🤯; Deal of the century? FTX may buy BlockFi for just $15M 😳; Despite upcoming Merge, weekly Ethereum staking deposits hit record low. Here’s why 💸

The future of expense management is integrated and vertical 💸; FTX is swimming in cash and looking at a massive acquisition 🤯; Have NFTs hit the bottom already? 🤔

Small banks are leading in crypto adoption. Lessons for big banks 🧠; Secret ingredient making payments startups wow investors in current climate 💸; Amazon of LatAm to launch its own crypto token 👀

Payments-related M&As are on the rise & will only accelerate. Here's why 💸; The biggest crypto deal that never happened, & what it means for the future 🤑; Will becoming a Super App save Klarna? 🤔

Web3 & Crypto VCs: a list of most prominent venture capitalists to fund your next startup 🚀

Nubank crushed its Q2 earnings. We've never seen this before 🤯; Will becoming a Super App save Klarna? 🤔; Is it really that bad? Robinhood slashes Ziglu acquisition offer by >50% 🥶

Recession will be a critical or final test for most FinTechs ☠️; Fed's new guidelines is a giant step to complete the interconnectivity of crypto & TradFi 🤯; Crypto adoption marches on in LatAm🇧🇷

The biggest crypto deal that never happened & what it means for the future 🤑; Remitly buys Rewire: what it shows abt the future of remittances 💸; FinTech layoffs in Europe: the worst is yet to come?

The real winner of the BNPL Wars is…Mastercard? 🤔; Plaid & Wise partnership shows what the future of banking looks like 📲; EU's crypto agenda could be the biggest change to crypto in a long time 👀

Payments-related M&As are rising & will only accelerate. Here's why💸; FinTechs should be scared by Marqeta's impressive results & insights 👀; FTX+Huobi, or one of the biggest deals in crypto ever 🤯

Most active investors continue investing despite the crash 💸; Meta goes live with NFTs: major crypto catalyst or failure underway? 🤔; Celsius’ tentacles in Germany 🇩🇪

Coinbase earnings: disappointing, but you shouldn’t lose hope yet 📉; Ethereum is one step closer to merge, and it’s huge 🙌; Celsius’ tentacles in Germany 🇩🇪

Meta goes live with NFTs: major crypto catalyst or failure underway? 🤔; Crypto funding in H1 2022 already surpassed all of 2021 🤯; A FinTech that aims to boost online grocery access 🥦

What SoftBank’s collapse means for the future of FinTech investments 🥶; Nuri & Dozens - crypto insolvency & FinTech failure on the same day 💥; Every FinTech must have a BNPL strategy. Here’s why 💳

Most active investors continue investing despite the crash 💸; Open Banking is coming to Canada, & it will transform country forever 🇨🇦; "Risk-off" sentiment in crypto markets & a look at H2 2022 👀

Starbucks’ Web3 strategy, and why it could be huge ☕️; Drama 3.0: WTF is happening between Binance & WazirX? 😬; BNPL & Cash App offsets Block’s beating from Bitcoin 📈

E-commerce isn’t what it used to be, so FinTechs & tech startups will have to adapt 💆🏾‍♀️; The curious case of Elliott Management, PayPal & Pinterest 🧐; Coinbase + Blackrock = 🚀

Coinbase + Blackrock = 🚀; The first crypto-linked ETF from an investment giant 💸; Female-founded FinTechs are struggling… 😔

AmEx enters the lucrative B2B payments space 💸; Bank earnings: common global trends & uncertain future 👀; Strong results from PayPal: massive BNPL growth & positive future outlook 📈

Brutal Robinhood layoffs & yet another red flag for stock trading FinTechs 🚩; JPMorgan is building a travel agency 🤯; Massive payments consolidation continues as Global Payments buys EVO for $4B 😳

Future of neobanks: some will swim & others will sink. Here’s how to survive the wave 🌊; VC funding slows, but firms keep raising massively 💸; The curious case of Elliott Mgmt, PayPal & Pinterest 🧐

E-commerce isn’t what it used to be, so FinTechs & tech startups will have to adapt 💆🏾‍♀️; Mastercard’s earnings as a reflection of the economy & 3 growth trends 💳; Meta, what’s the Meta with you?

Neobanking consolidation begins: Qonto🇫🇷 buys German competitor Penta🇩🇪; More crypto layoffs & yet another reminder of the golden startup rule 💼; A unicorn 🦄 after just Series A? Only in Web3 🙌

A unicorn 🦄 after just Series A? Only in Web3 🙌; Seller Wallet is yet another sign of Amazon’s growing ambitions in payments 💳; Visa earnings: strong consumer confidence and uncertain future 🔮

SEC vs. Coinbase, or one of the biggest legal battles in crypto 😳; Facebook’s Diem is being reborn and is one of the most interesting Layer 1 Blockchains ever 🤯; Growing tentacles of FTX 🦑

What Shopify’s massive layoffs hint about the future of FinTech & digital businesses 🔮; Shares thinks the future of investing is social 💸; Democratizing access to private markets could be huge 🚀

More crypto layoffs and yet another reminder of the golden startup rule 💼; Is Coinbase collapsing? 🤔; More blurring lines between banks and crypto firms 🏦

Neobanking consolidation begins: French🇫🇷 Qonto buys German competitor Penta🇩🇪; Visa should acquire Airwallex. 3 reasons why it makes sense 📝; InsurTechs are struggling & what's next 👀

Despite the global slowdown, UK FinTech investment grows 🇬🇧; Banks might be driving the next big wave of layoffs 😔; The first market test for the creator economy 📈

The first market test for the creator economy 📈; Crypto has an insider trading problem 🤕; Starling Bank proves that challenger banks can be profitable too 💸

Despite global slowdown, UK FinTech investment grows 📈; While most companies are slowing down, Ramp just had its fastest growth month ever 🤯; Banks might be driving the next big wave of layoffs 😔

Starling ditching EU banking license is a red flag for everyone else 🚩; Declining FinTech funding & $0.5T wiped out signal a harsher climate for startups 😬; PayPal > Banks in Super App wars 📲

The ‘Amazon of Latin America,’ could be region’s Next BIG thing in FinTech💥; Crypto funding falls in H1 2021. To worry or not to worry? 🤔; Subscription Economy sees FinTech in its future 👀

In-store is the next big growth opportunity for BNPL players? 🤔; OpenSea is the latest causality of the struggling NFT market 😔; Plaid goes crypto 😎

Payments FinTechs should brace themselves for a tough H2 📊; Neobanks buying banks & another FinTech gem from LatAm💎🇧🇷; European InsurTeech giant in the making 🦊

Stripe cuts valuation from $95B to $74B 🤯 What this means?; Celsius finally files for bankruptcy. Maybe banks are better friends after all? 🤔; Launch of European Robinhood: excitement vs. risks 👀

FinTech megadeal that didn’t happen 😳; Despite the blood on the streets, Lightspeed raises >$7B across 4 funds & launches new 'crypto native' team 🤯; European InsurTeech giant in the making 👀

Neobanks buying banks & another FinTech gem from LatAm💎🇧🇷; More regulatory heat is coming as the world's largest crypto exchange ignored sanctions 👀; European startup funding doesn’t look good 😔

Payments FinTech should brace themselves for a tough H2 📊; Meta’s existential problem it can do nothing about 😳; Ape Now, Pay Later? 🙊

Bitcoin to completely recover in 6 months?! 😳; US-Mexico remittance corridor is too big to ignore🔥; A FinTech that provides financial guidance through personality tests 😬

Klarnageddon begins as Klarna will lose 85% of its valuation with the fresh funding 🤯; More crypto mess: Voyager’s bankruptcy and the big revelation of FTX’s involvement🚨; Revolut + Stripe = 🌍🚀

Revolut + Stripe = 🌍🚀; YuLife more than doubles its valuation in a bid that the future of Insurance is going to be Gamified 🎮; This type of funding in Europe went up in June🇪🇺🚀

Voyager’s bankruptcy & the big revelation of FTX’s involvement🚨; Revolut to battle Square, PayPal & SumUp with their POS reader 💳; Booming creator economy & (huge) opportunities for FinTechs 🚀

The verticalisation of neobanks & why personalisation is the future of banking ❤️🏦; Nexo to swoop Vauld as crypto M&As intensify 💸; eToro's failed SPAC signals challenges in retail trading space 🚩

BNPL is dead - B2B BNPL is the future 🤑; Meta is finally killing Novi ❌; Stablecoins are crypto killer app 🥊

Klarnageddon begins as Klarna loses 85% of valuation w fresh funding 🤯; More generous but still nuts - FTX to buy BlockFi at 95% discount 👀; Open Banking wars continue: GoCardless buys Nordigen 💸

History in the making: Goldman Sachs to buy Celsius for $2B 🤯; FTX acquiring Robinhood would create a FinTech beast we never seen before 👀; Australian neobank Volt goes to the wall 😵

FTX to buy BlockFi at 99% discount 🤯; Huge crypto hedge fund gets liquidated 😵; New crypto rules in the EU🇪🇺

Another one bites the dust - Australian neobank Volt goes to the wall 😵; The first creator-founded, creator-backed VC in Europe🇪🇺; Wise growth and undervaluation 📊

Credit Suisse’s drug money and the future of bank & FinTech regulation 🔍; Can Brazilian Super App win in the US? 🤔; If you aren’t a late-stage FinTech, you might need to worry 👀

FTX acquiring Robinhood would create a FinTech beast we have never seen before 🤯; New platform enabling regular people to invest in VC funds 💸; Binance x Ronaldo and NFTs in sports ⚽️

History in the making: Goldman Sachs to buy Celsius for $2B 🤯; Revolut wants a piece of Europe’s booming BNPL market (it won’t be easy)🔥; Another crypto bridge hack & key ecosystem weakness 🔐

Klarnageddon begins? Klarna to lose ~70% of its valuation as it seeks fresh funding 🤯; Bear market is perfect for Nubank to scale in LatAm 🐻🚀; C2C (Connect-to-Consumer) is the future of commerce 🛍

C2C (Connect-to-Consumer) is the future of commerce 🛍; Can loyalty save Klarna? 🤔; How do you pay in the Metaverse? With Meta Pay 😎

Monzo’s crypto ambitions & challenger banks’ strategy triangle 📐; Open Banking is the Next BIG Thing in FinTech since Plastic 💳; Bear market is perfect for Nubank to scale in Latin America 🐻🚀

FTX is Crypto’s Berkshire Hathaway while its CEO is the new J.P. Morgan 🎩; Why do we need a Short Bitcoin ETF? 🤔; Why tech layoffs are hitting late-stage startups the hardest? 😔

Tougher BNPL rules in the UK🇬🇧; FinTech trying to take on Wise has to do better 🥱; Decentralised centralisation? 🤔

Klarnageddon begins? Klarna to lose ~70% of its value as it seeks fresh funding 🤯; Musk sees payments & crypto as part of Twitter’s future 👀; Brex ditches SMEs, vertical that gave them their name 😬

Celsius is Luna 3.0? 😬🤯; More crypto layoffs & the golden rule for startups 💼; Stripe’s betting on Southeast Asia as the next frontier for growth 🚀

Interest rates rose by the most since 1994. Here's what it means for FinTechs 📲; New Samsung Wallet is here and it’s ready to fight Apple 🥊; One feature that could help PayPal win the BNPL wars🔥

Prominent crypto hedge fund going bust could cause the whole market to collapse 🤯; PayPal's vision for the future is the checkout 💳; Despite Crypto Winter, some crypto firms are hiring like crazy 🤑

Bitcoin dropped to an 18-month low while the S&P 500 entered the bear market 🐻; More crypto layoffs & the golden rule for startups 💼; MicroStrategy & its Bitcoin losses 😱

Celsius is Luna 3.0? 😬🤯; Mastercard bets more on Web3 as it wants to make it easier to buy NFTs 💳; Why Metaverse tokens are up 400% YoY? 🤯

NFTs: the higher they rise, the harder they fall 🤷‍♂️; FTX is the largest fiat crypto exchange🔥 (but it'd start looking at other revenue opps); Stripe’s betting on SEA as next growth frontier 🚀

Goodbye, bank. Welcome, Apple Bank 🏦🤯; Western Union moves into digital banking 💳; PayPal’s long-awaited crypto feature🔥

Increase your chances of getting funded with this cheat sheet 💸

Visa + M-Pesa shows rapid rise in Africa’s payment digitization 💳; Value in DeFi is falling. What this tells us abt sector’s health? 🤔; $COIN freezing hiring & rescinding offers = Crypto Winter? 🥶

BNPL is dead, long live (B2B) BNPL!? 🤔; Affirm + Stripe shows why ecosystems are crucial in FinTech 🕸; Are neobanks running out of money? 😬

Are neobanks running out of money? 😬; NFTs have an insider trading problem 👀; Is Stripe really worth $95B? 🤔

1000+ FinTech, Tech & Crypto Talent Ready to Grow Your Business 🚀

Crypto & Web3 appetite is still there as Binance Labs raises a new fund💰; M&A in the blockchain & crypto space is about to get hot 🔥; May was a tough month for digital asset investors 🤕

Affirm + Stripe shows why ecosystems are crucial in FinTech 🕸; Revolut to IPO soon? 🤔; Despite a pullback in VC funding, some sectors still remain strong 🚀

BNPL is dead, long live (B2B) BNPL!? 🤔; Misleading crypto ads: Coinbase & Crypto.com lead the way 🤷‍♂️; Banking & payments infrastructure for Web3 economy (could be huge) 👀

Regulators are coming after BNPL’s excessive subprime borrowers 💳; Mastercard’s ambitions for the Middle East and Africa 👀; Even the hottest verticals aren’t immune to the harsh market conditions 😕

Be greedy when others are fearful: a16z’s new $4.5B crypto fund 🤑; The Fast Saga continues? Bolt is laying off 30% of its staff 😳; Europe’s biggest 2021 IPOs are all down 📉

NFTs could be the Next BIG thing in Travel as we move to Crypto-as-an-Experience 🤯; Startup that wants to scale Ethereum quadruples valuation in 6 mths 😳; Stripe App Marketplace is a massive move 🔥

JPMorgan shows how costly the neobanking business is 💸📲 (it’s a long-term game); Grab spins off a new FinTech app as it doubles down on FinServ 🚀; The first crypto company to enter Fortune 500 🤯

Apologies for the delay

Klarna laying off 10% of its staff over a prerecorded message shows how broken the company culture is 😔; Affirm's strong results & why it needs a Super App 🚀; Block’s growing payments powerhouse🔥

Klarna hits 150M users but will cut its valuation by 30% 🤯 (& what this means for other FinTechs); Stripe vs. Plaid: Round 2 🥊; Revolut's native token & Web3 wallet 👀 (huge risks involved)

Klarna’s latest feature is a growth driver further solidifying its ambition to become the Google for Shopping 🛍; Nubank finally (& really) embraces crypto 💸🇧🇷; Robinhood doubles down on Web3 🚀

Shopify & Crypto.com deal signals long-term crypto payments adoption 💳; Block’s Super App strategy & why it could work 🤯; FTX fee-free stock trading as a move towards an 'Everything App' 👀

Elon Musk hints Twitter could become WeChat-style Super App with payments 📲; Mastercard launches biometric program as it wants to be an early mover 👁; Nubank’s strongest quarter in history 🇧🇷🚀

Robinhood doubles down on crypto & launches Web3 Crypto Wallet to compete w Coinbase & Metamask 👀; Spotify to launch NFT galleries 🎵; Is Axie Infinity done (so as other blockchain-based games)? 🤔

Nubank finally (& really) embraces crypto 💸🇧🇷; a16z’s IPO portfolio gets seriously corrected 💼; Top NFTs are getting cheaper? 🤔

Klarna’s latest feature is a growth driver that further solidifies its ambition to become "Google for Shopping"🛍; FTX CEO to acquire Robinhood? 🤯; (Huge) Pan-African crypto exchange in the making 🚀

Results from Shopify, Visa/MC, Amazon, etc., indicate the Great Normalisation & digital cooldown 📉; Block’s strong Q1 & Cash App’s huge growth potential 🚀; BNPL turns to BNPN (Buy Now, Pay Now) 👀

Major roadblock for Revolut’s "Global Super App" ambitions 👀; Coinbase results were poor 😕 (but there’s huge upside nobody’s talking about); Google’s new feature that just killed a 100 FinTechs 🤯

BNPL turns to BNPN (Buy Now, Pay Now) 👀; NFTs for physical luxury goods? 🤔 (might be huge); UK’s latest unicorn 🇬🇧🦄 (building Apple’s in-app payments service alternative)

Extreme fear in crypto markets 😨; The biggest flex in Bitcoin 💪😎; KuCoin’s new $10B price tag 🤑

Block’s strong Q1 & Cash App’s huge growth potential 🚀; Canada shows confidence in neobanks but lots of challenges remain 🇨🇦📱; What if Bitcoin isn’t a hedge at all? One metric you need to watch 📉

Results from Shopify, Visa/MC, Amazon, etc. indicate Great Normalisation & digital cooldown 📉; Crypto.com does Elon Musk move 👀; Global VC funding drops to lowest levels in past 12 months 😬

Sinking Robinhood reminds why lack of fundamentals & hiring too fast kills startups 🧠; Solana’s 7th outage this year highlights network inefficiencies 😬; Birth of the 2nd-biggest neobank in Europe📲

Fiserv & Affirm partnership shows that BNPL demand is still growing 📈; Robinhood launches lending. Stock lending 💸; Accounting software for the Web3 age 👀

Stripe launches Plaid’s competitor? 🤯; Starbucks teases Web 3 pivot 👀; The birth of the second-biggest neobank in Europe 📲

India’s 100th Unicorn 🦄🇮🇳; Kraken is preparing to jump into the NFT game 🖼; Gamification is the future of banking? 🤔

Solana’s 7th outage this year highlights network inefficiencies 😬; Crypto.com slashing card rewards shows the fragility of native tokens & importance of incentives 📉; Crypto-backed home loans? 🏠

Sinking Robinhood reminds the importance of fundamentals & why hiring too fast is a big killer of startups 🧠; One-click Checkout Saga: could Bolt be the next Fast? 🤔; BTC loan from Goldman Sachs? 👀

Brilliant timing: Stripe dives deeper into digital currencies as it launches crypto payouts 💸; Open Banking is much greener than card payments?🍃; Meta’s latest results show why it needs Metaverse 🕶

Meta’s latest results show why it needs Metaverse 🕶; If you want to understand BNPL, just look at PayPal’s latest earnings 🚀; Coinbase NFT Marketplace Beta launch shows ridiculous numbers 😬

Bank from the 1970s goes BaaS 😎; Challenger banks need to better manage risks 🛡; Revenue-based financing market: still in growth mode 🚀

The Faster You Rise, the Faster you Fail: Fast's Pitch Deck Teardown 💳

Why does everyone want to work in crypto? 🤔; Open Banking is much greener than card payments? 🍃; Another bank in the metaverse 🏦 🕶

2 Bitcoin graphs you need to know today (and what they mean) 📈; Crypto Super Bowl Ads failed? 😕; Digitizing school pay in Africa 💸

Brilliant timing: Stripe dives deeper into Web3 - launches crypto payouts 💸; Coinbase’s rapid global expansion gathers more pace 🇹🇷🚀; FinTech Bank of the Future from ex-Plaid CTO 📲

Customers want to pay with crypto? Yes, apparently 💳 🤔; Amazon pushes deeper into payments & takes on Shopify with ‘Buy With Prime’ 👀; A fund for creators from a neobank for creators 💸🤯

Coinbase is diversifying with NFT Marketplace which is Instagram for Web3 🖼; Another bold move: Brex buys financial management platform Pry 💸; Y Combinator clone from Andreessen Horowitz 🚀

Robinhood acquires UK crypto app Ziglu as it begins global expansion 🌍; Blockbuster Blockchain IPO? 🤯; Mastercard’s attempt to stay competitive in the crypto game 💳

Homegrown Visa & Mastercard alternative in Zambia🇿🇲; Less than 2 years after launching, Terra’s UST is now the third-largest stablecoin 🤯; BNPL is picking up speed in the B2B space too 📈

Canada’s Neo is following neobanks’ typical path to profitability🇨🇦; Current taps DeFi in a bid that hybrid is the future of finance 💸; Circle to become a Digital Bank? 🤔

Brazil’s latest unicorn🇧🇷🦄; Circle to become a Digital Bank? 🤔; A few thoughts on what’s happening with Bitcoin lately 💭

The largest-ever ‘FinTech-for-Good’ fundraise 💸; Microsoft & Finastra’s BaaS Partnership signifies what the future of Lending is 🏦; Entertainment as a powerful drug for crypto mainstreamification 💊

Mastercard’s NFT & metaverse trademarks 👀; Car FinTechs are having a moment 🚘; Nubank’s aggressive ambitions for Mexican🇲🇽 & Colombian🇨🇴 growth 🚀

Current taps DeFi in a bid that hybrid is the future of finance 💸; Despite the global downturn, venture funding in Europe remains strong 💪; A metaverse for kids? 🤯

Canada’s Neo is following neobanks’ typical path to profitability🇨🇦; A neobank for gamers?! 🕹; PayPal’s new credit card to boost user engagement 💳

Adyen is an underrated FinTech Giant. But that might change soon 👀; Klarna’s quest to compete with Google & Amazon 🥊; Some fail Fast while others go BIG - Bolt acquires Wyre for $1.5B 🤯

Some fail Fast while others go BIG - Bolt acquires Wyre for $1.5B 🤯; Zelle, the answer to Open Banking in the US? 🤔; Meta says "Carpe Diem" with Zuck Bucks, FB’s latest crypto attempt 😬

Too fast, too luxurious: lessons from the failure of Stripe-backed Fast

Global venture funding goes down in Q1 📉; Gender pay gap is still a thing in FinTech 😔; Narrowing the gap between crypto & fiat 💸

Stripe’s Fast fails too fast? It was just too fast & too luxurious 🤷‍♂️; Klarna’s quest to compete with Google & Amazon 🤯; Bringing stablecoins & assets to Bitcoin 👀

Moneybox’s recent funding shows that WealthTech should have a good 2022 🚀; Zopa demonstrates that neobanking can be profitable too 💸; BitMEX saga and why crypto regulation is important 👀

Adyen is underrated FinTech Giant. But that might change soon 👀; Can credit cards be cool again? Yonder thinks so 😎; Slice wants to shake up India’s digital payments market & become a Super App 📲

Banks are becoming crypto companies while crypto companies are becoming banks 🏦; Has FinTech funding lost its momentum? 🤔; Klarna goes Open Banking 👀

Klarna goes Open Banking 👀; Apple’s "Breakout" plan to dominate the world of Finance 📲; Crypto is still redhot as Blockchain.com triples valuation in one year 🤯

Has FinTech funding lost its momentum? 🤔; Long-term equity-free loans 💸; The biggest crypto hack ever?! 🤯

Crypto funds are experiencing momentum right now 🚀; Papaya to acquire Azimo showing why scale is important 💸; Revolut’s biggest headache while gearing up for Brazilian launch🇧🇷

Banks are becoming crypto companies while crypto companies are becoming banks 🏦; Coinbase Empire is about to get a lot bigger 🤯; One catalyst that could supercharge NFTs going mainstream 🚀

Two financing alternatives for startups as venture capital slows down 💸; India’s new rigid crypto laws 🇮🇳; World's largest asset manager officially goes crypto 🔥

What plans Spotify has for Web3?🤔; Spend management is the hottest FinTech vertical now as Ramp grows revs 10X & doubles valuation🚀; Apple + Credit Kudos proves tech giant is serious about FinServ👀

Neobank for first-time home buyers 🏠; Largest Series A for an (FinTech) Indian startup 💸; Coinbase pushes further into India🇮🇳

Apple + Credit Kudos proves tech giant has serious ambitions in FinServ 🍎💳; Robinhood’s fresh quest to attract new users💳; New venture funds from crypto all-stars to supercharge Web3 🌊

Two ultra-fast delivery startups shut down in one week. Lessons for FinTechs 🧠

Spend management is the hottest FinTech vertical now as Ramp grows revs 10X & doubles valuation 🚀; A FinTech that quadrupled its valuation in 6 months 🤯; Sports stars are the new VCs in crypto? 🤔

China’s plans to add WeChat Pay to Tencent’s financial overhaul🇨🇳; Venture dollars may have slowed, but not to Web3 💸; FTX’s rapid global expansion 🚀

Andreessen Horowitz’s first FinTech investment in DACH shows that payments are still hot🔥; What plans Spotify has for Web3? 🤔; Accounting software for DAOs?! 🤨

Bored Apes "acquires" CryptoPunks to create the first NFT monopoly 😮; Coinbase is severely undervalued. Here’s why 📊; Microsoft joins $450M ConsenSys funding round to build for Web3 💸

Ex-Meta employees are working to realize Facebook’s failed crypto dreams 😮; All crypto eyes are on LatAm right now 👀; FinTech in Japan is underrated 🇯🇵

Microsoft joins $450M ConsenSys funding round to build for Web3 💸; Instagram NFTs 👀; DeFi analytics - the next big thing? 🤔

Alternative asset investing is on the rise 🚀; Coinbase is severely undervalued. Here’s why 💸; InsurTech isn’t dead! 😎

Bored Apes "acquires" CryptoPunks to create the first NFT monopoly 😮; Moove Raises $105M proving "from Africa to the world" is possible 🚀; FinTech still rules all the funding around us 💸

Eat Now, Pay Later? 🤔; Crypto ATMs shut down in the UK🇬🇧; Starkware’s new funding to scale Ethereum further 🚀

Stripe crypto goes live 💸; Another European FinTech to test US land🇺🇸; Banking platform for micro-entrepreneurs 💳

Startup that wants to take on Wise & Revolut? A closer look 👀; What Visa & MC's fee hikes indicate abt the future of payments 💳; Fractional ownership of alternative assets - the next big thing? 🤔

New stock trading app has huge ambitions for Europe 💸🇪🇺; Crypto regulation is finally coming to the US🇺🇸; New crypto-focused fund worth $560M 👀

Payments companies ditch Russia🇷🇺🛑 (who’s gonna benefit from this?); Binance’s pivot into crypto payments 👀; The first pharmacy in the Metaverse 🏥

Grab lost $1B. What this tells us abt the future of Super Apps? 🤔; Walmart is a FinTech (& Super App in the making) 🏦; One of the world’s biggest asset managers is prepping its 1st crypto product 🤯

Bittersweet results from Coinbase 🤷‍♂️; N26 to IPO this year? 🤔; Shares nets $40M to make investing social 💸

Shares nets $40M to make investing social 💸; Australian FinTech Zeller grabs A$100M as neobanks continue to raise 🦄; Study Now, Pay Later? 🤔

N26 to IPO this year? 🤔; Not all BNPLs are hot - Openpay exits UK🇬🇧; Ukraine airdrop to crypto donors🇺🇦

Klarna losses skyrocket 500% (but so do gains) 🤯; Bulgaria's first-ever unicorn🇧🇬🦄; FC Barcelona to create its own cryptocurrency? 😮

BNPL Megadeal: Zip buys Sezzle 🤝💸; Block finishes up 2021 strong 💪; Ruble crashes leading to Russian crypto exchange volumes soaring 🚀

SWIFT: what is it and what SWIFT ban means 🏦; Surge in crypto donations to Ukraine🇺🇦; Bittersweet results from Coinbase 🤷‍♂️

Bitcoin is more of a tech stock than digital gold? 🤔; Every FinTech company will be a media company? 👀; New AML authority to have crypto oversight in the EU🇪🇺

Nu posts strong results but the stock drops. Here’s what it means 📉; Klarna’s rewards program in 9 new markets to boost customer loyalty 📈; 3-year-old BNPL joins the unicorn club 🦄

LUNA, a crypto gem you can’t ignore 💎; SoFi, the AWS of FinTech? 🤔; London Stock Exchange goes into crypto🔥

Democratizing the stock exchange 🏦; Web3 Super App of Africa 👀; FTX goes into gaming 🕹

Should Federal Reserve buy Bitcoin? 🤔; What Amazon & Visa dispute indicate about the future of payments 💳; New $600M crypto-focused fund from top VC firm 💸

A glimpse into Apple’s plan to dominate the POS payments 📲; Coinbase's ad backfires terribly. But it’s genius! 👏; Warren Buffett's $1 billion bet on Nubank🇧🇷💸

Coinbase’s remittances pilot🇲🇽; Not all SPACs are dead - Circle doubles valuation to $9B 🤯; Risks with Revolut’s aggressive global strategy 🚩

Coinbase's Super Bowl ad is the best marketing campaign in FinTech ever. Numbers prove that 🥊 (also, lessons to learn)

Flutterwave raises $250M & now is the highest valued African startup 🤯; FinTech super-API for the Middle East & Africa? 🤔; JPMorgan’s bank branch in the metaverse 🏦🕶

Warren Buffett's $1 billion bet on Nubank🇧🇷💸; Major card issuers dive into account-to-account payments to stay ahead of the pack 🏦; FinTech for e-commerce entrepreneurs? 🤔

Coinbase's ad backfires terribly. But it’s genius! 👏; A startup threatening Visa & MasterCard to become obsolete? 🤔; A single API layer for open finance in Southeast Asia🇮🇩

Apple’s plan to dominate the POS payments 📲; Adyen’s strong numbers & next drivers of growth (shows where e-commerce might be getting in 2022) 🚀; Gateway to the entire metaverse ecosystem? 🤔

Should PayPal’s Venmo worry about Zelle’s crazy growth? 🤯; How digital brokers are trying to grow customer engagement & boost revenues 🚀; BlackRock to offer crypto trading 🤯

BlackRock to offer crypto trading 🤯; Democratizing investing in MENA 💸; Binance is taking a $200M stake in Forbes 👀

Baltics’ biggest VC fund🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪; How digital brokers are trying to grow customer engagement & boost revenues 🚀; Banks have better merchant services satisfaction than FinTechs? 🤔

A neobank for couples? 👀; Climate FinTech funding is soaring 🚀; Betterment moves into crypto 🤑

Railsbank to hit unicorn status showing BaaS & Embedded Finance is still hot 🦄; Polygon’s $450M raise to fund Web 3’s take on AWS 👀; Wirex goes live in the US. Can it make a difference there? 🤔

A neobank for college students (Gen Z)? 🤔; A DAO trying to free Julian Assange 👀; Should PayPal’s Venmo worry about Zelle’s crazy growth? 🤯

Making insurance more accessible for Nigerians🇳🇬; Block finalizes Afterpay’s acquisition and makes it available to sellers 🤝; Can Monzo win in the US? 🤔

Latest numbers from PayPal & its Super App focus 📲; FTX buys crypto exchange Liquid to further build digital asset trading powerhouse 🤯; A VC fund for Gen Z? 🤔

Banking Circle buys Biller to build B2B FinTech powerhouse 😎; A FinTech startup that wants to change our behaviour at restaurants 🤔; Solana launches Solana Pay to go against Apple Pay & the likes?👀

Revolut’s appetite for Mexico🇲🇽; Expense management market is still hot in 2022🔥; FTX hits $32B valuation 🤯

Robinhood is tanking 📉 (might become a takeover target soon? 🤔); Estonia’s🇪🇪 6th unicorn and its plans for the metaverse🦄 ; Convicted scammer is leading a popular DeFi protocol?! 🤯🤯🤯

LatAm’s new FinTech gem is now worth $4.8B 💎; Facebook says 'Carpe Diem' for the last time💀; Apple to turn iPhones into payment terminals 🤯

Apple to turn iPhones into payment terminals 🤯; Walmart is building a Super App? 🤔; The rise of institutional crypto custody 💸

Facebook says "Carpe Diem" for the last time 💀; UBS acquires Wealthfront for $1.4B 🤯; The crazy FinTech boom in LatAm. Expect even more! 🚀

LatAm’s new FinTech gem is now worth $4.8B 💎; The great consolidation in the BNPL space 🤝; JPMorgan’s latest FinTech purchase shows it’s bullish on European payments 💸

Mercado Libre is a VC? 🤔; Issues with Solana… 😔; Prada & Adidas go NFTs 😎

Google is moving into Blockchain & Crypto? 🤔; What a16z’s two new crypto funds signal about the industry in 2022 💸; BNPL for B2B intensifies 📈

Klarna further solidifies its Super App strategy 📲; Microsoft’s $70B Activision acquisition is all about the Metaverse 🕶; Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram all are jumping on the NFTs bandwagon 🚂

Can Revolut’s stock trading make a difference in the US? 🤔; Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram all are jumping on the NFTs bandwagon 🚂; Plaid’s Cognito deal helps it move beyond its core offering 💸

Microsoft’s $70B Activision acquisition is all about the Metaverse 🕶; SoFi gets a bank charter 🏦; 30% of Bitcoin supply now underwater 🌊

The Crypto.com hack 🦹🏻‍♀️; Visa’s cloud-based payment system ☁️; Rising crypto demand in MENA 🚀

Klarna’s fresh acquisition to further solidify its Super App strategy 📲; Walmart could launch their own NFTs & crypto 🤯; World’s first NFT restaurant?! 👀

Apple’s payments ambitions for 2022 🍎💳; Online checkout wars continue with new decacorn being born⚔️ 🛍 ; $2B VC fund from a crypto exchange? 🤔

What a16z’s $9B in new capital tells us about 2022💸; PayPal is working on its own stablecoin 🤯; Can Solana be the ‘Visa of Crypto’? 🤔

Bitcoin in 2021: a story in 5 graphs, and what might come in 2022

A startup offering up to 10% interest rates 🤑; Can Solana be the ‘Visa of Crypto’? 🤔; BNPL baller Zilch to launch in Europe🇪🇺

Checkout.com is now valued at $40B after a $1B raise 🤯; US banks to offer their own stablecoin? 🤔; Robinhood-like experience in Indonesia🇮🇩

SME neobanks funding bonanza 🤯🤑; Wise shares tank on an analyst note 😬; Ditching the US, European FinTechs are turning to LatAm 👀

PayPal is working on its own stablecoin 🤯; Bitcoin hashrate rebounds 📈; Starling’s global BaaS strategy 👀

What a16z’s $9B in new capital tells us about 2022💸; Credit cards with a crypto twist for SMEs in emerging markets 💳; DAO makes an $18.33M seed investment in DeFi startup 🤯

Long-term Bitcoin holders increased in 2021, yet BTC began 2022 with a sluggish start 🤷‍♂️; China’s digital yuan is now live on app stores🇨🇳📱; Nubank adds Games, Travel & Pets to its Super App📱

Bitcoin dips below $43k 🤯; Crypto crime is up 79%. But it’s good! 😌; Adyen goes head-to-head against Block, PayPal, and others with POS Rollout 💳

OpenSea now valued at $13.3B 🤯; Nubank adds Games, Travel & Pets to its Super App📱; Institution-friendly DeFi initiative Aave Arc goes live 👀

China’s digital yuan is now live on app stores🇨🇳📱; Pine Labs banks $20M from State Bank of India🇮🇳; Billion-dollar DEX on Cosmos 🤯

Tencent invests in Monzo 👀; El Salvador’s🇸🇻 Bitcoin experiment ended year on a melancholic note 🤷‍♂️; A FinTech that wants to help Shopify merchants sell subscriptions 🤔

Long-term Bitcoin holders increased in 2021, yet BTC began 2022 with a sluggish start 🤷‍♂️; Russia’s largest bank launches first Blockchain-focused ETF🏦🇷🇺; A bank in the metaverse? 🤔