DWN Publisher Notes

Friends, this week we delve into the Community Reinvestment Act and hear about the varied applications of AI in the wealthech startup ecosystem. Meanwhile, we see more VC deals in the sector, albeit at lower funding levels and have several new hires in the advisortech space to report.

Friends, in addition to our always stellar industry news coverage, this week we have thought leadership on "authentic intelligence", advisor review sites, techonology's role in retirement income and a look at what's required when advisors move firms...READ UP!!

Friends, this week Bill Taylor takes an interesting takeon the bitcoin trade. Meanwhile, during what would normally be a slower summer schedule, wealthtech news is actually ramping up. We also are seeing more blockchain deals in the VC sector again and the news keeps flowing in defi and digital wealth. READ UP!

Friends, in the past week we've seen a new veep candidate and crashing markets - yup, it's 2024.  Meanwhile, we take a deep dive into the increased SEC activity driving the regtech boom, succession planning tips for advisors, plus all the major sector news, vc deals and much morre....READ UP!!

Friends, it's been another week of incredible change and it looks like this will be the norm thru the end of 2024.  Meanwhile, so much going on in digital wealth - including a deep dive into the impact Gen Z will have on wealth in the future in our Advisor Tech Talk column, a look at best practices in finserv martech and much more...READ UP!!

Friends, last week's Publisher Notes went a bit viral.  Was it my reference to skateboarding cats? In that case, how about a parrot/guitar duo? Meanwhile, as the world goes rather cra-cra around us, DWN remains your voice of sanity on digital wealth, with more important news this week...READ UP!

Friends, life is complicated these days. I'm somewhere between watching skateboarding cats on YouTube for comic relief, hoping fervently for civility and compassion in our country's highly overheated politics, and deeply caring about the content we create each week for our readers, which we have more of today...READ UP!

Friends, we hope you got some vacay time in last week. We're currently hunkered down for a heat dome here in Montana. Meanwhile, we're reminded that with all the ongoing chaos in markets and politics, your mantra should be "Don't Worry, Be Happy"...READ UP!!

Friends, this week brings us the 4th of July and despite the truly bewildering politcal climate we're living in, I'm deeply grateful to be a citizen of this amazing country.  Wishing you and yours a wonderful 4th.....now onto all the most important news in digital wealth for this short week...

Friends, this week our CEO explores disinformation vs. common sense in markets, future elections and more while we see three VC fundings this past week hit $100M+ again - are we back to the go-go days of fintech venture? All this and more digital wealth and AI sector news right here...READ UP!!