Week in Digital Wealth

Russia & Ukraine updates, the Administration’s crypto plans with the 2023 budget package, and former prosecutor Katie Haun breaks fintech boundaries. Zilliqa adds life to the Metaverse with a new MaaS solution, Florida accepts Bitcoin as tax payments for business filers this year with Colorado in tow, prePO removes more barriers from Wall Street, Digits will help close your books and save time, and finally, the Bank of England taps the help of MIT to help with its CBDC implementation.

By Gregory Bilecki TWIDW 3/21/22: Russia & Ukraine updates, a pivotal point in time for...

By Gregory Bilecki TWIDW 3/14/22: A friendly reminder, Russia & Ukraine updates, Biden signs a...

Russia & Ukraine updates, Visa & MasterCard cut ties with Russia, Switzerland adds sanctions and freezes Russia-owned digital assets, Yearn founder and lead Fantom developers have officially left the crypto space, and 60 new DeFi projects are headed for Cardano (ADA). Rarify aims to add value to the NFT sector, while Thetanut aims to level the playing field in crypto-related options markets. Finally, Binance bets big with its new payment venture aimed at accelerating the adoption of crypto worldwide.

Russia & Ukraine market impact updates, and Ukraine asks exchanges to bar and sabotage Russian user accounts on the heels of officially legalizing the trade of crypto in the country this week.

TWIDW 2/22/22: Russia & Ukraine updates, the SEC takes a tougher stance on crypto with the CFTC, and…why aren’t you spending your Bitcoin? Intel makes headway into the crypto mining space, CBDC action in Wyoming, Securitize speeds up the convergence of the stock market and blockchain with a recent acquisition,

This week we cover much-awaited CPI index data, Russia/Ukraine tensions and effects on crypto markets, EU turmoil and more crypto bans, with blockchain providing new uses cases for tracking down criminals. More growing pains for Binance, what increased volatility means for fintech M&A in 2022. Silicon Valley execs are leaving for Web3, Crypto is headed to Uber, and a shakeout looming for smaller, for-profit mining groups.

This week, Digital Wealth News is pleased to introduce a new writer for "The Week in Digital Wealth" - Greg Bilecki. We've found Greg to be a talented writer on other projects and we're thrilled to have him take over this column for us, with his unique perspective on all things fintech and digital wealth the world over. Welcome Greg!

Apple is in growth mode and is eyeing merchant payments in addition to the metaverse. Consumers are spending and saving money even in the face of the pandemic. Walmart’s fintech arm has joined the race for a financial super app. JPMorgan made a fintech splash in Greece.

he Fed meets this week, and the markets will be looking for signs about the anticipated tightening of monetary policy. Goldman Sachs says to prepare for at least four rate hikes in 2022. Fintech stocks and bitcoin are far from their peaks as investors flee risk for now. Despite the market storm, one banking fintech could be ready to dip its toe into the publicly traded waters. Google has made a key hire in hopes of improving its standing in the digital payments space.