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John Sarson first started thinking about bitcoin as an investment opportunity in 2015. At the time, he was managing his own RIA firm focused on ETFs and low-cost trend-following investments.

xactly one year ago (last August) the CEO of MicroStrategy, Michael Saylor, announced that rather than holding excess cash reserves in low (or money losing) treasuries, MicroStrategy would hold Bitcoin. Saylor came to the conclusion that Bitcoin is a true store of value and a much better use of idle cash.

DeFi has taken the cryptocurrency industry by storm. While this burgeoning market segment only really began to take shape over the past year or so, it has already begun to disrupt Wall Street.

Financial technology continues to attract legacy finance players. Fintech IPO roadshows have gone digital, while big banks are also riding the digital wave. The IMF wants to know if CBDCs are the solution for the unbanked population, and Elon Musk is back on the good side of bitcoin investors.

Blockchain is all the rage these days, as evidenced by corporate America’s desire to pile in. Serena Williams backs a startup that gives the renters of the world a fighting chance. The Amazon.com and Netflix of the online mortgage lending industry made its listing debut, while Serena Williams scored on behalf of a segment of the population that is underserved in financial services. Let’s dive in.

JPMorgan is back on the fintech circuit with its second acquisition in the span of a few short weeks. Pop sensation Britney Spears and her conservatorship battle also made an appearance in this week’s roundup, while Robinhood is riding the IPO wave.

“Tokenization, an innovation built on blockchain technology, is making its way from cryptocurrencies to real assets,” said John Sarson, CEO and co-founder of Sarson Funds, a provider of digital asset management and cryptocurrency education resources for financial advisors. “The impact could be revolutionary.”

This week, same as I always do, I went to my trusted source for listings of these deals and the first 5 were all over $100M. I thought to myself, "hmmm, this column will be a piece of cake this week!" BUT - I scrolled down and saw MORE deals - HUGE deals - on the following pages. So we have again hit another round of massive funding this past week - EVERY ONE OVER $300M USD!

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When Jahon Jamali first learned about blockchain technology, he knew he had found something that would change the world. “We’re now at a point where I can text someone in Nigeria and have a conversation in real time, but I can’t easily send them a buck,” said Jamali. “It makes no financial sense. With blockchain, we are free of that."