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The fintech VC spigot continues to burst, with all five deals in our listing this week, again continuing to exceed $100M. This seems to be an ongoing trend for the sector, as the money continues to flow.

Never before in history has there been a viable replacement for gold but, alas, there is now. A young whippersnapper born of the digital age that answers to the name of Bitcoin may be putting old gold out to pasture.

Just in case you haven't heard (amazing), the price of Bitcoin reached over $40,000 last week as more institutional investors have decided to gain exposure to the digital asset/currency.

Fintech venture deals surged in the first and second weeks of January, with several mega-deals occurring in the US offshore. India, Germany and the Philippines each saw deals closing in excess of $100M USD within the fintech sector and two US deals rounded out the top 5 for this past week.

Last week we launched a "mini-series" on digital wealth predictions for 2021 from the top fintech minds in...

Each week, we publish the Top 5 Fintech VC Deals of the Week for our readers, but for our year end piece, we thought it would be interesting to take a look at some trends that happened in 2020 instead.

The year is finishing out strong. Now there's a statement you don't often hear when referring to 2020, but the fintech venture capital is still flowing and there were some large deals penned this past week. Three of the top 5 were out of the US, with Paxos - a major crypto trading platform taking the top funding slot, followed closely by OscarHealth, an insurtech focused on health insurance offerings.

Village Capital, with support from MetLife Foundation and PayPal, today announced that two startups, Manifest and Home Lending Pal, were selected to receive grant funding as a part of Finance Forward US 2020.

AlphaTrAI is adding the founder of a prominent wealth management M&A firm and a leading tech venture capitalist to its advisory council, while also making a former president of LPL Financial the council’s chairman, the firm said today in a press release.

We hope you have a fun Thanksgiving planned - whether for one or ten or more - with masks - or not with masks - whichever you prefer. No judgements here. Just giving thanks for this wild, crazy year that has been 2020 and all the wisdom it has brought us.