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Those concerned after Bitcoin and many altcoins lost more than 50% of their value in the late spring and early summer months have their eyes on the wrong bird, said Jahon Jamali, chief marketing officer for Sarson Funds, a crypto asset manager and educational resource for financial advisors.

The word “integration” is so commonly uttered by technology providers and writers that it’s become the corner square on the fintech BINGO board, but they describe something incredibly important to advisor technology said Glenn Elliott, CEO & Co-Founder of Practifi.

My father paid off our home at the age of 35 by keeping his goal front and center in his mind. He did this by tracking his progress with the outline of a home filled with tiny squares, each representing one thousand dollars he owed.

Big news arrived from CoinDesk this morning regarding JP Morgan’s preparation to launch its first actively managed Bitcoin fund for its private wealth clients by this summer.

Tokenization is a technology trend with the potential to reshape financial markets, according to John Sarson, CEO and co-founder of Sarson Funds, a cryptocurrency asset manager and information hub for financial advisors, and nowhere is that more apparent than in the world of non-fungible tokens, or NFTs.

A bevy of deal activity kept the fintech space in the spotlight once again. The pipeline of startups set to hit the public markets after Marqeta made a splash on the Nasdaq last week is building, and SPACs are still hot to trot. Payments platform Stripe has launched its own AI-fueled identity product, while the buy now, pay later trend continues to gain momentum.

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!

Fintechs continue to grab the spotlight on a global stage as venture capital chases startups and the pipeline continues to grow for more mature companies to list in the public markets, mostly through SPACs. The pace of deals does not appear to be slowing down as fintech billionaires are minted overseas while Asia and Latin America seek to raise their profile for tech innovation. The Robinhood of Pakistan’s investment app is one of two fintech related rounds just announced. And millennials are fueling a transformation in banks to a more digitized business model. Let’s dive in.

Fintech firms are hitting on all cylinders lately, making a splash in some of the trendiest deals in the capital markets and helping to shape the financial industry of the future. In fact, one of the mega IPOs of the year so far involves a payment technology unicorn that is about to become a household name. Whether it’s real estate opportunities, SPAC deals or digital currencies, financial technology companies ranging from mobile banking startups to payments platforms are setting the pace.

RLTY Capital, a new REtech platform and specialty finance firm, launched today with the introduction of a new service that enables real estate agents, brokerages and developers to secure earned commissions upfront with no hidden fees or extraneous costs.