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With critics questioning the viability of the crypto ecosystem after sustainability concerns raised by Elon Musk and others, Sarson Funds believes that crypto moves in stride with the future of sustainable finance and ESG investing.

Popcorn is a new paradigm for decentralized finance (DeFi) where yield-generating products simultaneously fund social impact beneficiaries at no additional cost to the user.

BNPL companies are in the spotlight, but not for the reasons they would want. Wall Street analysts have fintech stocks in their sights, while one China-based tech giant is looking to gaming to take some of the regulatory heat off in Beijing. Fintech M&A is alive and well, while an emerging fintech-focused VC firm with its roots in a major crypto exchange has entered the fray.

Blockchain technology is forcing entrepreneurship to evolve. But tokenization allows founders like Michael Kisselgof of Popcorn to take things even farther.

()BOSTON, MA) Popcorn, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that leverages DeFi yield generation strategies to simultaneously create positive social impact, has successfully completed their Token Launch Auction (TLA), raising $5.8 million USD. In total, Popcorn has raised $11.2 million in their fundraising efforts and has the crypto community hopeful for Popcorn’s leadership to pioneer social benefit through DeFi.

Though climate change is a legitimate problem facing humanity, we remain confident in crypto’s net positive impact on global environments as explained here. 

For many, ESG and digital asset investing are miles apart, with cryptocurrencies in particular being too dirty, too anonymous and too out of reach to be a force for good.

Advisors are partnering up to harness each other’s strengths and capabilities. Crypto has muscled its way into the retirement conversation. And artificial intelligence is making it easier than ever for advisors to connect with prospects.  

Fintech is exiting 2021 with a bang. IPOs and M&A are on the horizon, while venture capital is shaking things up. Crypto may have lost one battle but it has its sights set on winning the war. BNPL is tapping the capital markets, and fintech stocks could be a bubble just waiting to happen, according to one veteran PE exec.  

Advisors don’t just need help with crypto education, they need to understand what is most important to learn, where they can learn it and how to parse that information to clients.