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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.

We're back this week with FIVE $100M+ VC deals, and the top one - BlockFi - at $350M

Happy Wednesday, Digital Wealth Devotees! This week we ended up with more content than usual, but it's all really interesting, so we hope you'll enjoy it as much as we did gathering it all up!

In what is surely a MOST uncanny coincidence, two major fintech SPAC deals were recently announced at $5 Billion dollar valuations First, what are the odds, and second, HOLY CANNOLI, that's a lot of money.

Insurance and crypto. Those categories were the two big winners this past week in fintech-focused venture capital with deals ranging from $80M-$100M.

Welcome to our latest edition of Digital Wealth News! Last week was moving week for the Taylor household, and this week we are publishing from our new home base in Bozeman, MT. Without skipping a beat, and even despite the 2,000 mile road trip, we have one of the best editions we've produced to date. Check it out!

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.

You would think that with last week's Thanksgiving holiday here in the US, muted as it was due to the pandemic, we would have seen slowed down deal activity in the fintech sector. Turns out that assumption would be WRONG, and we still saw deal closings, believe it or not, with one that topped $300M(!!) and three more topped the $100M+ figure.