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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.

What's New? FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt).............Stabilization over the Memorial Day long weekend.....End of Month (May) came and now it's June....BITCOIN had one of its worst months ever dropping +/- 35%..........ETH held pretty well, only off less than 10% for all of May

The fintech ecosystem has expanded to include offshoots, such as insurtech and auto fintech, for example. It gives companies a unique calling card, and it seems everybody wants a slice of the fintech pie these days. You can’t blame them, given the rate at which fintechs are reaching unicorn status as Silicon Valley and Wall Street alike pile into these names. This past week was no different.

Chaos......Confusion......Uncertainty. Countries, individuals and "never Bitcoiners" have all teamed up to drive (a/k/a manipulate) BITCOIN (and cryptos in general) down and have done a good job (so far).......BITCOIN touched $30K, ETH traded under $2K and other coins sank as well...........China verbally assaulting BITCOIN miners and traders (again)

We're back in lofty heights this week with all five deals exceeding $100M and one deal just shy of $1B USD. How many times have I said this now-practically every week. The dollars in the VC sector going into fintech are enormous. Methinks maybe just a wee bit of inflation in there rearing it's usgly head in the sector as well - whattya think?

Advisortech-focused firms have been busy in the last week raising capital, being crowned as unicorns and fueling consolidation in the space. Here is a roundup of the latest developments.

Not only is providing financial advice evolving into a profession as indispensible and rigorous as medicine and law, but it’s also maturing into one that requires a modern approach to technology, said Adrian Johnstone, chief commercial officer at Practifi, a business management platform for financial services firms. Both medicine and law have embraced a roles-based approach to building technology stacks.

What's New? Glad you asked. LOTS & LOTS! First off, the BITCOIN, ETH and crypto market turned into the "Elon Musk Wheel of Non-Fortune Show"............BTC dropped 22%, ETH 17% and HODL's got blindsided..........GOLD perked up as money flowed out of Bitcoin...

Smarsh®, enabling organizations to manage the risk and uncover the value within their electronic communications, announced today that it is seeing unprecedented adoption of its Connected Capture solution for Microsoft Teams.

What's New? First.......I have moved both BITCOIN and GOLD back up to the BULLISH corner to join ETH. All are acting extraordinarily well and look ready to resume/build on existing upward momentum.