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With a combined market cap of $1.8 trillion, the cryptocurrency industry has gotten too big for lawmakers to ignore. But politicians are missing the forest for the trees with their hastily written legislation. Fintech startup Circle is looking to join the ranks as a digital currency bank. Meanwhile, since last week’s Square/Afterpay deal, Buy Now Pay Later startups are looking increasingly attractive. SPACs are still a trend and more. Let’s dive in! 

xactly one year ago (last August) the CEO of MicroStrategy, Michael Saylor, announced that rather than holding excess cash reserves in low (or money losing) treasuries, MicroStrategy would hold Bitcoin. Saylor came to the conclusion that Bitcoin is a true store of value and a much better use of idle cash.

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.

What's new? Crazy week.....flare up of Delta version of Covid.....inflation heats up.....Fed says "yeah, so?.....and bonds rally, yields fall? WTF.....stocks dive, BTC & ETH dip lower (again) and GOLD perks up (a little).

What a difference a week can make! The SPAC deal pipeline continues to fill, while Wise tested the mettle of the LSE in a post-Brexit world and the Nasdaq provided a Shanghai surprise. One major Wall Street firm made a bullish call on a fintech consumer lending platform. Google is on the fintech prowl in Japan while the banks look on, plus traditional lenders are upping the ante to compete with their tech-savvy rivals.

It’s important advisors learn to give advice and even comfort in a way that is consistent with research around “stickiness.” What follows is a four-part process, developed at the Orion Center for Outcomes, around giving clients advice in a way that influences behavior change.

D.A. Davidson Companies announced today that it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Marlin & Associates, one of the most active investment banks serving companies and investors across the financial technology and data & analytics industries.

To bridge the ‘behavior gap’ and improve investor outcomes, Orion Advisor Solutions is embedding behavioral finance into its award-winning wealthtech platform.

June 02, 2021 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eager to improve the advisor-client...

Trends show that sixty-six percent of children fire their parents’ financial advisor after receiving an inheritance. That’s a massive hit to advisors who currently work with high net worth baby boomers, and a massive opportunity for advisors who are interested in adding emerging HNW investors to their book of business.