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It's that time of year, friends, when we look to the best and brightest across the many sectors of financial technology and digital wealth to share their prognostications for what the New Year may hold in 2022.

The wealthtech segment is saying goodbye to 2021 in style, raising capital, expanding teams, adding assets, and delivering shiny tech offerings for advisors. This year, crypto providers have increasingly made their way onto the landscape, paving the way for advisors to make the leap to digital assets. 

Inflation might be in the air, but that hasn’t stopped American consumers from shopping online and at physical stores this holiday season in a rush to beat the supply chain blues. BNPL has come into its own in 2021.  Mastercard and Visa both have their sights set on digital payments. Credit unions want more control over their crypto holdings. And billionaire tech entrepreneur Jack Dorsey is stirring the pot in the VC community. 

Inflation is not going away (nope) and will get worse. The Fed may not want to raise rates but the market will do it for them. The Fed has lost control.

Unlocking the power of psychedelics might very well help "see through" all the noise in the financial markets. Or, at least, recognize the fact that you should never (EVER) pay attention to Federal Reserve economic forecasts. So if the past year has been stressful it might make sense to calm yourself before 2022 rings in.

Greetings Fintech Friends! With Christmas week upon us, we want to express our gratitude for our wonderful clients and readers and wish you all a beautiful holiday season! And in the meantime, we have another great newsletter this week, chock full of original, leading edge content. Read up!

The popularity of titles such as Axie Infinity is providing the framework for how players can play and receive real life monetary value from their in-game avatars

For our latest Fintech Luminaries feature, we'd like you to meet rising fintech star Nick Kim of Vestigo Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that invests in companies within the FinTech industry.

As advisors gear up for 2022, wealthtech firms are busier than ever with hiring talent, M&A, raising capital, launching mobile apps and charitable giving. 

The financial services industry can’t afford to ignore the digital revolution any longer. If advisory firms had any lingering doubt about digital transformation’s importance, the COVID-19 pandemic swept it all away.