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Seasons change and so does the fintech landscape. Since our last update, one major cryptocurrency exchange is calling out the SEC, Europe does not want to get left behind on digital currencies, investors have some remorse over buy now pay later, and SPACs are still popular.  

he fintech space is increasingly attracting well-established C-suite leaders from wealth management firms.  And the recent move by Susan Theder, the outgoing CMO of Advisor Group, to become Chief Marketing and Experience Officer at FMG Suite, the venture capital-backed provider of digital marketing solutions to wealth management and insurance firms, fits within this budding trend.

The buy now pay later niche is becoming a phenomenon after attracting e-commerce giant Amazon, with ripple effects being felt all the way to Japan. The M&A pipeline is growing stronger as the final quarter of the year approaches, and the blockchain is getting greater validation. Let’s dive in. 

insurance spaces, CogniCor recently announced its invitation to be part of the Morgan Stanley Multicultural Innovation Lab, an in-house start-up accelerator that promotes financial inclusion and access to capital for technology entrepreneurs who are women or cultural minorities.   

According to the American Kennel Club, the Shiba Inu is an ancient breed of dog “…named after its history as a hunter in the rugged mountains of Japan.” In modern times, it also happens to be the face of an $81 billion dollar cryptocurrency named Dogecoin.

If the wealth management space is any indication, the economy is humming along just fine. RIAs are hiring top talent and gearing up for more of a digital push. Let’s dive in. 

The attention of the cryptocurrency industry was pulled to Washington, D.C. in recent days, where the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act included a target on the market’s back.

D, and international in scope. I honestly sometimes feel guilty limiting this list to the Top 5 VC deals, because important deals OVER $100M USD are increasingly not making the cut for this column. But that's where the fintech VC market is headed - "to infinity, and beyond".

DeFi has taken the cryptocurrency industry by storm. While this burgeoning market segment only really began to take shape over the past year or so, it has already begun to disrupt Wall Street.

This week, we're back again with a fresh new round of top 5 VC deals in the digital wealth sector, and in the famous (non-sensical) words of Yogi Berra, "it's like deja vu all over again". ONE MORE WEEK with every deal at $100M USD+ and we even had to trim one - Employment Hero ($100M USD) - because we had 3 deals come in right at $100M and could only use two for our weekly story.