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IF YOU THINK BOTH HIGHER RATES, AND RECESSION ARE BULLISH, AND INFLATION HAS BEEN DEFEATED.......CALL ME, I CAN GET YOU A DEAL ON A SHINY GOLD BRIDGE IN SAN FRANCISCO

Remember inflation is transitory? Remember inflation has peaked? Those same voices tell us inflation will get back to 2% quickly and with little pain. Let that sink in.

Friends, we have such a good newsletter this week! Topics covered include...How to have difficult conversations with clients around crypto. How to use AI to improve your financial marketing. A major shift in fintech VC funding. Why a SpongeBob character has entered the wealthtech sector (wait, what???!). READ UP!!

THINK! EVEN IF THE FED CAN REDUCE INFLATION TO HALF OF WHERE IT IS NOW (9% to 4.5%) INTEREST RATES WOULD STILL NEED TO BE WELL ABOVE 5%-6% TO MAKE INFLATION GO AWAY.

Friends, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" comes to mind as we close out July. Truthfully, it's been since college that I read the full works of Shakespeare and I had to look up the summary as a refresher. Turns out, lots of magic and trickery are involved - not dissimilar from the current stories behind crypto conosolidation or the markets in general you'll find in our newsletter this week. READ YE UP!

EVEN IF INFLATION GETS CUT IN HALF (9% to 4.5%), INTEREST RATES STILL NEED TO BE HIGHER THAN THE INFLATION RATE TO "KILL IT." INTEREST RATES ARE GOING MUCH HIGHER. 6%-7%?

Friends, we are now deep into summer and it seems like an "everything and nothing" kind of time. We have major fundings, new launches and integrations to report on. And then we have our "Summer Thoughts" with a lot of questions on markets but no clear answers. Want to know more about what is - and isn't - going on? READ UP!

Over thirteen years for fed stimulus to get inflation up. Now, just beginning to take stimulus away and raising rates. That doesn't go away in just a few months. It's a bear market.

Greetings Fintech Friends! It's been a huge (and uncomfortable) week in fintech and you'll have to read the Top 5 VC Deals column to find out why. In the meantime, crypto hedge fund managers are on the lam and the industry needs a new form of governance - see how that can be accomplished. READ UP!

Inflation may (may) ease a little because of a recession........or, the fed eases off on raising rates to offset a recession which makes rates rise. Neither is good for gold or equities.