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With the holidays, closings of deals the last week were a little "shy" but we did see activity the week leading up to Christmas, and since we did a 2020 trend piece on the fintech venture sector last week, we thought we'd reach back a little further than usual for this week's "weekly" report.

Trading Summary Notes for Tuesday, 12/29/20: - What's new? WOW!! Even expecting BITCOIN to go parabolic....when it happens it is something to behold. WOW! ETH above $700. Gold solid. S&P 500? Defying gravity.

Pretty sure EVERYONE has heard of bitcoin by now. Pretty sure there are far less "non-believers" (aka bitcoin bears) too. BUT, for any die hard long term "bitcoin going to zero" folks out there here is your sign. A cruise ship with a grand business plan was purchased and re-named but is now headed to the scrapyard. What was it re-named? The Satoshi.

For the global banking industry, the potential for economic recovery in the near term remains uncertain. The pandemic is set to pose a double-pronged problem for the industry in the months and years to come.

Each week, we publish the Top 5 Fintech VC Deals of the Week for our readers, but for our year end piece, we thought it would be interesting to take a look at some trends that happened in 2020 instead.

Trading Summary Notes for Tuesday, 12/22/20: What's new? Bitcoin had a huge week, up about $4,000 (20%+) since last week; ETH above $600; Gold solid; S&P "re-jiggered" and now includes TESLA. TSLA drops on the actual news.

Christmas is here and our household is huddled up by the Christmas ficus (yes, that's what we have) waiting excitedly for Santa to come through our loft's patio doors (no chimney in our studio) to deliver goodies! But wait - we don't need Santa this year! We have MacKenzie Scott!

LifeRaft, a new insuretech company that makes simple, flexible and cost-effective supplemental health insurance products, came out of stealth mode today and launched its platform to offer people supplemental health options and solutions designed for real life. LifeRaft is building products that sit alongside a subscriber’s traditional health plan to help policy holders see the doctors they need, access the most appropriate treatments and make medical care more affordable.

The year is finishing out strong. Now there's a statement you don't often hear when referring to 2020, but the fintech venture capital is still flowing and there were some large deals penned this past week. Three of the top 5 were out of the US, with Paxos - a major crypto trading platform taking the top funding slot, followed closely by OscarHealth, an insurtech focused on health insurance offerings.

For the next feature in the Fintech Luminaries series, we’d like you to meet Larry Roth, Managing Partner of RLR Strategic Partners, a wealth management and asset management-focused M&A advisory firm affiliated with Berkshire Global Advisors, the international investment bank.