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The Thanksgiving holiday may be over, but there is a feast happening in the advisor tech space. Financial advisors have access to a new crypto index for retail investors. Retirements are up and so are client incomes. AI is powering more wealth management support functions. And firms are making acquisitions right up to the end of the year.  

()BOSTON, MA) Popcorn, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that leverages DeFi yield generation strategies to simultaneously create positive social impact, has successfully completed their Token Launch Auction (TLA), raising $5.8 million USD. In total, Popcorn has raised $11.2 million in their fundraising efforts and has the crypto community hopeful for Popcorn’s leadership to pioneer social benefit through DeFi.

 If it seems like fintechs have been especially active in the SPAC market this year, it’s not your imagination. Fintechs have participated in more than three-dozen blank check deals year-to-date, according to the FT Partners Q3 fintech report.

This is part 4 of an 8-part webinar course that is designed to support financial advisors in their efforts to have constructive and informed client engagements on digital asset investment opportunities. Session four focuses on more advanced cryptocurrency & income generating strategies.

There seems to be a race on to see which city is the real "Crypto City", which of course means that city would be the coolest and most "cryptonized." Miami and its Mayor, Francis X. Suarez, kicked things off a while back when the city launched "MiamiCoin" and the mayor offered to take his salary in Bitcoin. Not to be outdone, New York City mayor-elect Eric Adams endorsed the NYCCoin (New York City Coin), offered to take his first three paychecks in Bitcoin AND declared “NYC is going to be the center of the cryptocurrency industry."

We're back with a fresh round of new Top 5 VC deals, and our top deal came in at $55M this week, with every deal coming in at $200M+.

Jack Dorsey is shaking things up at Twitter. Ready or not the holiday season has kicked off, and the threat of yet another COVID variant coupled with the supply chain disaster has American shoppers shifting gears. BNPL firms are enjoying the spotlight, and Mark Cuban shares how he sees crypto maturing.   

There is a growing disconnect between what investors want from their advisors, and how advisors feel they should use their time. Recently, Orion surveyed both groups to uncover potential opportunities for advisors.

For our latest FINTECH LUMINARIES feature, we'd like you to meet Brad Roth of THOR Financial Technologies, which provides solutions that enables advisors to deploy their client portfolios in a more intelligent way with a main focus on managing risk.

Greetings from Digital Wealth News™ ! This Thanksgiving week we have a new Fintech Luminaries post for your and review the mass institutional adoption of crypto. We finish up on a playful note with a humorous post featuring noted blockchain entrepreneur T. Gobble of FinTurk Farms - a must read!! Wishing you and yours a beautiful holiday! | Cindy Taylor, Publisher