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This week we celebrate our 50th DWealth Muse podcast with Dara Albright and guest Jahon Jamali of Sarson Funds, we take a look at the rise of the "Instividual" in our new markets history series and delve into current geopolitical influences on fintech.  Another week of fascinating posts!  Read up! | Cindy Taylor, Publisher

TWIDW 2/22/22: Russia & Ukraine updates, the SEC takes a tougher stance on crypto with the CFTC, and…why aren’t you spending your Bitcoin? Intel makes headway into the crypto mining space, CBDC action in Wyoming, Securitize speeds up the convergence of the stock market and blockchain with a recent acquisition,

This week we cover much-awaited CPI index data, Russia/Ukraine tensions and effects on crypto markets, EU turmoil and more crypto bans, with blockchain providing new uses cases for tracking down criminals. More growing pains for Binance, what increased volatility means for fintech M&A in 2022. Silicon Valley execs are leaving for Web3, Crypto is headed to Uber, and a shakeout looming for smaller, for-profit mining groups.

Advisors don’t just need help with crypto education, they need to understand what is most important to learn, where they can learn it and how to parse that information to clients.

Financial institutions continue to target fintechs on their radar, but one global investment bank is getting the wrong kind of attention for its upcoming deal. Companies are trying to differentiate themselves in the buy now pay later pool. The deal pipeline is filling with M&A, SPACs and IPOs, and crypto trading is all the rage. 

Bitcoin ETF just rushed over to door number two. Yells of "let me in" are getting very loud. So what's behind door number two? Bitcoin futures. Recently the SEC dropped hints they MAY be receptive to ETFs that will trade in bitcoin futures rather than the cryptocurrency itself. Thus the stampede and excitement got all the management firm's juices flowing.

Here we are well past the halfway mark of 2021 and, once again, debates are popping up on when, or if, there will be a U.S. regulated Bitcoin ETF. Different time, same question. Will the SEC approve a BTC ETF? Will they not approve a BTC ETF? Or better yet, WHY won't they approve that coveted ETF? Yes, why oh why?

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Almost anyone can read that headline and immediately know what it refers to; BITCOIN. That definition of Bitcoin is extremely significant because it comes from the newly appointed Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler. Finally, at long last, there is clarity as to how a US regulatory body views Bitcoin along with other cryptocurrencies. Significantly, Bitcoin is separated from other cryptos and considered a 'stand alone' asset.

Bitcoin IS in the news and probably everyone knows roughly where the price is, too (the ones that don't probably DO know all Tom Brady's career statistics, though).