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Similar to last week, we're seeing our top deals come in at $200M-$250M again this week. Last...

Big money flowing into fintech this week, but the top deals are smaller. And by "smaller" we...

By Gregory Bilecki TWIDW 5/3/22: Fed News & Market Impacts - watch out for market...

In the next segment of Sarson Funds’ Defi Series, we will provide an overview and analytical discussion of Fantom (FTM), an alternative layer 1 decentralized financial (DeFi) network.

Russia & Ukraine updates, Visa & MasterCard cut ties with Russia, Switzerland adds sanctions and freezes Russia-owned digital assets, Yearn founder and lead Fantom developers have officially left the crypto space, and 60 new DeFi projects are headed for Cardano (ADA). Rarify aims to add value to the NFT sector, while Thetanut aims to level the playing field in crypto-related options markets. Finally, Binance bets big with its new payment venture aimed at accelerating the adoption of crypto worldwide.

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,

he Fed meets this week, and the markets will be looking for signs about the anticipated tightening of monetary policy. Goldman Sachs says to prepare for at least four rate hikes in 2022. Fintech stocks and bitcoin are far from their peaks as investors flee risk for now. Despite the market storm, one banking fintech could be ready to dip its toe into the publicly traded waters. Google has made a key hire in hopes of improving its standing in the digital payments space. 

Earnings season is underway, and banks are obsessed with their chief rivals — fintechs. VCs can’t get enough of fintechs either, but in a good way as funding levels continue to rise. Meanwhile, neither cryptocurrencies nor fintech stocks have been able to win over investors so far in 2022, except for one meme coin. Amazon and Visa have found a way to coexist in the U.K. 

Discussions between the U.S. and Moscow could lead to sanctions on Russia targeting the financial and tech sectors. Meanwhile, the CEO of a major tech company has decided if you can’t beat them, join them in fintech.

Fintech CEOs must be keeping their New Year resolutions close to the vest. Nevertheless, we still rounded up the latest happenings across the industry, including how banks are responding to the spread of the omicron variant.