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Facebook’s Libra could change cryptocurrency investing as we know it

Ahmed Ismail and Christopher Flinos, co-founders of HAYVN, explain why Facebook’s Libra coin could change the cryptocurrency asset class-at-large. Just…

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FTX collapse will slow down crypto regulations, analyst warns

Buckzy bags $14.5m in Series A despite fintech funding famine

Monzo CEO unfazed about “the big boys” launching their own neobanks

What could keep Dubai from becoming a cryptocurrency capital?

Vantage Capital Markets launches global investment bank

The 10 biggest fintech deals you missed in October

Fintech layoffs continue with digital bank Chime cutting 12% of staff

Cover Genius bags $70m Series D amidst insurtech investment drop

Why are tech and crypto experts feeling hopeful about Rishi Sunak as prime minister?

What fintech experts hate that you get wrong about embedded finance

SEC catches up with Kim Kardashian: Reality star fined $1.26m for cryptocurrency promotion

Let’s not get physical: The bank of the future is digital and cashless

Is this the end of buy-now-pay-later?

“Shoot now, pay later”: Fintech has become the latest gun control battleground

Vladimir Putin could become a crypto bro to evade sanctions during Ukraine invasion

Fintech startup Ledgy bags $22m in Series B round

White House orders SEC to “aggressively pursue” cryptocurrency firms and introduces framework for new rules

New Bitstamp CEO isn’t worried about the cryptocurrency winter

Klarna CEO bullish despite tripling losses

Cost of living crisis hits insurtech startups as deals dry up

Tornado Cash ban is just the beginning: Regulators take aim at cryptocurrency mixers

Block lawsuit over cybersecurity incident is the latest setback for Jack Dorsey

CTO Talk: Q&A with Andrey Korchak of Monite

Have a taste of this: OakNorth boosts board with Gousto founder hire

Why are the UK and US so far behind China’s live shopping chokehold?

Crypto crash continues as SEC makes power grab with securities investigation

SEC charges Russian Forsage founders with cryptocurrency fraud

Fintechs welcome FCA push to regulate investment marketing

CEO Chat: Q&A with Sho Sugihara of Pave

Tech and gaming leaders dissing NFTs “will have absolutely no impact” – but industry needs work

How valid are fears about the tech bubble popping?

Can Sweatcoin beat the obesity crisis?

CEO Chat: Tamas Kadar of SEON

Crypto crash is the “medicine” the bloated market needs, industry says

The UK going cashless won’t leave people behind – YouLend boss

African fintechs enjoy record funding, but market volatility could stop the party

What role can private investors play in the US’s aviation rebound?

CTO Talk: Q&A with Sergej V. of Kernolab

Revolut’s embedded finance partner Modulr bags $108m in Series C

Revolut continues trend of older users adopting fintech

“Google for law” startup LawAdvisor scores $5m investment

Bitstamp CEO is out after short term in charge

Fintech experts unsurprised that Klarna will report users to credit scoring agencies

CTO Talk: Q&A with Adam Clarke of Fnality

How bad is bitcoin really for the environment?

SEON nets $94m Series B on the back of rising fraud threats

Meta’s at it again: Zuck Bucks is the successor to Diem no one asked for

“Hype is not enough”: Fintech community weighs in on Fast collapse

The competition will pay for this later: Klarna completes PriceRunner deal

Brite CEO: “Tech definitely has a diversity issue”

Revolut can breathe out: FCA extends cryptocurrency extension deadline

CTO Talk: Q&A with Ryan Carr of Enveil

Why Rockaway Blockchain Fund’s crypto exchanges still welcome Russian customers

FUEL bags €1.5m in funding as NFT bubble threatens to pop

CTO Talk: Q&A with Daniella Lorenzo of Toqio

Covid-19 created a cybersecurity boom: The Ukraine crisis will see it grow

Does it matter that Visa and Mastercard have pulled out of Russia?

in3 bags $11.1m Series A to provide BNPL with a difference: “We don’t want to put people in debt”

How Covid-19 created a massive fintech boom

The prospect of multiple rounds of Ukraine-related sanctions will dismay offshore banks

“Bitcoin is the biggest problem for blockchain” – Rockaway Blockchain Fund chief

FinCEN warns cryptocurrencies could circumvent sanctions: Experts say it’s unlikely

How the crisis in Russia and Ukraine will affect markets in China and Asia

Filings buzz in private banking: 36% decrease in internet of things mentions in Q3 of 2021

You heard it here first: Shares bags $40m in Series A round

Ukraine conflict: Anonymous declares cyberwar on Russia

How will the turmoil in Ukraine affect its private banking and markets?

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My Shares share-trading app won’t cause another meme stock frenzy, insists CEO

Scalapay inks $497m Series B in beleaguered BNPL market

We’re in the “death rattles” of cryptocurrencies, and the Ukraine crisis can’t save it

Turf war brewing? CFTC and SEC both want to be top cryptocurrency watchdog

Start as you mean to go on: why onboarding adds to the bottom line

Bitstamp CEO and Starling old COO: “Cryptocurrencies are the new neobanks”

The 10 big fintech funding rounds in January you need to note

Britcoin is “the worst of two worlds”: Gets thumbs down from UK lawmakers

Get the data, from Monzo to Razorpay: The 10 biggest fintech deals of December

Quilter poaches chief risk officer from Brooks Macdonald

Blackstone profit plunges 75% in Q4

BMO Wealth Management extends market data delivery alliance with FactSet