In this next part of the series, we’ll dive into what this means for fintech and financial institutions. If digital assets are treated as assets, period, how does this shape the financial landscape? And why would these parties buy into such a nascent technology?
Read MoreIf I had started writing this article three years ago, I’d be reporting on the buying frenzy surrounding non-fungible tokens (NFTs), blockchain-based proofs authenticating the uniqueness of digital objects, namely artwork. But now it’s 2024.
Read MoreDo these ETFs, like the cryptocurrencies undergirding them, require more investors to buy into their vision in order to become successful and profitable?
Read MoreFR Contributor Alex Lazarow offers a different lens on startup investing
Read MoreFrom Abdul Abdirahman: In our recent State of Fintech report, my colleagues and I took stock of the sector’s progress over the last decade, identifying the companies that have reached (or are about to reach) enterprise scale.
Read MoreAccording to Chris Valentine, who produces SXSW Pitch, the event offers a crucial niche within the larger SXSW ecosystem.
Read MoreFR Contributor Alex Lazarow shares his takeaways from F-Prime’s 2023 Fintech Index report.
Read MoreFrom Matt Ober: If data solutions can make the firm money, save the firm money or help the firm raise money, then there is no budget.
Read MoreIt’s hard to tell how much Robinhood’s uptick stems from its savviness—poaching competitors’ brokerage customers through deposit matching, releasing popular product features, and more—rather than improved economic conditions.
Read MoreIn a piece for The Financial Revolutionist, Fluent Ventures’s Alex Lazarow looks back at his time at Omidyar Network and sets the record straight on the effects and ethics of impact investing.
Read MoreIn a piece for The Financial Revolutionist, Fluent Ventures’s Alex Lazarow looks at the trends and debates shaping fintech in the coming year.
Read MoreKate Sampson, Managing Partner at Anthemis, helps spearhead Anthemis’s growth-stage insurtech investments. A self-identified insurtech futurist, Sampson has a celebrated career in leadership positions at both traditional as well as tech-driven insurance players, helping create new insurance products for emerging risks.
Read MoreHow to capture the good and mitigate the bad
Read MoreCoupled with the accelerated nature of venture-backed economics, it’s easy for a privately funded fintech to sink and go defunct without making much of a splash.
Read MoreStephanie Choo is a partner at Portage Ventures, and has played a keystone role in the group’s fintech-focused funds since its founding. Choo primarily invests in consumer fintech, payments, infrastructure, and wealthtech.
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