Issue 332 · Oct 7, 2021 Weekly edition · 3 min read

Issue #332

Fintech companies are revolutionizing not only the financial system, but also our idea of work and investment opportunities. Fintech solutions are the core of the new Finance 2.0, and a rising integration with cryptos

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On the podcast: Seeding the next generation of UK unicorns

Ian Connatty, managing director for funds at British Patient Capital, joins Alexander Davis and Andrew Woodman to discuss the venture capital ecosystem and the rising number of fintech startups in the United Kingdom, which may result in larger investment rounds for UK companies.

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2 Little-Known Altcoins to Watch in the Avalanche Ecosystem Business Insider — The 20-year fintech executive and president of Ava Labs, John Wu, talks about Avalanche's impressive growth and two altcoins he’s bullish on. Open story ↗ Quantexa Named to the 2021 CB Insights Fintech 250 List of Top Fintech Startups PR Newswire — Lawmakers are trying to understand if consumers really understand the degree of access to their data they allow to third parties: are stronger protections needed? Open story ↗ DeFi bug accidentally gives $90 million to users, founder begs them to return it CNBC — Robert Leshner, founder of Compound Labs, is begging users to voluntarily return tokens after a bug in the DeFi protocol upgrade caused a (involuntary) giveaway of $90.1 million. Open story ↗ Amsterdam’s Sentinels partners with fintech startup YouWorld to help “fight financial crime on a large scale” Silicon Canals — Sentinels, a transaction monitoring startup powered by artificial intelligence, announced its partnership with YouWorld, the fintech company focused on providing cross-border digital banking solutions. Open story ↗ Fintech Startup Bolt Launches 4-Day Work Week Bloomberg — Emily Chang, host of Bloomberg Technology TV Show, and Ryan Breslow, founder and CEO of Bolt, discuss the fintech startup’s new work policy, a 4-day week that could lead to an improved productivity. Open story ↗ Pledge Finance Holds Stanford DeFi and NFT Summit 2021 Bitcoinist — The DeFi & NFT Summit 2021 edition was conducted by Pledge Finance, a US decentralized lending protocol. Will DeFi be further adopted by fintech companies? Open story ↗ Lawmakers agree on need to rein in fintech data sharing - Roll Call Roll Call — Alaia SA, a growing action sports destination, tokenized and deposited its shares with Credit Suisse, which integrated the Taurus infrastructure to make this possible. Another big step for Finance 2.0? Open story ↗ Stamford-based Point72 Ventures leads $35M funding round in Chicago fintech firm Stamford Advocate — The fintech firm Zero Hash, which allows fintech companies and financial institutions to embed crypto products in an easy and compliant way, is collecting $35 million in a Series C funding round led by Point72 Ventures. Open story ↗ Pledge Finance Holds Stanford DeFi and NFT Summit 2021 | Bitcoinist.com bitcoinist — During the Future of Fintech conference in New York, CB Insights unveiled the list of the top 250 fintech companies that are revolutionizing the financial system. Quantexa, a company focused on taking data accuracy, risk and compliance to a new level, is among the names in the prestigious list. Open story ↗ Alaia tokenises its shares with Credit Suisse in view of private placement. Powered by Taurus. - The Tokenizer The Tokenizer — Alaia SA, a growing action sports destination, tokenized and deposited its shares with Credit Suisse, which integrated the Taurus infrastructure to make this possible. Another big step for Finance 2.0? Open story ↗

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