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Fintech Focus For May 5, 2021
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 - 12:10am | 1680Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood. Source: George Orwell One Big Thing In Fintech: S&P Dow Jones Indices, the firm behind the ubiquitous S&P 500, announced Tuesday the launch of three new crypto indexes. The launches lay the foundation...
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Roivant Sciences Gets SPAC Deal: What To Expect From This BioPharma, Health Technology Company
Monday, May 3, 2021 - 11:24am | 569Read More...A drug discovery company with ownership stakes in several public and private biopharmaceutical companies is going public with a SPAC deal announced Monday morning. The SPAC Deal: Roviant Sciences announced a SPAC deal with Montes Archimedes Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ: MAAC). The deal values the...
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Fintech Focus For May 3, 2021
Sunday, May 2, 2021 - 7:25pm | 1759Read More...Quote To Start The Day: “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” Source: Robert Frost One Big Thing In Fintech: Robinhood, the free-trading app that helped drive a surge in retail investing during the pandemic, has switched to using JPMorgan...
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Fidelity Launches Crypto Analytics Platform For Institutional Investors
Friday, April 30, 2021 - 2:56pm | 334Read More...Fidelity Investments has announced the launch of a new digital asset data and analytics solution targeted at institutional investors. What Happened: Fidelity’s new tool will offer investors streamlined access to fundamental and technical data about development ecosystems,...
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Fintech Focus For April 30, 2021
Thursday, April 29, 2021 - 6:45pm | 2175Read More...Quote To Start The Day: “My fantasy is to break up the big banks. I wish we would end 'too big to fail' in our banking system.” Source: Kenneth C. Griffin One Big Thing In Fintech: Per a CB Insights compilation of Q1 2021 fintech venture capital data from around the world, the...
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SEC Delays Yet Another Bitcoin ETF Decision Until June
Thursday, April 29, 2021 - 5:33pm | 431Read More...The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission has extended the typical 45-day time period to come to a decision on VanEck’s Bitcoin ETF application. What Happened: "The Commission finds that it is appropriate to designate a longer period within which to take action on the proposed rule...
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EXCLUSIVE: Who Wants To Own The 2 Hottest SPAC Domains, SPAC.com And SPACs.com?
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 - 11:00am | 555Read More...The Gist: If you’ve been following the markets in 2021, you surely have heard of SPACs. Well, today, in my column, I have a whopper for you. Here’s your chance to own the metaphorical Boardwalk or Park Place of Spac domain world. What Are SPACs: In 2020, special purpose acquisition...
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Fintech Focus For April 7, 2021
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 6:46pm | 2410Read More...Quote To Start The Day: An unexamined life is not worth living. Source: Socrates One Big Thing In Fintech: Fidelity Investments, Square Inc. and several other financial firms are forming a new trade group that aims to shape the way bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are regulated. Source: WSJ...
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Bitcoin ETF Proposals: The SEC's Long History Of Rejections
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - 6:21pm | 837Read More...The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. Last week, Fidelity Investments made headlines by announcing plans to provide financial backing for a new Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) ETF, the...
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Fidelity Looks To Launch ETF That Tracks The Price Of Bitcoin
Thursday, March 25, 2021 - 12:13am | 299Read More...Fidelity moved to register a Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund, according to a preliminary filing made with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. What Happened: Fidelity said its index will track “eligible” BTC spot markets and will reflect the performance of the apex...
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Fintech Focus For March 25, 2021
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 - 9:36pm | 2283Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Brainpower doesn’t have a zip code. Source: Laura González-Estéfani One Big Thing In Fintech: A new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission indicates that asset management giant Fidelity is seeking to create a bitcoin exchange-traded fund...
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Fintech Focus For March 12, 2021
Thursday, March 11, 2021 - 10:18pm | 2259Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans. Source: John Lennon One Big Thing In Fintech: Financial technologies “cause turmoil when loosed” yet “perish once regulated”, a deputy governor of China’s central bank observed last...
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GameStop Frenzy Continues To Inspire More Retail Investors' Jump Into Stock Market
Thursday, March 11, 2021 - 5:24am | 477Read More...Retail investors are continuing to flock to the stock market, encouraged by their ability to move the markets as evidenced by the GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) trading frenzy earlier this year. What Happened: The major online brokers continue to see rising app download activity and increased web...
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Bitcoin Play Cipher Mining To Go Public With SPAC Merger
Friday, March 5, 2021 - 12:26pm | 680Read More...One of the leading providers of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) mining hardware and blockchain software and services is going public in a SPAC merger. The SPAC Deal: Cipher Mining is going public is a SPAC merger with Good Works Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ: GWAC), valuing the company at an enterprise...
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Fintech Focus For March 2, 2021
Monday, March 1, 2021 - 6:50pm | 2244Read More...Quote To Start The Day: “A focus on global reach and neutrality could see bitcoin become an international trade currency. This would take advantage of bitcoin’s decentralized and borderless design, its lack of foreign exchange exposure, its speed and cost advantage in moving money, the...
