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Addepar Investor Sentiment Index: Quite Bearish as Number of Investors Trading Below Historical Levels

Wealth management service provider Addepar has highlighted an important evolution for Addepar’s Salesforce integration, announced updates to their analysis tool, shared the latest investor sentiment derived from U.S. equity captured on the Addepar platform, and also provided additional resources for navigating the current market conditions…. Read More

BNPL: Compass Enhances Buy Now Pay Later Operations

Compass, the Mediobanca Group’s consumer credit arm, has reportedly “completed two deals in the Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) segment.” The rationale for the deals is “to accelerate the bank’s growth in the deferred payment business using digital channels, which it has entered successfully with… Read More

Billtrust to be Acquired by EQT Private Equity for Equity Value of $1.7B

BTRS Holdings Inc. (Billtrust) (NASDAQ: BTRS), a B2B accounts receivable automation and integrated payments leader, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by EQT X fund (EQT Private Equity), part of EQT, a global investment organization, “in an all-cash transaction… Read More

Bitcoin Rising. Why?

As Ethereum pushes forward with the Merge, Bitcoin has been ignored a bit – at least until yesterday when BTC rocketed beyond the $20,000 level nearing $22K. So what’s going on? Was it just Bitcoin’s time to move higher after watching Ethereum from the sidelines?… Read More

Perspective: Recent Publicly Listed Companies Lose Value as Private Securities Start to Unlock Secondary Trading for a $7 Trillion Private Market

Just 14 of the last 97 recently launched IPOs saw a share price improvement between their first-day trading price and the end of August 2022. The remaining 83 suffered a decrease, according to data published by IPOScoop. The figures could indicate the real growth potential… Read More

Crypto Basics: Things you can do with cryptocurrency today that you probably didn’t know

When you hear “crypto,” where does your mind go? Maybe you picture wealthy tech entrepreneurs or coders working in dark basements. Maybe it makes you think of scams, hacks, memes, or even Elon Musk. These are the stereotypes that mainstream media has ingrained in many… Read More

Three Consecutive Weeks of Digital Asset Outflows: Report

As Bitcoin struggles to hold onto $20K and Ethereum wobbles in advance of the Merge, Coinshares most recent report indicates that investors continue to de-risk from crypto – albeit with small aggregate amounts. According to the weekly report, digital asset fund flows delivered a net… Read More

Abu Dhabi to Introduce Blockchain, Digital Assets Strategy

The Abu Dhabi Blockchain and Virtual Assets Committee (ADBVAC) held its first meeting, “under the chairmanship of H.E Mohamed Ali Al Shorafa, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) and Chairman Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA), to discuss strategy for blockchain and… Read More

North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) Cautions Against “Finfluencers”

Earlier this month, the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) issued an advisory cautioning the public on the rise of “Finfluencers.” NASAA is the association that represents state and provincial financial regulators. It also lobbies on behalf of state authority over securities and providers. Finfluencers… Read More

John Mitchell: CEO at Episode Six Explains How Fintechs and Traditional Banks Can Work Cooperatively

John Mitchell, Co-founder and CEO, Episode Six, recently shared his views and insights with Crowdfund Insider. Episode Six is a payments technology company, which recently entered into a strategic relationship with US-headquartered Mode Eleven. Mode Eleven and its subsidiary, Summit National Bank, have selected Episode… Read More

Ripple Labs Inc Is Reportedly Looking into Acquiring Assets of Bankrupt Crypto Lender Celsius

San Francisco’s blockchain payments Fintech Ripple Labs Inc, which is currently involved in an extensive legal battle with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), is reportedly interested in acquiring the assets of bankrupt cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network. This, according to statements shared by… Read More

Reg CF Issuers are Not Filing their Mandated Documents: Report

If a company raises capital under Reg CF, it must file a form with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) along with additional documents to use the exemption. If the company successfully raises money, the requirement to provide information to the SEC (and investors) does… Read More

Genesis Q2: Crypto Lending Drops 9%, OTC Trading Jumps 51%

Digital asset prime brokerage Genesis has published its Q2 report sharing some interesting insight into crypto markets. According to Genesis, crypto lending declined while OTC trading rocketed higher. Genesis shares: The lending desk originated $40.4 billion in new loans, a decline of 9% from the… Read More

Sixth Consecutive Week of Digital Asset Inflows: Report

Digital assets experienced their sixth consecutive week of inflows as 2022 continues to provide a choppy market for crypto. According to CoinShares, a mere $3 million moved into crypto last week, but the total for the month and a half stands at over half a… Read More

FCA Tightens Rule on Promotion of Investment Opportunities but Not Crypto (Yet)

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued stronger rules in regards to promoting what is deemed to be high risk investments. As anticipated, the FCA expects firms to use “clearer” and “more prominent risk warnings.” The tactic of offering a refer a friend bonus… Read More

5th Consecutive Week of Digital Asset Inflows: Report

Coinshares is reporting that crypto, or digital assets, have booked their 5th consecutive week of inflows after a period of prolonged decline. According to the report, last week digital assets saw $81 million of purchases and a 5 week total of $530 million as investors… Read More

Turn Around in Crypto Markets? Genesis Sees Thaw in Crypto Winter as “Green Shoots” of Risk Emerge

Is there a thaw in the much-discussed crypto winter? If you are following crypto markets, you know rather well that digital assets have tanked in 2022, dropping from all-time high valuations of around $3 trillion to under $1 trillion. Much of the decline can be… Read More

Bitcoin Rally: BTC Tops $24K

Bitcoin is in rally mode after several weeks of gloom. At the moment, Bitcoin is trading above $24,000 – the first time since the 2nd week of June. The rise in valuation is being joined by other cryptocurrencies as well as traditional securities. Marcus Sotiriou,… Read More

Coinshares Predicts More Pain to Come in Crypto. When Will it End?

Even while Bitcoin is topping $20K and Ethereum is moving higher, Coinshares is out with a depressing report predicting there is more pain to come in the digital asset markets. Coinshares states that crypto assets are now firmly in bear market territory. The collapse of… Read More

Record Inflows Into Short Bitcoin Product: Coinshares

Coinshares has published its weekly report which shares that there was a record amount of inflows into the new Bitcoin short product. ProShares Short Bitcoin Strategy (NYSEArca:BITI) was launched at the end of last month and is designed to provide investors a path to profit… Read More

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