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FSOC urges Congress to speed up crypto rules The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) issued a report on Monday in which it urges legislators to focus on passing needed regulation around digital assets. The FSOC is formed by members of top financial regulators such as the SEC, Treasury, Currency Comptroller, the Fed, and CFTC. It…
Read MoreActivant Capital’s Andrew Steele On Investing In Sardine’s $50m Series B
Activant is thrilled to announce our investment in Sardine’s $51.5M Series B fundraise alongside a16z, XYZ, Nyca, Sound Ventures, Google Ventures, and a host of industry leaders. Sardine, led by Soups, Adi, and Zahid, is building critical infrastructure for the future of payments, connecting the traditionally siloed worlds of identity & fraud and traditional &…
Read MoreWhat’s Gonna Happen With BNPL?
My wife Stevie and I moved to a new house this week, and after Costco and Best Buy, we hit up Sephora. I’m a nerd at heart and I’m very curious—I always ask cashiers and retail workers about their experiences with new fintech products. Back when I lived in Brooklyn, I helped a local coffee…
Read MoreRobinhood’s New Web3 Wallet—FTX Wins Voyager’s Assets
Robinhood’s new Web3 Wallet This week Robinhood announced that the Beta version of their Web3 Wallet is now live. It is available to 10K users that joined a waitlist back in May, and the first blockchain supported by it is Polygon, but it is expected to become a multi-chain wallet in the future. Features available…
Read MoreFTT Expert Q&A With Rippling’s Rishab Hegde
1. You’ve been at Rippling for a few years now, and we’ve chatted a bunch on fintech in the past. When did you guys start thinking about how to embed fintech into the Rippling platform? A: Finance has always been in Rippling’s future – our mission was never to be just an HR or IT…
Read MoreHow To Pick The Right Operator-Investors
Over the last few years, operators have become increasingly active in the venture investing space; whether it;s investing through fund-backed scout programs, writing small but extremely helpful checks, or running an investment syndicate, there are now more ways than ever to get into investing. Overall, I think this is great for the ecosystem overall. Operators…
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