Daily Fintech Newsletter | Apr. 15th
Hi!
In case you missed it, please see below today's most relevant fintech news.
Venture capital investment in cryptocurrency and blockchain startups hit a record $3 billion in Q1 2021 across 239 deals, according to PitchBook Data. The flurry of dealmaking showed once again how a bitcoin bull market can trigger a boom time for startup investment. Link here.
Andreessen Horowitz is looking into and investing in Latin American Fintech, and so should you! Link here.
Digital services firm Mobiquity Inc. has hired former BNP Paribas chief operation officer Howard Moore to spearhead a global expansion strategy. Link here.
The Hong Kong Digital Asset Exchange (HKD.com), the first combined online and physical exchange in Hong Kong, has announced its plans for Hong Kong's first one-stop trading platform for NFT (Non-Fungible Token) digital artwork. Link here.
With the FinTech sector’s recent boom in the UAE and across the wider region, Irish start-up DX Compliance has formally launched its operations in the Middle East from its new base in the UAE. Link here.
Luno, a digital asset exchange in Malaysia approved by the Securities Commission, announced that the company is now managing more than RM 1 billion of digital assets less than two years since the company relaunched in Malaysia in 2019. Link here.
Grab is going public in New York via a blank check merger with Altimeter Capital in a deal that gives Southeast Asia’s most valuable startup a valuation of about $35 billion, Financial Times reported on Wednesday (April 7). Link here.
Fortu Wealth – The WealthTech providing an all-in-one personal finance platform for high-net-worth individuals and a B2B banking-as-a-service (BaaS) solution for private banks and wealth managers – have announced that Suresh Vaghjiani has joined their advisory board. Link here.
This ends my Daily Fintech Newsletter. Let me know if there are any questions or news/insights worth mentioning in the next newsletter. Until the next!
Regards,
Marcel van Oost
marcelvanoost.com
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