Daily Fintech Newsletter | Apr. 8th
Hi!
In case you missed it, please see below today's most relevant fintech news.
Open banking platform Plaid has raised $425 million in Series D financing at an estimated valuation of $13.5 billion. The valuation is a big step up from a recently aborted $5.3 billion Visa deal, blocked by the US Justice Department over competition concerns. Link here.
Clubhouse, the audio-based app valued at around $1 billion, has launched a tipping option so content creators can make money on the platform. Link here.
Ziglu, the cryptocurrency challenger and fully FCA authorised Electronic Money Institution, has made tez (XTZ), the native digital coin of blockchain network Tezos, available to the Ziglu community. Link here.
BUX Crypto, the crypto platform of neo-broker BUX, has received the registration from the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) as a provider of crypto services. Link here.
While the majority of live adventures are under lockdown, ROCKIT Vilnius invites you to the digital Cyber Security Hackathon. Link here.
SPACs have had a lot of media attention in the last few months, but what are SPACs after all? Link here.
Talos, an end-to-end technology infrastructure provider that supports the institutional trading of digital assets, announced the hire of Justin Schmidt as Head of Strategy. 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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