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Analysis: Top 250 fintech of 2020. Marqeta IPO above range at $27. DASH expanded its product suite. Watch Out For This: On June 6, YouTube star Logan Paul and professional boxer Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. went head to head in an exhibition at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. The event lasted for eight rounds of 3 minutes each, and no official winner was read. In light of the high-dollar exhibition round, Benzinga had the opportunity to sit down and speak with James Williams, CEO at Mayweather Boxi...

In the end, in running a successful company, egos must be removed. That’s according to JR Rahn, who said MindMed requires leaders better equipped to pursue late-stage clinical trials and solve regulatory hurdles. “It’s about removing oneself from necessarily what your ego tells you to do,” he said in a conversation on his commitment to making minds and bodies healthier. “The biggest thing I can do for MindMed, right now, is to realize that it needs a different type of leader, for the...

Quote To Start The Day: "You can't be a real networker unless you’re connected." Source: Michael Gruen One Big Thing In Fintech: ...

Quote To Start The Day: “Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away ...

Quote To Start The Day: “Showing is better than telling.” Source: Floyd Mayweather One Big Thing In Fintech: Ray Dalio, a billionaire investor ...

Quote To Start The Day: “The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” Source: William James One Big ...

Forter added $300M, tripled value. Watch Out For This: The average American is active less than 20 minutes a day. That’s according to Greg Caplan, who founded Spot this year alongside Hans Petter Eikemo as a platform to foster productive meetings on the go. “I think the challenge is that so much of our lives are now digital, and we’re spending so much time sitting inactive,” Caplan told Benzinga in a discussion on making people happier and more productive through physical activity. “...

US prepares for a new travel spike. Bank CEOs to aid the underbanked. Biden urged to replace Fed leaders. China accepted GS, ICBC venture. Market Moving Headline: BlackRock Investment Institute said in a report Monday that its proprietary Geopolitical Risk Indicator has fallen to its lowest in four years, as investors focus more on inflation and the economic recovery than geopolitics. That marks a shift in attention from U.S.-China trade tensions or a North Korea nuclear attack, both of which ...

Rotation strengthened bull market. Market Moving Headline: Last week, U.S. stock index futures auctioned sideways-to-higher, as participants looked to price in emerging dynamics with respect to rising inflation, fiscal and monetary tightening, COVID-19 concerns, political risks, and the like. Key Takeaways: - Tone on adjusting monetary policy altered. - Indices were sideways-to-higher last week. In the coming sessions, participants will want to focus their attention on where the S&P 500 trades...

Retail, restaurant automation rises. Ray Dalio said he has some bitcoin. Lyft, Uber begin free vaccine rides. WH eyeing $1B for weather events. Why Ford EVs have radio antennas. Market Moving Headline: Cathie Wood, chief executive officer and chief investment officer at Ark Investment Management, says the correction in commodities prices is one sign that the U.S. economy is poised for a "massive" period of deflation.