Fintech Focus For January 6, 2021
Quote To Start The Day: If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right. Source: Henry Ford One Big Thing In ...
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Quote To Start The Day: If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right. Source: Henry Ford One Big Thing In ...
2020 the year that shook fintechs. VanEck refiles for new BTC ETFs. Brokerages face sky high demand. Visa adds a novel CBDC protocol. Analysis: Open banking in Brazil. Building stablecoin from arbitrage. Future FinTech taps $8M in funds. Betterfly extended Series A round. SEC’s Ripple lawsuit halts trading. Watch Out For This: False rumors spread faster and wider than true information, according to a 2019 study published in Science by MIT Sloan professor Sinan Aral and Deb Roy and Soroush Vosoughi of the MIT Media Lab. They found falsehoods are 70% more likely to be retweeted on Twitter tha...
Quote To Start The Day: “Crisis can be… a catalyst or can speed up changes that are on the way — it almost can serve as an ...
Quote To Start The Day: “[T]his has actually been a phenomenal year for fixed income, and yields have plummeted, which is not all that phenomenal. But it has led to phenomenal returns for investors. But with yields now really at these very, very low levels across the curves and across the credit spectrum, investors are looking for opportunities for yield. And one of the ways to boost yield is of course to deploy a little bit of leverage … The reason why we think this is an opportune environment to do that is because, from an economic standpoint, I think we're going to be in a more stable...
SpaceX doubles launch pad usage. Facebook to be able to read minds. Alibaba hit with new antitrust probe. Market moves into euphoria, greed. Stillbirths a consequence of COVID. Gene editing stops COVID’s spread. Big technology and edge computing. Market Moving Headline: Coming into the extended holiday weekend, on tapering volumes, U.S. index futures balanced within prior range. Key Takeaways: - Fear and greed are tugging at each other. - Jefferies ups 2021 GDP forecast to 5.25%. - Net equity buying the largest in months. - Inflation is rising where you don’t want it. - Positioning sugges...