Fintech Focus For July 8, 2020

Daily Perspective: Capital markets are not free markets allocating resources in traditional ways. - Ray Dalio

Fintech Movers: Nasdaq and the London Stock Exchange Group have both taken steps to grow the digital asset ecosystem as institutional interest increases. - Markets Media

• Iran cracks down on crypto.
• OCC implements framework.
• Mercado to intro credit card.
• O’Shares tackles innovation.
• Hundreds of fintech failures.
• Top San Francisco fintechs.
• BondLink expands platform.
• HFTs make Robinhood work.
• Europe taps Cboe structure.
• Chicago insurtech eyes win.
• Clearstream, LCH team-up.
• Deutsche, Google partner up.

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Watch Out For This: After six months of exhaustive investigation, the global scientific community has been unable to identify the natural source of COVID-19, that is, the when, where, and how it "jumped" from animals to humans. - ZeroHedge

• How to tell stories to investors.
• Microsoft may axe control panel.
• Lobbyists, lawyers, PE tap PPP.
• Trump pushes school reopening.
• US will formally leave the WHO.
• TikTok to pull out of Hong Kong.
• 3D printing is having a moment.
• Investors buy Italian mafia bonds.

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Market Moving Headline: States with faster case growth are now underperforming economically based on measures of small business activity, restaurant bookings, and spending. - Deutsche Bank

• German unemployment jumps.
• Europe faces deeper recession.
• Zoom intros new subscriptions.
• BMO sees SPX reaching 3,400.
• Walmart intros member program.
• United faces a stalled rebound.
• Uber launches grocery delivery.
• Technology at risk if Biden wins.
• US Airlines sign letters of intent.
• Lyft’s recovery looks overheated.
• Zero rates lead to forex volatility.