Top News In Fintech And Beyond For February 10, 2022

Good day! Here are the top things to focus on, today.

• Open App Markets Act remakes mobile computing.
• McDonald’s, Panera filed trademarks for metaverse. MCD
• The top fintechs most likely to get acquired in 2022.
• Stock-trading ban for Congress is getting pushback.

Top Things To Know In Fintech:

• Buy/sell stock on Voyager w/crypto. VYGVF
• Alchemy closes on a $200M round.
• Built Technologies boasting growth.
• Pagaya partners w/Ally on access.
• AMLRS has updated QuantaVerse.
• Danske taps SunTec SaaS offering.
• CME expands cryptocurrency suite. CME
• BlackRock to add crypto trade offer. BLK
• Tiger Global led $12M fintech raise.
• Transtura has bought WazoMoney.
• Pico intros real-time trade analytics.
• Nav, Enova SMB add a partnership.
• Cboe completes new tech migration. CBOE
• Fnality finished TestNet transaction.
• Messenger’s payment tools coming. FB
• Tennessee eyeing crypto investing.
• Highline launches w/$4.5M funding.
• Tillful, Highnote, Mastercard team.
• OpenNode added $20M in funding.
• Grey has secured backing from YC.
• El Salvador to issue first BTC bond.
• TMX eyes a crypto futures offering.
• i2c, Wirex team on prepaid cryptos.
• Marqeta taps Visa leaders as CFO. MQ

Spotlight: Here's a tactical framework for improving your retention…
The retention framework I use involves five steps:

1. Inspired Consumption
2. Unstructured Note-Taking
3. Consolidation
4. Analogize
5. Idea Exercise

The structure is sequential, but its practice is often dynamic & iterative.

Source: Sahil Bloom
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Thought-Provoking Statement: The current inflation is mainly a result of lagged consequences of the pandemic trends, but as these trends are about to reverse, we may experience the disinflationary part of the pandemic soon.
Source: Andreas Steno Larsen