Top News In Fintech And Beyond For April 28, 2022

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👉 Top Things To Know In TradeFi:

• Voyager starting new ad campaign. VYGVF
• CQG revamped platform for crypto.
• Vertex Protocol closes $8.5M seed.
• CME to oppose FTX clearing effort. CME
• JPM will offer clearing through ICE. JPM

👉 Top Things To Know In Fintech:

• Ox Labs grabs $70M in a Series B.
• PCI Pal has teamed up with Odigo.
• Optty launching BNPL integrations.
• BlackRock listed a blockchain ETF. BLK
• Europe to become a hub for Web3.
• Gibraltar pushes virtual asset laws.
• LQwD joins Visa’s Fast Track effort.
• Tonic raises $5M for DeFi platform.
• Fintiv sues PayPal and Apple Pay. AAPL
• Ondo Finance secures $20M funds.
• $14M gift to USF for fintech efforts.
• Klarna partnering up with Global-e.
• South Street funding Digital Prime.
• PayPal will double down on wallets. PYPL
• MoonPay marketing AWS for NFTs.
• Ox Labs raises $70M in a Series B.
• AIX onboarded KNPRE to platform.
• Ex-Chime engineers bagging $4M.
• HollaEx taps iDenify for verification.
• Cogni launching w/ $23M Series A.
• Clear Street intros FI repo platform.
• Self reporting to credit the bureaus.
• HomePace added $7M in Series A.
• Onuu announces new partnerships.

👉 Interesting Reads:

• Meta up on Facebook user growth. FB
• The motives behind Hwang’s buys.
• Wood, Novogratz talk in Bahamas. 
• Deutsche predicts major recession. DB
• Key lessons from a crypto investor.