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Ryan Weeks

@RyanJamesWeeks

5 years

Here’s Spotify adding a bit of colour to @stormzy lyrics

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And now Vogue with the SBF puff piece!

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Incidentally I paid a visit to the offices of Binance Markets Limited’s auditors recently - as listed on accounts signed off in April - just a stone’s throw from my grandparents’ house…

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@TheBlock__

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Binance deregisters in UK amid regulatory woes

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Scoop: Bored Ape Yacht Club startup Yuga Labs plans virtual land sales, APECoin token to kickstart metaverse gaming project

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Personal news! Thrilled to announce that I'm joining Bloomberg as a senior editor focused on crypto in APAC. I start Monday and will be based in the Kuala Lumpur office. Can't wait to get stuck in! If you want to catch up before then, please reach out on Telegram. @crypto

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Exclusive: Avalanche Foundation unveils $290 million incentive program to spur on growth of subnets on @avalancheavax

Avalanche Foundation unveils $290 million incentive program to spur on growth of subnets

Gaming project DeFi Kingdoms is the first to be granted incentives under the new Multiverse program.

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New: Bank of England begins hiring for central bank digital currency team

Bank of England begins hiring for central bank digital currency team

The Bank of England, the central bank of the United Kingdom, has begun advertising job openings for a team dedicated to the exploration of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs).

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3 years

Scoop: @PayPal is exploring the launch of a stablecoin. Sources tell me the company has held talks about this with Ava Labs, the team behind the Avalanche blockchain, among others.

The Block

@TheBlock__

3 years

SCOOP: PayPal has held exploratory talks about launching a stablecoin: sources (via @RyanJamesWeeks )

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Scoop! How a fake job offer took down the world’s most popular crypto game

How a fake job offer took down the world’s most popular crypto game

An engineer’s interest in joining what turned out to be a fictitious company led to March’s $540 million Axie Infinity hack.

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@RyanJamesWeeks

3 years

Scoop: @moonpay has quietly set up a 'concierge service' to help celebrities and the super-rich buy NFTs and crypto without any hassle.

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@RyanJamesWeeks

5 years

Excited to announce that I've joined @FinancialNews ! I'll still be covering fintech. Drop me a line if you'd like to catch up/air an earth-shattering opinion.

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After a thoroughly enjoyable year and a half, today is my last day at Financial News. I'll be going freelance and will continue to write the #FintechFiles newsletter for FN. So please keep the fintech tips/pitches coming!

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Depressing, baffling news. What angers me most is that we are now forced to defend our work - which I’ve been particularly proud of this year - because of the actions of one person. Bitterly disappointing.

The Block

@TheBlock__

2 years

The Block CEO resigns after failure to disclose loans from Bankman-Fried’s Alameda

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SCOOP: Luna Foundation Guard has raised $1 billion through a private sale of LUNA tokens to form a bitcoin reserve for UST, the algorithmic stablecoin. The token sale, one of the largest in history, was led by Jump Crypto and Three Arrows Capital.

Luna Foundation Guard raises $1 billion to form bitcoin reserve for UST stablecoin

The Luna Foundation Guard (LFG) has raised $1 billion through an over-the-counter sale of LUNA.

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4 years

In addition to the #FintechFiles and other stuff, I'm now contributing to the @TheBlock__ , so hit me up - and I say this with some apprehension - with all your blockchain/crypto news and tips: rweeks @theblockcrypto .com.

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This is anything but a puff piece. It’s a scathing examination of how 3AC’s founders continue to live large instead of being held to account, as many believe they should. Crypto twitter cries puff far too often.

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The deals team at @TheBlock__ is going to start publishing regular profiles of the big characters in crypto/fintech VC. Who should we speak to first?

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@RyanJamesWeeks

4 years

Exclusive: @Jennifer_Arcuri applies to chair government-backed Tech Nation

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Going forward I'm going to be fintech editor at @TheBlock__ which I'm most excited about. The line between crypto and fintech is blurring and The Block is expanding its coverage accordingly. So expect more stories like these (yesterday's scoop)... 2/3

DriveWealth set to raise up to $400 million from SoftBank, Insight Partners

DriveWealth is set to raise up to $400 million in a Series D round led by SoftBank and Insight Partners, sources say.

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2 years

SCOOP: Safe Foundation, proposed steward of the @gnosisSafe ecosystem, is plotting a $100 million token sale.

Safe Foundation, proposed steward of the Gnosis Safe ecosystem, plans to raise $100 million

Safe Foundation, a proposed steward for the Gnosis Safe ecosystem, is plotting a $100 million token sale.

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@RyanJamesWeeks

1 year

Sam Altman's @worldcoin has acknowledged “suspicious and potentially fraudulent activity whereby individuals were incentivized to sign up for a verified World ID that was then delivered to a third party’s World App rather than their own.”

The Block

@TheBlock__

1 year

Sam Altman’s Worldcoin rolls out fresh measures to combat black market for iris scans

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@RyanJamesWeeks

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Scoop: Mechanism Capital is among the many VCs to have taken a hit from the implosion of FTX, but the fund remains operational and is exploring legal options.

The Block

@TheBlock__

2 years

Mechanism Capital among funds with assets stuck in FTX, exploring legal options

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A thread of my fundraising scoops in 2022 🧵

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@RyanJamesWeeks

4 years

And so the freelancing begins! Please get in touch with tips, pitches and ideas at ryanjamesweeks1 @gmail .com. I'll still be writing my weekly Fintech Files newsletter for Financial News/chasing stories, but am also available for commissions, so please shout if I can help you.

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Worldcoin officially launches today. Its WLD token will be distributed to more than 2 million people based largely in the Global South. (1/6)

Sam Altman’s Worldcoin launches token with over two million sign-ups

Worldcoin has announced the launch of its WLD token — which it will distribute to more than two million people around the world.

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@RyanJamesWeeks

2 years

SCOOP with @AJRummer : Tech giant Apple acquires UK open banking startup Credit Kudos

Apple acquires UK open banking startup Credit Kudos

Credit Kudos becomes the latest European open banking startup to be snapped up by a US acquirer.

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3 years

Breaking: @opensea has admitted that its head of product used insider knowledge to snap up front-page NFTs ahead of public release.

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Scoop! @circle , issuer of crypto’s second-largest stablecoin, plans to shift its legal base to the US from the Republic of Ireland On the terminal now 🖥️

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@ryandhorrigan @fintechfrank @moonpay I asked MoonPay that directly in relation to Fallon and they said they had no commercial relationship with him. They also said concierge clients get invoiced for the full amount of their NFT/crypto purchases + any other services rendered.

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@RyanJamesWeeks

3 years

You heard it here second! Delighted to be teaming up with @i_woodford on Sifted’s new fintech newsletter. Hitting your inbox every Tuesday. Sign up here:

Isabel Woodford

@i_woodford

3 years

Have you heard the news? I’m launching a fintech newsletter (!) with the brilliant @RyanJamesWeeks , starting next Tuesday 🥳 Would love you to subscribe and be part of our club. Here’s a little thread to show you what to expect in your inbox

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1 year

Worldcoin has raised over $250 million. The pitch? Maybe it works, maybe not.

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@sama

1 year

like any really ambitious project, maybe it works out and maybe it doesn’t, but trying stuff like this is how progress happens. in either case, we especially love our haters, it gives us energy, please keep it coming!

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Steered my first @crypto newsletter! This one’s on the spike in new token launches, which hit a two-year high in Q1. Some see this as a scramble to capture favourable market conditions, some as the result of VC pressure.

Token Launches Are Back as Startups Embrace Now-or-Never Mantra

In this edition of the Bloomberg Crypto newsletter, Ryan Weeks assesses the revival of token launches.

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Scoop: @RevolutApp is set to lose four department heads, including director of marketing and communications @ChadWestTweets - who will be joining an unnamed startup in the coming months. The firm is also losing its head of growth, business, and support.

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2 years

Here's my exclusive interview with hedge fund heavyweight Alan Howard, who for the first time outlines the full extent of his crypto activities at Brevan Howard and beyond, and explains why he is investing across the entire crypto ecosystem

Hedge fund manager Alan Howard explains why he’s investing across the entire crypto ecosystem

In an exclusive interview with The Block, Howard has for the first time laid out the full extent of his crypto empire.

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Signing off for 2022. What a year it was to cover crypto. Here’s a chronological (not to mention vainglorious) list of the stories I’m proudest of this year 🧵

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Profile of @NYDIG_BTC president Yan Zhao for @TheBlock__ . We cover recent deals with Morgan Stanley and big insurers, why the firm only advises clients to buy bitcoin, why it isn’t yet sold on MPC for crypto custody and much more.

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2 years

Appreciate this from @Siftedeu

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Enjoyed my first outings for @BloombergTV today discussing the potential for Ether ETF approvals in the US. Hope to look less furious next time.

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3 years

Scoop w/ @fintechfrank : Coinbase helped broker Tesla’s $1.5bn investment in bitcoin

The Block

@TheBlock__

3 years

SCOOP: Crypto exchange Coinbase was behind Tesla’s bitcoin buy (via @fintechfrank and @RyanJamesWeeks )

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Scoop: SolChicks’ creator Catheon Gaming raised $55m to build one of the most hyped crypto games on Solana. But as the crypto winter set in, the startup halved its headcount and saw a planned $100m fundraise led by Lazard fall through.

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Breaking: Visa set to acquire open banking platform Tink for €1.8bn.

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Scoop: Ethereum developer @ConsenSys is poised to more than double its valuation in its latest fundraise. The company has held talks with backers about investing at a valuation of around $6.5bn, but the post-money valuation will be higher still.

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Breaking: Crypto lender Genesis lent $2.36bn to Three Arrows Capital

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2 years

Just extraordinary that this conversation happened

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Audio from my first interview with Sam Bankman-Fried. SBF talks bankruptcy, the alleged “backdoor,” donations to the Democratic Party, Ukraine money laundering rumors, the hack, Alameda’s margin position on FTX, using FTT as collateral & more. 👀

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Mini scoop: RIT Capital Partners, a £3.8bn British investment trust managed by J. Rothschild Capital Management Limited, has acquired a stake in the cryptocurrency exchange @krakenfx

£3.8 billion investment trust acquires stake in crypto exchange Kraken

RIT Capital Partners, a British investment trust managed by J. Rothschild Capital Management Limited, has acquired a stake in the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken.

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5 years

A small personal goal made when I joined FN in March: to profile @AnneBoden , @t_blom and @NStoronsky . Links in thread. Enjoy responsibly. 1/4

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1 year

Hackney Half! Chip time 1:25.23

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Scoop: Crypto startups are giving up hope of continuing to do business in the UK under pressure from the FCA. Among them is B2C2 Ltd., one of the crypto sector’s largest market makers, which has withdrawn from the temporary register.

Crypto firms begin shuttering UK operations ahead of formal FCA registration deadline

Companies on the FCA’s temporary register are winding up their crypto operations in the UK.

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I have done that thing where you forgo a big fundraising scoop in favour of an exclusive + interview in a few weeks. Will let you know if I get horribly, horribly burned.

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10 months

Scoop! We obtained photos showing the moment 3AC’s Su Zhu was arrested in Singapore last week.

The Block

@TheBlock__

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EXCLUSIVE: Photos show the moment 3AC co-founder Su Zhu was arrested in Singapore

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New: Amsterdam-based @Maven11Capital closes second crypto investment fund at $120 million

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New from me: Staff at @RevolutApp have spent the past nine months in the dark about their share options thanks to a protracted back and forth between the start-up and HMRC over the value of its shares.

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🚨 NEW fintech SCOOP from @RyanJamesWeeks ... Revolut staff vent frustration over delay to their share options

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Potential PB here, 11 months ahead of the news… LayerZero hits $3bn valuation, confirming this scoop:

LayerZero Labs seeks backing that would triple its valuation to $3 billion

The Vancouver-based "omnichain" developer is seeking yet more funding just a few months after its last raise.

www.theblock.co

The Block

@TheBlock__

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LayerZero reaches $3 billion valuation in Series B funding round

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Exclusive: @SwarmMarkets launches what it claims is the world’s first regulated DeFi platform

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Obligatory victory tweet. Worldcoin developer announces $115m raise, confirming our scoop from Feb:

Sam Altman’s Worldcoin targets sovereign funds for latest raise as OpenAI booms

Worldcoin, the eyeball-scanning crypto startup founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is on the hunt for a lead investor for yet another round of financing.

www.theblock.co

The Block

@TheBlock__

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Worldcoin developer nets $115 million fundraise led by Blockchain Capital

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Scoop: Two more people execs quit @RevolutApp , including its head of diversity and inclusion. The start-up has also parted ways with MHP Communications, which was brought in amid widespread criticism of its culture in April 2019. via @FinancialNews

Two more senior employees quit Revolut’s people team as it parts ways with MHP

The latest leavers were in the people operations team, which has seen a spate of departures in recent months

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@RyanJamesWeeks

3 years

Very excited to have @_tommatsuda join @TheBlock__ to help expand our coverage of the fintech sector!

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@_tommatsuda

3 years

🚨Some personal news! 🚨 Excited to say that I've joined @TheBlock__ as a fintech reporter 💸🎉🥳 Shoot me an email at tom.matsuda @theblockcrypto .com for tips or even just to say hi!

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A few updates of the personal kind. Today marked my last fintech newsletter for @Siftedeu (link below). It's been a delight working with the whole team to launch this over the past 6 months or so. Special thanks to star co-author @i_woodford . 1/3

What’s hot in European fintech this week (July 20)

Featuring: The future of Monzo, the snaffling of Trussle and Revolut’s historic valuation

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Now that’s what I call a drop intro 😏

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Worldcoin suspended in Kenya. An investment deck I obtained previously showed that Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi had been a key market for the project, responsible for more than a quarter of a million sign-ups as of December last year.

The Block

@TheBlock__

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BREAKING: Worldcoin suspended in Kenya, one of its biggest markets for sign-ups so far

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This Greenwich Park fox is long bitcoin

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SBF: ‘I don’t think I ever had literally zero visibility into Alameda.’ He says he saw balance sheets and P&L graphs. Frank: So you saw all that FTT and that didn’t raise any red flags? SBF: ‘I’m not sure that I even saw it being broken out by token.’

2-hour sit-down with Sam Bankman-Fried on the FTX scandal

In this episode of The Scoop, Sam Bankman-Fried describes how a legacy payment system linked FTX’s future to Alameda’s fate, and why regulators and auditors alike failed to discover this relationship.

www.theblock.co

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4 years

Getting sent analysis of the latest development in the Monzo/Starling “feud” by PRs is pretty weird, especially since the main development concerns an unsatisfying Sunday roast

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5 years

Sign up to the Fintech Files for more of me “smiling with my eyes” (+ some commentary):

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4 years

Clearly they’ve never been murdered

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Sifted’s latest fintech newsletter, hot off the press: Come for more on Bitpanda’s stocks push, TransferWise’s rebrand and fintechs going green. Stay for the strained wordplay. W/ @i_woodford

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3 years

Enjoyed this chat with Visa’s head of crypto @cuysheffield about how the company’s new stablecoin settlement system could also be used for CBDC payments in the not too distant future

The Block

@TheBlock__

3 years

FEATURE: Visa wants to help you pay with central bank digital currency (via @RyanJamesWeeks )

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I seem to have turned 30

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2 years

@gordolven @CoinDesk @APompliano @MarkYusko @BlockFi @FTX_Official @0x_bae Can we please get a @gabrielhaines of this

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@RyanJamesWeeks

3 years

Fintech friends, please share! The Block is hiring a fintech reporter to help expand its coverage beyond digital assets. Really interesting role with a rapidly growing company.

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New: Makor Group has raised $17m, in part to fuel the growth of Enigma Securities, its crypto brokerage. British billionaire Alan Howard and Algorand have invested at a valuation of $200m.

Makor Group raises funds at $200M valuation to expand crypto brokerage

Makor Group, a brokerage and investment banking firm with a growing crypto business, has closed a Series A fundraise.

www.theblock.co

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4 years

A family with young children just called my work phone to sing me, their presumed aunt, happy birthday. One of the more joyful wrong numbers I've had.

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MoonPay, the crypto unicorn snapping up NFTs for celebs, just splashed $3 million on CryptoPunk #2681 .

MoonPay — the unicorn snapping up NFTs for celebs — just bought a $3 million punk

MoonPay has splashed 900 ether (roughly $3 million) on a rare item from the CryptoPunks collection.

www.theblock.co

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3 years

I just saw one of these ads on the tube (not my pic). How the hell do they not have capital at risk warnings?

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Going through a forgotten cache of business cards from 7+ years of fintech reporting... Some absolute gems (Wirecard, Wellesley, etc.)

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5 years

To the fintech start-ups which formally announce funding rounds *before* closing them: that’s not news, that’s an ad.

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Exclusive w/ @fintechfrank : DeFi exchange @dydxprotocol closes $65 million raise led by Paradigm. “Our goal for dYdX is to make it one of the biggest crypto exchanges period, but on a three to five-year time horizon,” Antonio Juliano, founder of dYdX, tells me.

The Block

@TheBlock__

3 years

NEW: DeFi exchange dYdX closes $65 million raise led by Paradigm by @RyanJamesWeeks & @fintechfrank

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My latest for @wired : Negative interest rates are bad news for neo banks. Their advent has been likened to Y2K for big banks. Startups should be able to manage the tech side, but whether their business models can take the hit is another matter.

The end of free bank accounts is bad news for Monzo and its rivals

Banks might be forced to charge millions of people to keep their bank accounts open. For fintechs fighting to break even, it could be fatal

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The pros and cons of working at Wirecard, per Glassdoor

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Latest feature on Mercado Bitcoin, the Brazilian crypto exchange that just raised $200m from SoftBank

The Block

@TheBlock__

3 years

FEATURE: After scoring $200 million from SoftBank, Mercado Bitcoin wants to quicken the growth of Latin America’s crypto market @RyanJamesWeeks interviews @ftota

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Scoop: Recent filings reveal that British billionaire Alan Howard has a c. $60m stake in CoinShares, Europe's largest crypto asset manager, through a Jersey entity named AH (St Helier) Limited

The Block

@TheBlock__

3 years

NEW: British financier Alan Howard revealed as fourth-largest shareholder of digital asset manager CoinShares (via @RyanJamesWeeks )

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3 years

If I worked in PR, I wouldn't describe my clients as 'illustrious', but that's just me

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4 years

Those interested in fintech will, like me, see only one possibility... even without the I and A.

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3 years

This article has generated a crazy number of subscription sales for @TheBlock__ so my challenge now is to come up with a subject that warrants the headline: "Want a wilder ride than the wilder-than-bitcoin ride offered by bitcoin mining stocks? Try TKTKTK"

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I'll be at #Token2049 in Singapore in a few weeks. Say hi, tell me secrets, etc.

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3 years

Interview with former chancellor @PhilipHammondUK following the announcement of his new advisory role at @CopperHQ . He says UK regulators need to shift “from talking about digital assets to implementing a legal framework that enables firms to embrace them.”

The Block

@TheBlock__

3 years

Former Chancellor Philip Hammond: UK’s treatment of digital assets is a ‘huge risk’ for finance sector (via @RyanJamesWeeks )

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Hark! Sifted's latest fintech newsletter has arrived. Delve into our analysis of whether JPMorgan overpaid for Nutmeg (valuation: £560-600m). Ponder the significance of fintech firms finally taking on card giants Visa and Mastercard. W/ @i_woodford

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Exclusive: Crypto infrastructure startup @QredoNetwork closes $80m Series A round led by Dan Tapiero's 10T Holdings

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SCOOP: Chartered crypto bank @ProtegoTrust is targeting a $2 billion valuation in its latest fundraising effort, after quietly closing a $70 million Series A round last year.

Protego Trust Bank targets $2 billion valuation after quietly raising $70 million

Protego Trust Bank, a chartered crypto bank advised by Brian Brooks, raised $70 million in a Series A round last year.

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4 years

Looks like tomorrow’s front pages will report @RevolutApp has closed its $500m fundraise, valuing the company at $5.5bn. I did not receive an embargoed press release today, but fortunately had the (pre-money) numbers right in mid-Jan:

Investors value Revolut at $5bn ahead of new fundraising

Welcome to your weekly roundup of the latest developments in financial tech and innovation

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Ryan Weeks

@RyanJamesWeeks

4 years

Here's one I've been working on a while: Who is Harald McPike, the secretive billionaire behind @StarlingBank ?

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3 years

A wee scoop: London-based crypto data company @CryptoCompare has scored a strategic investment from VanEck subsidiary MVIS.

The Block

@TheBlock__

3 years

VanEck subsidiary invests in UK analytics startup CryptoCompare (via @RyanJamesWeeks

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And yes I get that BML is a largely defunct entity, but it’s still not quite what you’d expect!

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Ryan Weeks

@RyanJamesWeeks

3 years

Behold Sifted's latest fintech newsletter, in which you will read about SaltPay's hushed up $700m raise, the fintechs trying to crack secondary market sales, another French insurtech unicorn and more. W/ @i_woodford

What’s hot in European fintech this week (May 11)

Featuring: Fintechs getting growth wrong, a secret $700m fundraise, and a secondary market resurgence?

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Ryan Weeks

@RyanJamesWeeks

3 years

Scoop: Crypto art collector @PleasrDAO - the group that splashed millions of dollars on an NFT of the image that inspired Dogecoin and on a rare Wu-Tang Clan album - is raising $69 million. Sources say the raise will value the DAO at around $1bn.

Crypto art collector PleasrDAO is raising $69 million

PleasrDAO, a collective of crypto luminaries, is raising $69 million.

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Ryan Weeks

@RyanJamesWeeks

5 years

Scoop: Digital bank @monese plots hundred-plus hiring drive, has a fresh fundraising in the works and will soon publish its first set of accounts (interview with @NorrisKoppel ) via @FinancialNews

Digital bank Monese plans 100-plus hiring drive

The rival to Monzo and Revolut now has 1.6 million users and is adding as many 170,000 each month

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Ryan Weeks

@RyanJamesWeeks

2 years

The deals team at @TheBlock__ is hiring a newsletter writer in Europe/Asia. Read all about it!

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Ryan Weeks

@RyanJamesWeeks

4 years

Ran the Yorkshire Three Peaks this weekend 🏃🏻✅

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@RyanJamesWeeks

3 years

So this year alone I've covered Plum, Freetrade, MoneyLion, Brex, Trade Republic and now N26 all planning expansions into crypto trading or rewards. All 'non-crypto' fintechs up to this point. How long till holdouts Monzo, Starling, etc. fall into line?

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@TheBlock__

3 years

German neobank N26 is working with 'top-tier crypto exchanges' on new trading feature (via @RyanJamesWeeks )

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