Tomorrow's Transactions

DECEMBER 7, 2016

I told the assembled throng ( from the STFC ) that I was there to lobby parliament to have THE BLOCKCHAIN accepted as a religion, like Scientology, and to have all associated tax breaks and other privileges. Forum friend Tarvi Martens presented a case study from Estonia on population-scale identity cards.

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CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

WrkRiot’s short-lived house of cards falls down. Rishi Shah and Shradha Agarwal founded healthcare information startup Outcome Health in 2006 while the pair were still studying at Illinois’ Northwestern University. Founded by Renaud Laplanche in 2006, LendingClub quickly became one of the largest online lenders in the US.

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CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

Coda Automotive was an early player in the electric vehicle market, an early failure, and a great example of why being early is not always an advantage — even if the future your company envisions is probably the right one. Another, larger problem was that the market for electric cars did not take off the way that Coda expected.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Their total market value is now $2.21 Total market value = $2.21 Secondary market May 21. At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). In August, we added 17 new unicorns for a total of 238. trillion, up $100B from last month. 14 born this month (see below). _.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 21, 2022

Their total market value is now $2.1 Total market value. Secondary market May 21. At FintechLab s we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated constantly ( current list here ). In December, we added 7 new unicorns for a month-end total of 273. trillion, down $110B from last month. Total (Dec 31) = 273.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Their total market value is now $2.23 Total market value = $2.23 Secondary market May 21. In October, we added 22 new unicorns for a total of 260. trillion, just $20B more than last month (essentially flat). Unicorn count: Beginning (Oct 1) = 238. + 21 born this month (see Table 2, below). + Total (Oct 30) = 260. trillion. .

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Their total market value is now $2.23 Total market value = $2.23 Secondary market May 21. In October, we added 22 new unicorns for a total of 260. trillion, just $20B more than last month (essentially flat). Unicorn count: Beginning (Oct 1) = 238. + 21 born this month (see Table 2, below). + Total (Oct 30) = 260. trillion. .

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Their total market value is now $2.23 Total market value = $2.20 Secondary market May 21. In November, we added 9 new unicorns, and lost 3, for a month-end total of 266. trillion, down $30B from last month (essentially flat). Unicorn count: Beginning (Nov 1) = 260. + 8 born this month (see Table 2, below). + Mar 2021 round.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2019

banks had something to cheer about in 2018: Not one bank went under, putting a spotlight on the strength of the banking market. According to a report in CNBC , citing Calculated Risk, last year was the first time since 2006 that not one U.S. bank failed during the year, and the third time since the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

And that we should do that not because they’re tax evaders or evil — all things he said they, like all of us, are. Before there was Google Pay , there were three earlier versions of Google payments, starting with Google Checkout in 2006. How about Facebook gift cards? The Four” Don’t Have a Monopoly on Good Ideas. They all died.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Fresco’s head of community marketing, Johnathan Hamiter, began sending employees private Slack messages saying funding seemed “pretty bleak” and encouraging them to look for other jobs. Unfortunately, we were not able to find our place in the market. But we just didn’t feel as confident in that market.”. Around 4 p.m.,

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