Fintech - Spark Newswire

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Bitcoin And Crypto-Linked Stocks Continue To Get Cathie Wood’s Attention — These Are Her 2 Buys From Wednesday

Today, 2:39 AM

Cathie Wood-led ARK Investment Management bought over 69,000 shares of Jack Dorsey-owned Block Inc (NYSE: SQ) at an estimated valuation of over $3.8 million, based on Wednesday’s closing price.

$DOGE

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Toronto Stock Exchange Faced Brief Outage, Resumes Trading After Morning Halt

By Vandana Singh

Today, 2:39 AM

The TMX Group, which operates Toronto Stock Exchange, said trading had stopped for the TSX, TSXV, and Alpha markets just after 10 a.m. in Toronto. TMX said it was experiencing a connection issue with the TSX order entry symbol range M to S. The market was in a pre-open state until 11:10 a.m. when trading resumed.

MFC

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Hey, Vitalik Buterin! You’re Invited To Benzinga’s December 2022 NYC Crypto And Fintech Events. See You There?

By Justin Roberti

Today, 2:39 AM

Founded in 2009 by CEO Jason Raznick, Detroit-based Benzinga is one of the largest content providers to global brokerages and media houses, including Yahoo, MarketWatch, and Insider.

COIN

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EXCLUSIVE: StartEngine CEO Talks SeedInvest Acquisition, Why Equity Crowdfunding Is Thriving

By Wayne Duggan

Today, 2:39 AM

Crowdfunding platform StartEngine has announced a buyout deal to acquire competitor SeedInvest from the Circle Internet Financial affiliate Pluto Holdings in a deal that will combine two of the largest equity crowdfunding platforms in the market.

ATVI

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5 Philadelphia Fintech Companies To Watch: Venmo, InstaMed And More

By Philip Lloyd

Today, 2:39 AM

Fintech has not only changed the way we do business, but how we lead our daily lives. Millions of times every day, Americans use fintech apps like Venmo and Zelle to send money straight from their phones, or Paypal and TorFx, to conduct business transactions.

PYPL

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Laguna Labs Launches The World’s First Flatcoin Pegged To The Cost Of Living

By Justin Roberti

Today, 2:39 AM

In a time of record inflation in the U.S., the idea of "flat" has its appeal.

COIN

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Paris Hilton Is The Sandbox’s ‘Queen of the Metaverse:’ All About Her New Cryptoween Experience And Her Partnership With Animoca

By Justin Roberti

Today, 2:39 AM

The Sandbox, a virtual gaming world and leading metaverse platform, is working with author, heiress, entrepreneur, philanthropist and celebrity Paris Hilton and her 11:11 Media company to bring Cryptoween to the metaverse.

SAND

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Vayner3 Creates ‘Phygital’ Integration For Chester Cheetah On Meta

By Justin Roberti

Today, 2:39 AM

If you are a fan of cheesy, crunchy snack foods then you are probably aware of Chester Cheetah, the Cheetos official cartoon mascot of Frito-Lay North America, the $19-billion convenient foods division of PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP).

Cosmos Co-founder Ethan Buchman On Cosmos End-Game, ATOM 2.0, & IBC: Exclusive Interview From Cosmoverse 2022

By Ryan McNamara

Today, 2:39 AM

Benzinga traveled to Medellin, Colombia to attend Cosmoverse 2022. The event curated the brightest minds in the Cosmos ecosystem––from developers putting carbon credits on-chain, to industry leaders in interchain security. Among the speakers at the conference was Ethan Buchman, CEO of Informal Systems and co-founder of Cosmos.

ATOM

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Interview: Cronos Provides First Ethereum-To-Cosmos Bridge And Is Building An Interchain Web3

By Justin Roberti

Today, 2:39 AM

Cosmos (CRYPTO: ATOM) has blazed its path in blockchain by approaching the blockchain equation not with a single star blockchain but with its stated "internet of blockchains," with

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