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👉 Top Things To Know In TradeFi: 

• LedgerEdge launches DLT platform
• Coinbase is planning on slow hiring
• Bitso started a new app in Columbia
• Acorns taps Chris Walken for an ad
• LSEG looking to acquire MayStreet

👉 Top Things To Know In Fintech:

• StoneX executed a  BTC/USD swap
• Social.Trade updates all in one offer
• Percent has added Corporate Loans
• BanBajio & Volante are collaborating
• Routable launches a payments offer
• Ledger is rolling browser extensions
• Talos expands team, adds key hires
• Routable intros real-time payments
• Slice is adding popular railroad UPI
• Stripe expands its infrastructure play
• Plaid officially expands core product
• Amex Ventures bets $5M on Trellis
• Apis invested in B2B micropayments
• Temenos put digital banking on AWS
• SpotOn closes on $300M in Series F
• N3TWORK Studios raised Series A
• Novo speeds up e-commerce fintech
• Modulr snags new Series C funding
• Fenergo has launched FinCrime Risk 
• Kiavi has passed $10B in REI loans
• Keep Financial is launching platform
• StellarFi taps LiveLike for credit tech
• The INX has announced new leader
• In3 raises $85.3M in Series B round
• Napier has expanded NA presence
• Meta is rolling a P2P payments offer
• TRM Labs intros new scam platform
• Equito intros crowdfunding solutions
• RBC unveils new authentication tool
• Hacash.Diamonds, Neo teaming up
• Great Plains has tapped Jack Henry
• RECUR is expanding Avalanche DLT
• FL’s BTC & Blockchain Summit 5/26
• WunderTrading launching autotrade
• FIS builds a bridge to the metaverse
• China is still a large miner of cryptos

👉 Interesting Reads:

• How to participate in SpaceX round
• Tech crash soliciting hell for hedgies
• 50% of Joe Biden followers are fake
• Lehman’s slow death near complete
• Sahil Bloom: Best goal setting tools
• Goldman CEO sees recession risks
• Twitter exec seen unhinged, biased
• Musk - ESG is an outrageous scam
• Macrodesiac talks helicopter money

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