Jeremy Blosson, Cofounder and CEO of Strikepoint Media, moderated the panel The Key To Winning Customers In Bear Markets" at Benzinga's Fintech Deal Day. Earlier this year, amid growing concerns of a recession, platforms were dealing with a crisis of confidence. After the FTX fiasco, platforms are now facing a crisis of trust. The panel
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Giants under attack — Meta and Alphabet lose dominance over US digital ads market Long-held duopoly that rules the $300 billion market is hit by growing competition. Patrick McGee, Financial Times – Dec 23, 2022 3:22 pm UTC EnlargeSOPA Images via Getty reader comments 92 with 0 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (RKy.), who excoriated then-President Donald Trump’s conduct before and during the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, nevertheless voted to acquit him after he was impeached for that conduct. By that point, Trump had left office, and McConnell said he had concluded that the Senate did not have
Brian Cox, CEO of SurgePays, Inc. SURG was recently interviewed by Benzinga. SurgePays brings critical technology and financial services to the underbanked and underserved. The company is dedicated to serving these communities that lack access to traditional banking and financial services. The company is currently in growth mode and has removed its self-imposed throttle. Watch
George Parthimos, founder and CEO of Wolfpack Financials LLC, shared the motivation behind his company at Benzingas Fintech Deal Day. Parthimos has several sons who were interested in building a portfolio but were daunted by the complexity of investing in the stock market. Parthimos had the tools to educate his family but knew that many
Blockchain, the technology that underpins cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin BTC/USD , can propel a traditional financial services firm into the next frontier of fintech. And yet, it's highly complicated and extremely scrutinized thanks to the current drama surrounding certain bad actors (i.e., Luna and FTX). "The scrutiny of the contagion of what has gone wrong
Melissa Watras of Trillium Labs moderated the panel Regulation: The Problems, Solutions, And Ensuring A Balance at Benzingas Fintech Deal Day. Fintech is innovating at a pace that is difficult for regulators to keep up with. Much of the fintech space exists in a regulatory grey area that is dangerous to the government, consumers, and
The 56 million Robinhood Markets shares at stake are currently worth around $450 million. 2346 Total views 28 Total shares Listen to article 0:00 News Ho-ho-ho! Get Limited Holiday Trait!Collect this article as NFT Embattled crypto exchange FTX asked for the assistance of a United States bankruptcy judge to prevent crypto lending firm BlockFi from
The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol has released its final 845-page report on the insurrection at the Capitol and Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election. The report finds Trump was the central cause of the violence on January 6 and that Trump or his inner
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When Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s infamous “mini” Budget sent Britain’s finances into turmoil in September, it was pilloried as an egregious example of putting ideology over evidence. Both of its architects were gone within a matter of weeks, and a chastened Conservative party announced a series of U-turns. The damage was done, but it
Passengers flying into the UK face months of disruption at the border as passport officers gear up for prolonged strikes, the head of the civil service union has warned. Border Force officers on Friday began eight days of strikes and government officials have warned people to prepare for long queues and drafted in the military
2020 and 2021 saw a massive expansion of digital offerings across nearly every industry. Many organizations implemented new partnerships to offer digital commerce and payment tools, or even invested in creating their own tools to address the abrupt and urgent need created by the pandemic. This trend was particularly evident in the digital health market,
SOURCE CODE COP — Okta says source code for Workforce Identity Cloud service was copied Code stored on GitHub was copied after threat actor gained unauthorized access. Dan Goodin – Dec 21, 2022 10:50 pm UTC EnlargeGetty Images reader comments 30 with 0 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share
Billionaire investor Tim Draper has earned the title "adventure capitalist" by betting on a series of notable tech successes, including Hotmail, Skype, SpaceX, AngelList, SolarCity, Twitter, DocuSign, Coinbase, Robinhood, and Ancestry.com. Draper was an early supporter of Bitcoin BTC/USD and has made early predictions which for the past eight years have turned out to be
Leading financial media outlet Benzinga hosted its annual Global Fintech Deal Day & AwardsThursday at Pier Sixty in New York City. Here'sa look at the annual event and the 2022 award winners. Benzinga Global Fintech Awards: Each year, Benzinga honors the top companies in the fintech sector that are building the future of financial services
Throughout 2022, the cryptocurrency sector sent out shockwaves that hitinvestors and those interested in entering into the market particularly Wall Street and fintech with themost recentcollapse of FTXhurting the development oftrust between Wall Street, fintech and cryptocurrencies. ButWall Street is still committed to entering the crypto industry, saidAdam Levine, vice president of corporate strategy at
Joe Rogan discussed the much-hyped Donald Trump NFTs that sold out within 12 hours of their listing. What Happened: Rogan joked about the video that Trump released to promote his NFT collection, when speaking to Brian Redban on the "Joe Rogan Experience"podcast. After realizing that the collection is sold out, Rogan expressed his sadness, saying:
The UK economy contracted by more than previously estimated in the third quarter and lagged further behind other advanced economies, as households struggled with high inflation. Data published by the Office for National Statistics on Thursday also suggested that consumers are not dipping into their savings as much as forecast, suggesting the UK’s recession could
Days after former President Donald Trumps NFT collection dominated the cryptosphere and captured the attention of social media, the enthusiasm around the project has waned, with its prices and trade volume having decreasedafter the weekend. According to data from CryptoSlam, trading volume for Trump's digital trading cards, created on the Ethereum ETH/USD scaling network Polygon