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This week, the President’s Executive Order dominated the news on digital assets. The crypto industry breathed a collective sigh of relief as it was mainly positive news. We also had more news from Russia, Better.com laying off half their staff, Marqeta announcing 2021 earnings, and more. Here are what I consider to be the top ten fintech news stories of the past week.
Biden just put out an executive order on cryptocurrencies — here’s everything that’s in it from CNBC – While the executive order on crypto this week did not provide much in the way of details, the tone was generally supportive. Hence, most people thought it was positive news.
American Express, PayPal join payments industry boycott of Russia from American Banker – Traditional finance and fintech continue to pull out of Russia.
Coinbase Touts Blacklist of 25K Russia-Linked Addresses Allegedly Tied to Illicit Activity from CoinDesk – Coinbase published a blog post this week detailing some 25,000 addresses they have identified as potentially…
