Did you know the Fed's 2% inflation target had little mathematical basis? It really was just a guess! Macro + Fintech update below where I look at why the Fed's job got much harder in February: davidroos.substack.com/p/mac…

Super excited for our recent investment to officially launch! @FWD_platform assists governments with public fund distribution and could not be more aligned with @TheRealCoreVC's belief that you can build massively impactful and valuable companies at the same time

I put my interest rates trading hat back on to digest what the market is telling us and how higher rates affect fintech and crypto startups. Despite the grim news you read about on twitter, there are some bright spots! Thoughts? david-roos.medium.com/rates-…

The inflation print outpaced expectations (7.5%), while the Fed’s Bullard suggested a 50bp rise in March or even a surprise hike earlier. What that means for tech stocks, and fintech included, is that we may not have seen the lows yet. #Fintech weekly news + #jotw 👇

1/ After doing weekly #fintech threads and intimately monitoring the industry as an investor, I’d figure I’d do a wrap of my take aways and the big happenings for 2021. It's hard to be comprehensive with so much that happened, so help me fill in the gaps, what did I miss? 🧵👇

Last week ENS gave free money to users. A lot of it. This week a DAO came close to buying the constitution. #fintech weekly news, jotw, and a whole lot of deals announced! ->

As we question what fintech company will become the next super app of this universe, Facebook said they’ll be the super app of the #metaverse with a spectacularly innovative new name, Meta. For all the memes he's been the brunt of, Zuck is playing chess. #fintechnews + jotw👇

And for jotw, @seed_fi is on a mission to improve financial security for the 100m Americans living paycheck to paycheck. They are hiring a Senior Product Analyst, check them out! notion.so/Senior-Product-Ana…

In January, Jamie Dimon said he was “scared sh*tless” of fintech rivals. While it seemed like he was late to the party, perhaps it was actually just getting started. In H1 2021, fintech fundings outpaced any FULL year on record. Sheeesh! Weekly recap (so. many. deals.)👇

Imagine competing with a company that automates your core service, offers it for free, and then you botch the response so badly that you pay $200m in SEC fines. That’s what happened to Schwab in roboadvisory. #Fintech weekly news + a position of the week at the end 👀👇

Despite widespread belief in global warming and a desire to change, there has not been enough actual change. I wrote about the ways we can fix that and how #fintech is playing a role. david-roos.medium.com/is-fin… TLDR? A 🧵 →

1/ Tell me we’re reliving the roaring 20s without telling me we’re reliving the roaring 20s. A trading platform called Gatsby raised $10m to bring options trading to the masses. 🥳🥳 More #fintech weekly news 👇👇

Jay Z is joining the board of @Square🎼, @russwest44 is leading growth rounds🏀 … @VancityReynolds hit me up when you want to get into fintech. It’s time for actors. Weekly thread.. ⬇️⬇️

1/As a #fintech investor and a massive NBA fan, I guess I should understand how digital basketball plays on #NBATopShot are selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars. I do not. Another sign of a bubbly market in my opinion. Please change my mind. More weekly fintech news 👇👇

From shirtless fintech investors to @lindsaylohan getting into the bitcoin fray, these weeks in fintech rarely disappoint. I imagine if parent trap were written today it would look something like this… A thread for the rest of what happened in #FintechNews ⏬⏬

1/ The hardest part of learning #DeFi is having to understand a new language😕. But once you know the terms, it starts to make much more sense. Here's a list of common terms for those launching into DeFi🚀. Help me out here, what other terms are necessary for DeFi newbies?

1/ A wild week in fintech (again) that started and ended with Robinhood traders pumping #GME to new highs. It was a week that had AOC, Elon Musk, Donald Trump Jr, Chamath, and Ted Cruz dip their toes into fintech…all on the same side! What the hell just happened. 🧐🧐 A thread.

1/ 2021 #fintech has been as 🔥 as ever across the venture ecosystem. Lets take a look at the last week…and, as always, please comment with what I missed A thread 👇