Digital Wealth: Roboadvisor Betterment acquires Makara to offer crypto investing
Robo-advisor Betterment has agreed to purchase automated cryptocurrency portfolio provider Makara, which will continue to operate as an independent brand following the closing of the deal.
Dear readers — thanks always for your time and attention! Your essential news in digital wealth is here. To manage which emails you receive see this post. For deeper coverage, explore our subscription options below.
Top Stories
⭐🇺🇸 Robo-Advisor Betterment Moves Into Crypto Via Makara Acquisition - Coindesk, February 8, New York
⭐ 🇩🇪 Germany’s Vivid Money Raises €100m Series C To Turbocharge Super-App Plans - Fintech Futures, February 9, Berlin
⭐🇳🇱 Neobank Bunq Launches Investments - Altfi, February 4, Amsterdam
Curated sponsorships
We work with select companies to deliver brand awareness to our 100,000+ digital finance audience. See our prior partners here, and reach out here with interest.
North America News
🇺🇸 Fidelity Updates Its Wealthscape Tech Platform - InvestmentNews, February 3, Massachusetts
🇺🇸 TIFIN Wealth Launches TIFIN Grow With Over 500 Financial Advisors Using AI And Investment Intelligence Driven Personalization - Yahoo Finance, February 8, New York
🇺🇸 Fintech Streetbeat Secures $10M Via Seed Round, Surpasses 35,000 Clients During 1-Month Beta, 125,000 Trading Orders In 1st Week - Crowdfund Insider, February 8, California
🇺🇸 MaxMyInterest Rolls Out Improved Integration With Envestnet - Wealth Management, February 1, Illinois
🇨🇦 Fredericton-Based Passiv Joins California Accelerator - Huddle, February 7, New Brunswick
🇺🇸 Addition Wealth Launches Digital Platform To Make Personalized Financial Expertise Inclusive And Accessible For Employees - PR Newswire, February 9, New York
🇺🇸 Investor-Focused Social Media Firm Stocktwits Rolls Out Crypto Trading - Reuters, February 3, New York
🇺🇸 Yield App Assets Grow 40% Over Q4 As Platform Passes Armanino Audit - Beincrypto, February 3, California
🇺🇸 Crypto Giant Launches Push To Become ‘World-Class ETF Issuer’ - Wealth Management, February 3, New York
🇺🇸 U.S. SEC Delays Decision On Grayscale's Spot Bitcoin ETF - Reuters, February 4, New York
EMEA News
🇪🇬 Egyptian Fintech Thndr Raises $20m In Mena Expansion Push - The National News, February 9, Cairo
🇹🇷 Meet Midas, Turkey's First Retail Investing Startup, Which Has Raised $11m Spark Capital, Earlybird Digital East And Nigel Morris - PR Newswire, February 7, Istanbul
🇦🇹 One Signal Launches New Trading Tool Which Helps Investors Make Smarter Trading Decisions Every Day - PR Newswire, February 9, Vienna
🇧🇾 Belarus Moves To Allow Investment Funds To Acquire Crypto Assets - Bollyinside, February 5, Minsk
🇧🇼 ABSA And PureSoftware Partner To Launch Digital Wallet, Spark By ABSA - PR Newswire, February 10, Gaborone
🇦🇪 Stashaway Launches She Invests, A Master Class Series To Help Close The Gender Investing Gap - PR Newswire, February 10, United Arab Emirates
Asia Pacific News
🇭🇰 Asset Managers Digitizing Distribution: BNY Mellon - DigFin Group, February 6, Hong Kong
🇮🇳 Alpha Wave Leads $7.5 Mn Funding In Wealth Tech Platform Wealthy.In- VCCiRCLE, February 9, Bengaluru
🇮🇳 Crypto Investing Platform Mudrex Bags $6.5 Million In Funding Led By Arkam Ventures, Others - The Economic Times, February 8, Mumbai
🇻🇳 Vietnam's Investing App Infina Closes $6m In Seed Funding - Deal Street Asia, February 8, Ho Chi Minh
🇦🇺 Colonial First State Selects FNZ To Deliver Its Platform Transformation - PR Newswire, February 3, Sydney
🇨🇳 US Lawmakers Issue Warnings About Digital Yuan As Winter Olympics Kicks Off - Investing, February 5, Beijing
🇸🇬 Profit Up 21% For UBS' Asia-Pacific Unit In Record Showing Last Year - The Straits Times, February 7, Singapore
Blogs, Webinars, Podcasts
🇺🇸 2022 Could Be The Year Of The Wealth Tech User Experience - Financial Advisor, February 1, New Jersey
🇺🇸 AI In Wealth: Digitally-Infused Human-Centric Business At The Front Office - Finextra, February 9, New York
🇰🇪 Wealthtech: Africa’s Move To Secure, Invest Funds Digitally - The Exchange, February 3, Nairobi
🇺🇸 Top Robo-Advisors: 10 Robos With The Most Assets Under Management - Forbes Advisor, February 4, New Jersey
🇨🇦 What’s New In Wealth Tech? - Advisor’s Edge, February 4, Toronto
🇬🇧 Can We Really Automate Investment Management? - Citywire, February 4, London
🇺🇸 Robots Versus Humans: Financial Advisers For The Digital Age - Amadeus Wealth Alternatives, February 3, New York
🇺🇸 The WealthStack Podcast: Lori Hardwick On How Technology Is Revolutionizing Wealth Management - Wealth Management, February 3, Georgia
🇬🇧 Wealth Management Will See An AI Revolution In 2022, Delivering Hyper-Personalisation At Scale - Finextra, February 4, London
🇮🇳 #30 – Wealthtech – In Conversation With Nikhil Aggarwal, Founder & CEO – Grip - India Fintech Diaries, February 3, Gurgaon
🇺🇸 How Much Is Technology Reshaping The Wealth Management Ecosystem? - Forbes, February 7, New Jersey
🌍 How Can Wealth Managers Stand Out From The Pack? - Fintech Global, February 3, Global
Virtual Events & Conferences
⭐ The MIT FinTech Conference is focused on the FinTech of tomorrow.
A landmark Sloan event and one of the largest student-run conferences in the world, the MIT FinTech Conference brings together the most prominent minds in FinTech this February. The hybrid event will take place on *February 25, 2022 at the Marriott Cambridge Hotel (Boston, MA) and online* to a global audience and is not to be missed. Save your seat today on Eventbrite and follow MIT FinTech on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, or the website for the latest updates.
🇬🇧 Digital Assets Within Asset Management | What To Know Before You Go Digital - Sudrania Fund Services, February 10, Virtual
🇮🇳 Fintech Middle East Summit 2022 - Point To Business Services, February 23, Virtual
🇵🇱 How To Tailor Fintech Products To The Market. | 10Clouds Voices X Crescent - 10Clouds, February 10, Virtual
🇸🇬 Fintech Demo Day 2022 - The Startup Buddy, February 17, Singapore
Reports, Surveys, & Awards
🇺🇸 Wealthfront's $1.4B Sale Could Prompt Betterment, Acorns To Consider Selling - S&P Global, February 8, California
🇺🇸 Wealth Management Digital Solutions - Cora Livewealth - Genpact, February 4, New York
🇸🇬 Endowus Singapore Review – Should You Use This Robo Advisor To Invest Your CPF? - Moneysmart, February 3, Singapore
🇺🇸 Robo-Advisor Market Facts And Analytical Insights – Betterment, FutureAdvisor, Personal Capital, Vanguard Personal Advisor, Wealthfront, WiseBanyan, Etc - Industrial IT, February 2, New York
More? More!
If you want to go deeper in Fintech & DeFi, upgrade to a premium Blueprint subscription below. Our value prop is simple: experienced judgment, accurate vision. If you knew the shape of the tomorrow, what would you do today?