Here are the most read news stories from our daily newsletter today:
- Blockstream Raises $210M, Acquires Mining Chip Manufacturer Spondoolies – Coindesk
- Klarna hits 20m American users – Finextra
- PitchIt Podcast #17: Antonio Diaz of Dapp – LendIt Fintech
- Banks’ Poor Use of Data Drives Business Customers to Fintechs – The Financial Brand
- Visa Buys a CryptoPunk NFT – LendIt Fintech
- Fiserv strikes up a bevy of new partnerships – Banking Dive
- Does decentralized finance really help the underbanked? – American Banker
- ‘The banking pendulum is beginning to swing’: Circle plans to become a national digital currency bank – Tearsheet
- BBVA’s dynamic security code Aqua card enters LatAm – finLedger
- Brazilian fintech Cora raises $116M Series B as Tiger Global, Tencent sign on as investors alongside Greenoaks – TechCrunch