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Singapore-based fintech STACS raises $3.6M to develop blockchain platforms for financial institutions

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Singapore-based fintech Hashstacs Pte Ltd (STACS) announced today it has raised $3.6 The company develops blockchain platforms that can work with financial institutions’ existing infrastructure, and its core technology is also used in GreenSTACS for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments.

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Q3 outlook forecasts cloudy days ahead for fintech M&A

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London-based Fidel API lands $65M in Series B funding, proving fintech infrastructure is hotter than ever

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Financial infrastructure startup Fidel API has raised $65 million in a Series B funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures. With this infrastructure, developers are able to create highly contextualized and event-driven user experiences at the point of purchase,” it claims. The company did not disclose its valuation.

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Paystand banks $50M to make B2B payments cashless and with no fees

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The Scotts Valley, California-based company is using cloud technology and the Ethereum blockchain as the engine for its Paystand Bank Network that enables business-to-business payments with zero fees. The company is seeing a 200% increase in monthly network payment value and customers grew two-fold in the past year.

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Investment in infrastructure is critical for crypto startups, not a ‘nice to have’

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Nikhil Sachdev is a managing director at Insight Partners, where he focuses on investments in high-growth software, fintech and crypto companies. Apoorva Goyal is a vice president at Insight Partners, where he focuses on investments in high-growth fintech, internet and software companies. Apoorva Goyal. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Meet these five emerging startups at TC Sessions: Crypto

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These founders represent the next iteration of products and possibilities across the blockchain, cryptocurrency, DeFi, NFT and web3 ecosystem. The app auto-generates exciting visual assets with an NFT’s blockchain data, helping the web3 community create posts that are more engaging, credible and informative.

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Meet the newest crypto builders from web3 accelerator Alliance DAO’s demo day

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About three-fourths of the teams are focusing on NFTs, infrastructure or decentralized finance (DeFi), while the majority of the teams are building on layer-1 blockchains Ethereum, Polygon and Solana. channels like Twitter or Discord onto blockchains. While 24 teams were admitted into the cohort, only 16 teams graduated.