Publisher Notes for 12/15/21 Greetings Fintech Friends! A great newsletter this week with a look at NFTs and sports, Bitcoin ETFs and their performance after 2 months and a deep dive into the great intergenerational wealth transfer plus more. Read (and listen) up! | Cindy Taylor, Publisher

News & Markets

EPISODE 41: How NFTs are Transforming Sports Entertainment
In this episode, DWealthMuse host Dara Albright and guest Paddy Power, President & Co-Founder of ASX, a Sports and Entertainment Technology company, discuss the intersection of blockchain innovation, finance, marketing and sports entertainment

Bitcoin ETF's Are Two Months Old. How's It Going?
This week will be the two month birthday of the launch of a Bitcoin ETF (the Pro Shares Bitcoin ETF launched on 10/18) and actually it's not going very well

The Week in Digital Wealth (12/15/21)
With inflation hovering at a 40-yr high, BNPL is being looked to as the hero among consumers. Meanwhile, Elon Musk is eyeing greener pastures

Advisor Tech Talk (12/15/21)
Financial advisors have access to a new crypto index for retail investors. And retirements are up and so are client incomes

Top 5 VC Deals of the Week in Digital Wealth (12/15/21)
This week we're back with a fresh round of new Top 5 VC deals, with all 5 coming in at $200M+ and in all sectors of fintech

Thought leaders

	Wealthtech Insider: Applying Your Financial Planning Skills and Tech for Pro Bono Work By volunteering their time, advisors can truly change lives. And advisors have more to offer to a pro bono client than they might realize
	Fintech Corner: Understanding Next Gen Clients and Seizing the Intergenerational Wealth Transfer Opportunity Creating a sustainable wealth management firm requires advisors to get a handle on the great generational wealth transfer
	REAL CLEAR CRYPTO: ESG Reimagined Popcorn is a new paradigm for DeFi where yield-generating products simultaneously fund social impact beneficiaries at no additional cost to the user
	The Taylor Report (12/14/21) Bill Taylor, CIO of Entoro Investments, compares & analyzes price movement in BTC, ETH, Gold & the S&P 500 for the week and gives us his take on it all

Curated Industry Content

• CogniCor Launches Wealth Management Knowledge Graph
• WHITEPAPER: Behavioral Alpha - An Advisor's Greatest Value
• How to Create a More Tangible Client Experience and Reduce Churn
• Crypto and ESG: Bitcoin's Energy Consumption and the Future of Blockchain Sustainability

DWealth Education Webinars - On Demand (CE-Credit Approved)

• LIVE CE & CERTIFICATION WEBINAR - Session #8: Navigating the Unfurling Cryptocurrency Regulatory Landscape - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2021 AT 2-3PM EST
• Preparing Financial Advisory Firms for the Great Generational Wealth Transfer, sponsored by Practifi (ON DEMAND)
• Session #7: Understanding Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), sponsored by Sarson Funds (ON DEMAND)
• Session #6: Mitigating Cryptocurrency Investing Risks, sponsord by Sarson Funds (ON DEMAND)
• Session #5 - How to Safely Invest in Digital Assets, sponsored by Sarson Funds (ON DEMAND)
• Session #4 - Advanced Cryptocurrency Investment Strategie, sponsored by Sarson Funds (ON DEMAND)
• Session #3: Investing in Cryptocurrency 101, sponsored by Sarson Funds (ON DEMAND)
• Sesion #2: Real World Applications of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency, sponsored by Sarson Funds (ON DEMAND)
• Session #1: Intro to Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology, sponsored by Sarson Funds (ON DEMAND)