Here are the most read news stories from our daily newsletter today:
- Celeb-backed startup Landis pulls in $165M of debt and equity – finLedger
- Battle lines over cryptocurrencies being drawn in Congress – American Banker
- PitchIt Podcast #14: Oona Rokyta of Lance – LendAcademy
- Venmo’s Real Threat to Banking: Making Payments Fun – The Financial Brand
- Biden’s Banking Blast – Forbes
- Digital Assets: Fireblocks Raises $310 Million at $2 Billion Valuation – CrowdFund Insider
- How This Silicon Valley Banking Provider Serves Big Techs & Startups – The Financial Brand
- Folks Warming to CBDC Use: Guardtime Study – CrowdFund Insider
- African startups join global funding boom as fintech shines – TechCrunch
- The pesky, persistent gender gap in personal finance, in 4 charts – Tearsheet
