Head of Growth role open! Ceremonia, the most exciting new DTC brand revolutionizing hair wellness with Latinx heritage, is hiring for Head of Growth. Get on the boat and share the word! These women are amazing. Babba (Canales) Rivera Julia Cristina Gasser #startupjobs #headofgrowth #hiring …see more

Pretty cool to see my latest column being featured on the front page of Inc. Magazine : Why Hope Should Be Your Superpower https://lnkd.in/e_AWAJB

Many factories now look like this - an array of machines and a lonely human or two. What's happening in factories will head to other industries.

Amazon plans to make 20,000 fewer holiday hires this year because robots are "more efficient". This is the first time they'll hire fewer workers than the year before.

It is impossible to overstate the positive impact of $1,000 a month on households around the country. It would take people from a constant mindset of scarcity to a mindset of possibility and would improve decision-making for millions. (I have a cold in this clip) …see more

In a recent piece for The Hill, Gonzalo Schwarz, a fellow at Archbridge Institute, argued that UBI is a solution in search of a problem, citing recent economic stats. Unemployment is low, the stock market is high, and income inequality, Schwarz argues, isn’t that big of a deal. This is my response. …see more

if this is not mimetic desire at play, unfolding with a crescendo towards conflict, then what is. see the mimetic desire logic applied in fintech (Chinese vs US fintech/finserv narratives competing & influencing & clashing with one another). there is no serious mimetic desire at the currency level w/the $ still ruling globally, but premises can be felt (¥, € and cryptocurrencies...) …see more

i missed this piece of news. correcting this oversight and calling it a very significant fintech move which will have major ramifications.

wait, what!!! on the road to having regulators run their nodes. #fintech #regulators #blockchain #cryptocurrency #bitcoin #crypto #cryptocurrencies #regulation

- there has been no decrease in bitcoin volatility. - there has been no decrease in bitcoin market manipulation & fraud. - there has been no decrease in stupid takes & analyses for why bitcoin is now going up. three proofs that Bitcoin only goes up. …see more

‪slowly but surely western tech giants are moving away from advertising towards transaction revenue. should be interesting from a fintech perspective.‬ ‪a business model convergence of sorts with Chinese tech‬ ‪<while a trade war is being prosecuted>‬ …see more

would a regulated crypto biz have as hard of a time building a banking relationship than an unregulated one?

few thoughts about the Bitfinex/Tether (B/T) meltdown: a/ for a self proclaimed good citizen respectful of the law, why would B/T not seek regulation? it would surely have helped to be regulated, all other things being constant. b/ some say B/T was pushed to be a riskier endeavor by regulators’ actions. maybe, but B/T had to believe its actions would produce higher returns. else, why continue on that path? c/ there is always a physical paper trail, even in cryptoland. d/ large money movements attract bad actors (money laundering). that is why AML/KYC requirements & laws exist, however imperfect they are. not enforcing those make you a target and/or complicit. e/ offshore money centers still exist & service providers willing to break the law still thrive in these centers. sadly. f/ regulated or not, entities that handle money attract bad actors. fraud by regulated entities should not be used as an excuse by crypto pundits, but rather as the perfect example for more adequate regulation in crypto. g/ transparency & governance are always key for any business endeavor. without either or both or a weak inter-relation between both, bad things are bound to happen. h/ banking is deceptively hard & there are very good reasons why banking activities are regulated. …see more

the Nasdaq of blockchains the LSE of security tokens the NYSE of tokenized securities the TSE of smart contracts the Euronext of cryptoassets ... <the narrator was getting dizzy and had to pause> …see more

reductio ad absurdum: cryptocurrencies must have an impact on banks, as banks are changing their business models

is technology investments behind this seventh wonder or is it plain old boring bankers? #banking #banks #fintech #citi

lending is biased. investing is biased. advising is biased. the question is will AI algos introduce more or same level of bias as humans do in the financial services industry. # #investments #payments #financialservices #fintech #capitalmarkets #banking #lending #insurance …see more

please spread the good word about NadiFin Fintech Accelerator all startups involved in “findata” need apply to this new program. I will personally teach, coach and facilitate during all three workshops.

if true, good news for consumers, not so good news for those whose revenue is buttressed by interchange fees & slow payment clearing/settlement.

‪It's easy to grin‬ ‪When your ICO comes in‬ ‪And you've got the cryptocurrencies market beat.‬ ‪But the man worthwhile,‬ ‪Is the man who can smile,‬ ‪When his shorts are too tight with USDT.‬ …see more