Analysis

May 11, 2021

How long can fintech firms resist crypto FOMO?

Europe's neobankers are all getting into crypto. It's probably only a matter of time before the digital banks do as well.


Ryan Weeks

3 min read

At some point a line was drawn between fintech and cryptocurrency — as if the two are separate sectors rather than part of the same thing. But that line is now blurring as a growing number of 'standard' fintech firms succumb to the lure of surging crypto markets.

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