Fintech Recap: Financial Connections, Bitcoin as Legal Tender, CFPB's 'Dormant' Authority

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This month, Alex and I discuss Stripe’s launch of Financial Connections, a collection of stories about countries’ crypto ambitions (for better or worse), the CFPB’s push to supervise fintechs and Big Tech, Robinhood’s layoffs, and the Bored Ape Yacht Club ‘crashing’ ethereum.

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