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Eoin and Pete mine a motherlode of fintech hotspots this week starting with insights into Revolut’s latest $33bn valuation, Square’s quest for crossover between creators, crypto and small businesses, then we dive deep into the upcoming Robinhood IPO and our developing thesis on fintech flywheels. MoneyNeverSleeps is sponsored by PAT Fintech, the training partner that demystifies fintech and digital finance for financial services professionals. MAIN STORIES COVERED: Revolut’s Big Raise Revolut confirms a fresh $800M in funding at a $33bn valuation to supercharge its financial services superapp (TechCrunch, 15-Jul-21) Revolut: required study for any student of disruptive innovation (Sifted, 21-Jul-21) Revolut vs. Nubank: Insight from Rally Cap Venture’s Juan Gabriel (Twitter, 16-Jul-21, thanks Lex Sokolin) Square’s Crossover Square to Create New Bitcoin Platform for Financial Services (CoinDesk, 15-Jul-21) Square to take on incumbents with business banking accounts (Finextra, 21-Jul-21) Robinhood IPO Robinhood IPO: Still A Bad Bet for Investors With Alarming Risk (David Trainer, Forbes, 20-Jul-21) HONORABLE MENTIONS: Invest Like the Best with Patrick O’Shaughnessy: David Velez from Nubank (Apple Podcasts) $1 out of every $5 in venture funding went to fintech in Q2 2021 (Morning Brew, 8-Jul-21) LINKS: Leave a review and subscribe on Podchaser| Apple Podcasts | Spotify| Google | Overcast Check out our MoneyNeverSleeps website Subscribe to our newsletter on Substack Follow us on Twitter Podcast| Twitter Pete| Twitter Eoin Get in touch at info@moneyneversleeps.ie --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/moneyneversleeps/support