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Don’t believe any creator can use crowdfunding to launch a product?  Then, you’re gonna wanna listen to today’s podcast episode.  If you’ve ever had a “career day” on the golf course — the kind where every shot feels perfect — you know the magic that keeps golfers coming back.  But what if you could bottle that experience, analyze it, and replicate it? That’s exactly what Jason Schneider set out to do with Caddie Vision, an AI-powered, augmented reality smart glass that acts as your personal golf caddie. His Indiegogo campaign raised over $267,000 from 400+ backers… and he did it without traditional VC funding. In this episode of the Crowdfunding Demystified podcast, you’ll hear: How Jason transformed a single eagle shot into a full-blown product idea Why he used a specific strategy to validate demand […]

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President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending package will set new limits on how much money students can borrow for college and graduate school.

Bitmine Immersion Technologies recently launched an ether buying strategy and named Fundstrat's Tom Lee chairman.

Funding | July 16, 2025 Quandri Secures $12M to Expand Its AI Insurance Platform Across North America Vancouver and Boston-based insurtech Quandri has raised US$12 million to accelerate the rollout of its AI-powered Renewal Intelligence Platform across the Canadian and U.S. insurance markets. The round was led by Framework Venture Partners, with follow-on investments from

AI | July 16, 2025 Claude Helps Financial Teams Work Faster With Trusted Data and AI On July 15, 2025, Anthropic announced the release of Claude for Financial Services, a new intelligent platform that helps analysts, underwriters, investors, and fintech teams process complex data, build financial models, and make faster decisions. It can connect to

Crypto Crime | July 16, 2025 Crypto Laundering Across Chains Has Tripled Since 2023 Just in, according to Elliptic’s State of Cross-Chain Crime 2025 report, illegal activity involving decentralized exchanges, bridges, and swap services reached $21.8 billion in 2025 so far, more than 3x the figure in 2023 ($7 billion) and 5x in 2022 ($4

Coinbase is looking to reach a new subset of consumers who aren't necessarily interested in buying or trading crypto, the company's core business.

To live comfortably in retirement, many workers expect to need more than $1 million dollars. Yet many say they will fall short of that goal.

June’s consumer price index showed how the Trump administration’s tariff policies have been affecting prices.

Investing in startups can be an art and a science. While intuition and market trends can play a role in investment decisions, there are milestones investors should consider when assessing a startup’s potential growth, scalability, and long-term success. In this … Continue reading →

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Crypto Policy | July 15, 2025 Congress Debates Key Crypto Bills as Bitcoin Records Another All-Time-High This week, the U.S. House of Representatives is organizing a series of votes on three major cryptocurrency bills. American lawmakers are calling this “Crypto Week” because the outcome of debated decisions will likely impact digital assets and the future

Open Banking | July 15, 2025 JPMorgan’s New Data Access Fees Spurs Calls for Stronger Open Banking Rules in North America On July 11, 2025, Reuters reported that JPMorgan Chase is planning to charge fintechs for access to customer data (subscription required) through its APIs, starting in September.  The aggressive announcement by by a major

Agentic AI | July 14, 2025 Goldman is Using AI to Write Code. What It Means for Canadian Fintechs Last Friday several outlets reported that Goldman Sachs is now using an AI software engineer named Devin.  Now it may seem like what's the big deal here, everyone is using AI engineers, but this is a

Student loan borrowers enrolled in the interest-free SAVE forbearance will soon see their debt begin to grow again, the Trump administration says.

Agentic AI | July 14, 2025 Goldman is Using AI to Write Code. What It Means for Canadian Fintechs Last Friday several outlets reported that Goldman Sachs is now using an AI software engineer named Devin.  Now it may seem like what's the big deal here, everyone is using AI engineers, but this is a