On December 18, 2019, nearly 4 years after the House passed the Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act (H.R. 2187) with overwhelming bipartisan support (347 to 8), three of the five SEC commissioners voted to publish a proposal to broaden the accredited investor definition – giving more individuals the ability to strengthen their investment […]
How 2019 FinTech Trends May Have Laid the Groundwork for Another Roaring Twenties
2019 was a pivotal year for fintech as it became ever more evident that the financial industry is destined to become an amalgamation of finance and technology. During the past 12 months, many former skeptics and naysayers started hedging their initial bets against crypto. At industry events, RIAs started talking about the risks associated with […]
Five Reasons Why Crypto will Eventually Displace Equities
One day — in the not too distant future — crypto will completely displace equities as an asset class. Yes, you read that correctly. Our beloved equities will soon join the club of obsoletion where the phone booth, the Walkman, the floppy disk, the Fotomat, the VCR, the fax machine, and many others reminisce about their youth while watching […]
Sharing the Inspirational Wealth
Last week I had the privilege of speaking at the Digital Asset Strategies Summit (DASS), in Dallas, where prominent institutional investors and industry thought leaders gathered to explore crypto investing strategies. To say that it was the most inspirational conference I had ever attended would be an understatement. I spent the entire day completely engrossed in […]
Top 10 Lessons of 2017 and Some Very Bold FinTech Predictions
I once read that, in life, we encounter two kinds of people: 1) those who are blessings and 2) those who are lessons. And, in the end, we will thank them both. I believe that a similar philosophy can be applied to our relationship with time. Throughout our lives, we experience two kinds of years: […]