Elon’s X dreams will suffer from Twitter’s trust problem: Piecemeal partnerships, like its latest with eToro, won’t drive the earth-shattering change the social media platform needs.

One year on, we review what we got right, what we sort of called, and what we got horribly wrong.

The FCA has cautioned that trading apps’ gamification can lead to “gambling-like behaviors” in amateur investors.

US digital brokerages’ new user growth ticked up from 2019 to 2021. But growth will nosedive in 2022 and 2023, forcing digital brokerages to find new revenue growth strategies.

Spurred by shifts in customer expectations, incumbents will race to personalize services and enhance distribution strategies. Fintechs will focus their attention on tapping opportunities that first emerged in 2021.

They are expanding across the continent in a bid to dethrone eToro as the trading app of choice and mimic the success of US counterparts.

Its transaction-based revenues fell sharply in Q3 due to a 78% drop in crypto trading, highlighting its oversized reliance on the sector.

TradingView raised $298M as new investors flocked to its platform which combines trading tools with a social network. Adding social media components is key to keeping retail investors engaged.

The US digital broker added access to 10 cryptos as, like all its peers, it could not ignore the growth opportunity.

eToro launched a DeFi portfolio to give retail investors exposure to the new asset class as the industry matures and more players look to get in on the action.

Coinbase goes on an acquisition spree to stay ahead and we expect it will soon close the acquisition of a crypto fund provider.

Its record revenue growth could crescendo in one of the year’s highest IPOs—but the recent dip in trading volume will likely slow the pace at which digital brokers reach new milestones.

Acorns is going public via a $2.2 billion SPAC to accelerate its user acquisition growth–and this won't be the last investing app going public this year.

The raise brings the app to a $5.3 billion valuation—here’s why investors flocked to its Series C round, giving it a significant boost to expand aggressively across Europe.”