Is fintech the future of the internet?

Posted June 16, 2020 at 6:00am

Fintech Beat sits down with Stefan Thomas, the CEO of Coil, to talk about why the internet is becoming “centralized” — and how upgrading the internet’s payment structure could revolutionize how it operates.

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