--- title: Your Top 5 News Stories - August 25, 2021 description: "Banking on Cannabis: the New Network of Lenders for a Semi-Legal Industry, Why Cannabis Tech Is Now More Valuable Than Cannabis Itself, and more!" image: https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Canabis-Insight-Daily2.jpg --- [![](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/logo-ondark.png?width=431&height=233&name=logo-ondark.png "logo-ondark.png")](https://newfrontierdata.com/) # Your Top 5 News Stories - August 25, 2021 August 25, 2021 [In Sight Daily](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/topic/in-sight-daily) [![MicrosoftTeams-image (18)-Aug-10-2021-02-42-34-78-PM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/MicrosoftTeams-image%20(18)-Aug-10-2021-02-42-34-78-PM.png?width=720&name=MicrosoftTeams-image%20(18)-Aug-10-2021-02-42-34-78-PM.png)](http://newfrontierdata.com) [![Visualize-equio-782x90_1](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Visualize-equio-782x90_1.gif?width=720&name=Visualize-equio-782x90_1.gif)](https://newfrontierdata.com/equio-features/) --- ![finance](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/finance.jpg?width=720&name=finance.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-08-25 at 11.50.14 AM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-08-25%20at%2011.50.14%20AM.png)](https://archive.is/PibK5)   | **[Banking on Cannabis: the New Network of Lenders for a Semi-Legal Industry](https://archive.is/PibK5)** (Subject to paywall) Reform is needed by an industry that New Frontier Data projects to jump from $20 billion in 2020 to $41.5 B in 2025.  | | --- | --- | --- ![tech science innovation](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tech%20science%20innovation.jpg?width=720&name=tech%20science%20innovation.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-08-25 at 11.51.41 AM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-08-25%20at%2011.51.41%20AM.png)](https://thefreshtoast.com/opinion/why-cannabis-tech-is-now-more-valuable-than-cannabis-itself/?amp)   | [**Why Cannabis Tech Is Now More Valuable Than Cannabis Itself**](https://thefreshtoast.com/opinion/why-cannabis-tech-is-now-more-valuable-than-cannabis-itself/?amp) Recent investment moves reveal how data, delivery, and traffic are the industry’s golden gooses over any grows, dispensaries, or strains.  | | --- | --- | --- ![wild card](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/wild%20card.jpg?width=720&name=wild%20card.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-08-25 at 11.52.38 AM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-08-25%20at%2011.52.38%20AM.png)](https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/these-5-cannabis-companies-have-combined-for-more-than-%241-billion-in-quarterly-revenue?amp)   | [**These 5 Cannabis Companies Have Combined for More Than $1 Billion in Quarterly Revenue**](https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/these-5-cannabis-companies-have-combined-for-more-than-%241-billion-in-quarterly-revenue?amp) Even before the New Jersey and New York markets come onboard, lessons about the red-hot cannabis market can be gleaned from these companies.  | | --- | --- | --- [![NXTecK-DMP-782x90](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/NXTecK-DMP-782x90.gif?width=720&name=NXTecK-DMP-782x90.gif)](https://newfrontierdata.com/nxteck/) --- ![international](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/international.jpg?width=720&name=international.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-08-25 at 11.53.55 AM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-08-25%20at%2011.53.55%20AM.png)](https://mjbizdaily.com/indiva-revenue-surges-on-growing-appetite-for-cannabis-edibles/)   | [**Indiva revenue surges on growing appetite for cannabis edibles**](https://mjbizdaily.com/indiva-revenue-surges-on-growing-appetite-for-cannabis-edibles/) Edibles sales in Q2-2021 reached CAD $8.4 million ($6.65M USD), and 93% of Indiva’s revenue, some 445% higher year-over-year than in 2020.  | | --- | --- | --- ![legislative](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/legislative.jpg?width=720&name=legislative.jpg) | [![Screen Shot 2021-08-25 at 11.59.03 AM](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-08-25%20at%2011.59.03%20AM.png)](https://news.yahoo.com/nm-agency-adopts-cannabis-production-140500805.html)   | [**New Mexico agency adopts cannabis production rules**](https://news.yahoo.com/nm-agency-adopts-cannabis-production-140500805.html) The state’s Cannabis Control Division announced its first rules, with more to come in 2022 regarding retailers and testing facilities, etc.  | | --- | --- | ---   [![cannaconnect-1200x630-LI-FB copy-1](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/hs-fs/hubfs/cannaconnect-1200x630-LI-FB%20copy-1.jpg?width=600&name=cannaconnect-1200x630-LI-FB%20copy-1.jpg)](https://newfrontierdata.com/cannaconnect/) --- [![SIN 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