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The Risks of Keeping Your Crypto on an Exchange
This week the Canadian government ordered crypto exchanges to freeze certain accounts tied to the Ottawa freedom protest. This set off a wave of concern over the risk of government seizing crypto assets. And that’s a very real danger. There was an interesting exchange on Twitter where Jesse Powell, co-founder and CEO of crypto exchange Kraken, essentially said government seizures…
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Startup Investing and Impact Investing Go Hand in Hand
I don’t have many hard-and-fast rules as an investor. But one I follow to the letter. I don’t invest in jerks. I have my own ideas of how to put that into practice. When I’m looking at a public stock company, I prefer investing responsibly. Call me crazy, but I think I can make money and also put my money…
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The Rise of Financial Censorship
A good friend of mine recently bought a house in Florida. To secure the best rate, he pledged his stock portfolio as collateral. But he encountered a problem when he went to get a loan from his bank, Wells Fargo. He owns marijuana stocks. Publicly traded companies that grow cannabis in the U.S. Apparently this sets off alarm bells at…
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New Pick: This Noninvasive Glucose Monitoring Solution Could Help 422 Million People
I worry a lot about Mark, Liz and Julia. Mark was my flatmate in London in 1975, and we’ve kept in close touch ever since. Liz and Julia are my sisters-in-law. They all have diabetes. I already lost a dear friend to diabetes last year. I don’t want to lose another one. All three are very diligent about keeping their…
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How to Play Today’s Jittery Stock Market
The stock markets are a mess this year. The S&P 500 is down 4.07% this year. The Nasdaq is down 7.95% and in correction territory. The Dow is down 1.56%. And the Russell 2000 is down 7.69%. My group texts — normally reserved for sports discussions — are blowing up with investment-related questions and commentary. Among the common questions: “What’s…
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News Fix: Global Crypto Edition
It’s been a hectic start of the year for crypto. Now that we’ve made it to the second month of 2022, let’s dive into crypto news updates. Market Update First, a market update. Bitcoin has been on a downward trend over the last month, dropping from around $47,000 on January 1 to $38,000 as I write. Ethereum has been on…
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The Crypto Market Seems to Have Hit Bottom… for Now
2022 has already been an interesting year for crypto. How interesting depends on your perspective. Let’s take bitcoin, for example. Here what bitcoin’s chart looks like: 1 Day: +0.33% 5 Day: +5.4% 1 Month: -27.12% 6 Month: -7.67% Year-to-date: -22.56% 1 Year: +21.52% 5 Year: +3,469.50% Now let’s take a look at Ravencoin’s (RVN) chart: 1 Day: -1.93% 5 Day:…
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New Pick: Revolutionary Prosthesis Technology That Competitors Can’t Touch
Lots of sectors are broken: banking, housing, education, day care and infrastructure. But none of these are as broken as the physical disability space. Fewer than one out of five arm amputees who need prosthetics actually use them. Available prosthetics are too heavy, clumsy and uncomfortable. They’re super expensive. And their functionality is shockingly limited. It’s an inexcusable state of…
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The Real Reason VCs Are Investing So Much In Startups
Last month, I flew out to Seattle for an event to meet up with angel investors, venture capitalists and some of the largest players in wealth management and private equity. The people in the room represented firms that had more than $10 trillion in assets under management combined. And we had a frank and open discussion about how this unique…
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Startup Insider: ESG Investing Makes an Impact
A growing number of investors are focusing on companies with ESG initiatives — environmental, social and corporate governance. These non-financial factors are standards that measure the ethical impact and sustainability of an investment in a company. This is also known as impact investing or sustainable investing. As climate change concerns worsen and social inequities around the world persist, impact investing…
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Crowdfunding Challenges the VC Preference for Serial Founders
Note from Early Investing Senior Editor Allison Brickell: It takes a lot of work for a startup founder to secure funding. As our own Vin Narayanan wrote back in 2019, “Raising money is hard. It’s a grind. No matter how tired or frustrated you are, you always have to be ‘on.’” Founders that have started multiple companies – serial entrepreneurs…
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KingsCrowd Startup Investing Podcast: Rialto Markets Co-Founder Shari Noonan
Note: Our friends at KingsCrowd have fascinating conversations with all kinds of entrepreneurs on their startup investing podcast. In a recent episode, KingsCrowd founder Chris Lustrino spoke with Shari Noonan, CEO and co-founder of Rialto Markets. Rialto provides a secondary market trading platform for buying and selling shares in private companies. Rialto also offers help to startups that are raising…
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New Pick: A Life Preserver for a Planet Drowning in Plastic
We’re drowning in plastics. The problem is monumental and global. It’s threatening to slowly but surely kill the planet. It’s also getting worse. And what’s really worrisome is that the biggest companies in the world can’t figure out how to stop it. They’ve been trying and failing for decades while following the same sad script. A new supposedly groundbreaking technology…
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Membership Pre IPO Profits
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Membership First Stage Investor
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Membership Crypto Asset Strategies
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