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New Recommendation: Haven Protocol
Exchange: Bittrex Market cap: $8 million Total supply: 18.4 million coins Current supply: 5.3 million I’m excited to announce our newest speculative portfolio pick, Haven Protocol (XHV). Haven is a fascinating proof-of-work cryptocurrency that’s unlike any other project I’ve seen. Haven is a very small coin. Its current market cap sits at just $8 million. The coin has solid volume.…
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Net Censorship on the Rise
Most people seem to assume that tech giants like Google and Facebook are invincible. It’s true that these companies have built an incredible “technology moat” that the competition needs to cross. These guys are light years ahead of the competition in terms of tech and ecosystem. However, I think they have a serious chink in their armor. A growing weakness…
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Fidelity Builds a Safe Highway for Institutional Investors
Perhaps you think this changes everything. Or perhaps you think this changes nothing. Either way, regarding Fidelity’s recent announcement, you’d be right. Fidelity is spinning off a 100-person-strong company. Its mission? To provide cryptocurrency trading services for the big boys – funds, endowments, family offices and sophisticated investors. But don’t tell the market it’s big news. Prices remain sluggish. For…
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Circle Buys Out SeedInvest
Something big happened last week, and it hit close to home. Circle bought out startup investment portal SeedInvest. We recommended SeedInvest to our accredited investor members back in April of 2014. We know we’ve made them a pretty big profit. We just don’t know exactly how big at the moment. We’ve also sourced many of our First Stage Investor portfolio…
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Survey Finds 62% of Americans Approve of Marijuana Legalization
Times are changing. According to a new Pew Research Center survey, a full 62% of Americans say marijuana use should be legalized. This follows a steady rise in favor of legalized marijuana over the past decade. The change in attitude reaches across generational lines. The survey found 74% of millennials, 63% of Gen Xers and 54% of baby boomers favor…
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Q&A: Mainstream Marijuana and Airdrop Wallets
Editor’s Note: Welcome to the Early Investing Mailbag. Each week, we answer questions we think will help you learn about investing in pre-IPO startups and cryptocurrencies. If you have any questions for us, please email us at [email protected]. Just remember, we can only answer your general questions for information and strategy. We can’t offer personal advice. Q: I’ve noticed that…
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News Fix: You Should Own Your Data
I traveled to Washington Wednesday to spend some time with folks from the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Department of the Treasury, fintech executives, a member of Congress and a variety of regulators and financial policy experts. I won’t bore you with the regulatory talk. All you need to know on that front is that fintech companies want “good” federal…
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Top Reads of the Week
Today we’re going to touch on a bunch of different news items, and I’ll give a brief take on each. Let’s go. Netcapital launches $400 million raise to build aluminum mill and new metal alloy This is one of the most interesting equity crowdfunding deals I’ve seen to date. Braidy Industries is building a huge modern aluminum plant in Kentucky.…
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Crypto Has Two Markets, and You Need to Pay Attention to Both
When I’m checking out crypto current events, I look at three things. I check crypto prices several times a day. It’s the least important of the three. But I feel compelled to do it. Technology developments are next on my list. At the end of the day, it’s all about blockchain technology – whether it works… whether it can scale……
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Q&A: Understanding the Impact of Mega-Funds and Bitcoin Taxes
Editor’s Note: Welcome to the Early Investing Mailbag. Each week, we answer questions we think will help you learn about investing in pre-IPO startups and cryptocurrencies. If you have any questions for us, please email us at [email protected]. Just remember, we can only answer your general questions for information and strategy. We can’t offer personal advice. Q: What’s your view…
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News Fix: Stock Market Warning Signs Hiding in Plain Sight
Winter is coming. That’s more than a statement about the calendar – or Game of Thrones. It’s a smart way to look at the current bull market. The stock market right now is like one of those shiny German sports cars. It looks nice and runs fast. But if you poke around under the hood, there are some expensive problems…
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Crypto Market Update (Institutional Edition)
The crypto market is continuing to consolidate. Considering the typical volatility in this sector, we’ve had a pretty calm last six weeks or so. To me, this feels more like a bottom than a continuation of the correction. People aren’t wildly bullish, which is a good thing. Famed hedge fund trader and crypto investor Mike Novogratz recently walked back his…
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First Stage Investor Issue No. 27
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Bitcoin Has Come a Long Way in 10 Years
Ten Halloweens ago, a mysterious figure uploaded a bomb to the internet. It was a white paper outlining a digital framework for spending money without the “help” of banks. To this day, the identity of the white paper’s creator is a mystery. He is known simply by his alias, Satoshi Nakamoto. He sent the paper to a cryptography mailing list.…
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Mailbag: Stablecoins and Privacy Coins Are Worth Exploring
Editor’s Note: Welcome to the Early Investing Mailbag. Each week, we answer questions we think will help you learn about investing in pre-IPO startups and cryptocurrencies. If you have any questions for us, please email us at [email protected]. Just remember, we can only answer your general questions for information and strategy. We can’t offer personal advice. Q: Adam, what are…
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Coinbase to Expand Offerings on State-by-State Basis
One of the biggest problems people have when they first enter the crypto market is buying crypto. The best place to buy bitcoin in the United States is Coinbase. Unfortunately, Coinbase is not the best place to enter the rest of the crypto market. Why? You simply can’t buy that many coins there right now. Currently, you can buy only…