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Reminder: DSTLD (DBG) Investment Opportunity Goes Live Next Week
Three weeks ago, on September 7, we did something we’ve never done before. We tripled down… For the first time in the history of our First Stage Investor service, we recommended you invest in the same startup for a third time. That company is DSTLD (now called Digital Brands Group). It first caught my attention more than two years ago…
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Equity vs. Tokens? When Investors Need Both
About 15 months ago, I called the founder of a company in our First Stage Investor portfolio. The company provides a much-needed service in the global supply chain space. Its potential market is huge. And the successful development of its myriad products was finally nearing completion at the time. The founder couldn’t wait to begin the next stage – earnest…
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News Fix: Pent-Up Demand Driving Interest in Cannabis Stocks
There’s a lot of “harrumphing” about cannabis stocks right now. The Los Angeles Times had this grumpy headline: “Tilray’s wild ride shows how hyped pot stocks are catching up to the crypto craze.” Bloomberg said “hold my beer” and added this headline to the mix: “It’s Official – Cannabis Is the New Crypto.” And in an email newsletter from Bloomberg,…
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Smart Blockchain Investors Are Opportunists
Some of my closest friends are crypto doubters. I get it. The best opportunities are the least obvious. Plus, I don’t want all my friends to be avid crypto investors. If everybody agreed on what a great opportunity something like bitcoin is, its price would go way up. Then you wouldn’t be able to get in at an advantageous price.…
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Airdrop Alert: Qravity (QCO)
We’re very pleased to be sending you our second airdrop recommendation. This one is Qravity. To refresh your memory, an “airdrop” describes a free coin giveaway. Its primary purpose is to get the attention of potential users of the coin or token. Remember, anyone can register to participate in Qravity’s airdrop. Once you collect your coins, they’ll be yours to…
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Q&A: Investing in Cannabis Startups; Focusing Your Cannabis Investment
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: There are still…
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News Fix: Market May Have Bottomed Out
The signal-to-noise ratio is pretty low these days. There’s a lot of noise out there that’s pretty irrelevant. It’s drowning out the important news. And if all that noise is bothering us, we can begin to imagine how much it’s bothering you, our readers. So this week, there will be no chatter about whales crashing the market, crypto cruises, a…
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Attending Republic’s “RepubliCon” Crypto Conference
Last week, the Early Investing team attended a crypto conference in Manhattan. The city was in the midst of a brutal heatwave, the smog was heavy in the sky, and crypto markets were sliding downward for the second day in a row. Despite some adverse conditions, the meeting was positive and constructive. We came out of it more convinced than…
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Crypto Market and Portfolio Update
It’s been a rough few months for crypto owners. And if this is your first experience with a downturn, I want to assure you that this is nothing unusual. I strongly suspect we’re at or near the bottom of this market. Crypto markets are highly volatile and will remain so for the foreseeable future. The important thing is that crypto’s…
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Q&A: SEC Trying to Improve Private Market Access; Bitcoin Mining
Q: Hi, Andy. Is it true that the SEC wants to give retail investors more access to private markets? I mean, it sounds good. Could you tell me what that could mean for me? A: Great question. This is a pet peeve of mine. The SEC has opened up private pre-IPO investing only a crack in recent years, and…
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News Fix: Goldman Sachs Cries “Fake News”
I was on an airplane last weekend. It was a long flight, so I decided to binge-watch Billions before catching a nap. I don’t subscribe to Showtime, so the only time I see Billions is when I’m on a plane. It’s one of the few things that make flying tolerable. For those of you wondering, Billions is about an incredibly…
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First Stage Investor Issue No. 26
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Portfolio and Market Update
Dear Member, Altcoins have been taking a hit after a nice bounce over the last week. Bitcoin is down slightly, but everything else is getting hammered. This is natural after such a big bounce. But it could continue for a while. There are still a lot of overvalued projects out there. Last year we saw a ton of initial coin…
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Goldman Sachs Pulls Back, but Will Jump Back In
Goldman Sachs has pumped the brakes on its proposed crypto trading desk. Earlier this year, the investment bank hoped to begin trading bitcoin by the end of the third quarter. But its plans never came together. So now it’s moving on to crypto Plan B – building a custody solution for institutional investors. So what went wrong? Well, the fact…
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Reverse Speculation and Irrational Exuberance
The other day, a friend of mine accused me of being a crypto non-believer. I’m not going to mention names. But most of you have probably heard of him. “You’re different from a lot of early crypto investors,” he said. “Your belief is conditional. I’m not sure I’d even call it a belief.” “Are you calling me a crass speculator?”…
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Mailbag: Coinbase Limitations; Why Doesn’t Congress Act?
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: Why do I have…