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Crypto Market Update
As I’m sure many of you have heard, the SEC delayed its decision on the Van Eck bitcoin ETF proposal. The SEC now says it will issue a ruling by September 30 (though it could come earlier). The delay was predictable – so was the market overreaction. It doesn’t worry us. There’s something much bigger at play here – and…
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Mailbag: Managing Your Portfolio; Where to Buy Bitcoin
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 am new…
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News Fix: Decentralization Is the New Normal
Disintermediation. It’s an interesting word. It essentially means “cutting out the middleman.” It also describes much of the world around us (including crypto) at this particular moment. Consider Brett McMurphy. If you’ve never heard of him, that’s OK. He’s one of the best college football reporters around. And he was fired by ESPN in April of last year in a…
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First Stage Investor Issue No. 25
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New Recommendation: Cardano (ADA)
Note: Cardano (ADA) will replace new economy movement (NEM) in our crypto portfolio. I recommend selling your NEM for bitcoin on Bittrex, then using the proceeds to buy cardano. I have been waiting for the right time to switch NEM out for another coin in our portfolio – and I think we’re at a great entry point for cardano here.…
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Survey: About 60% of Wealthy Respondents Show Interest in Crypto
Nearly 60% of high net worth individuals surveyed by Capgemini, a French business consulting corporation, showed interest in investing in cryptocurrency in Q1 of this year. Almost 80% of the respondents are worth $1 million to $5 million, roughly 2% are worth more than $20 million and the rest are worth somewhere between $5 million and $20 million. To get…
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Mailbag: Bitcoin’s Surge; Finding Startup Potential
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: Hi, Andy. First…
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News Fix: Big Checks Down, Bitcoin Surges
We’ll get to the great bitcoin rally later in the News Fix. But let’s start in the pre-IPO world, where our own Andy Gordon explained this week why the big checks that venture capital firms like SoftBank write are not good for startups (Early Investing). Sounds counterintuitive, right? But Andy makes a compelling case. And just hours after we published…
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Portfolio and Crypto Market Update
The institutional potential continues to build in crypto markets. The public and mainstream media are finally starting to digest the fact that we’re on track for an institutional boom (starting with bitcoin). For example, Barron’s just ran an article titled, “Bitcoin’s Hot and Wall Street Wants In Again.” People are beginning to get it. Professional-grade custody solutions for crypto are…
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These New Charts Show Why You Should Add Bitcoin to Your Portfolio
If I asked you what the best thing about bitcoin is, I’m pretty sure most of you would answer, “Its upside.” It makes perfect sense. But not everybody would agree with you. Bitcoin has another, more hidden gift. It hasn’t been explored or discussed much. And it’s just as extraordinary (if not more) than bitcoin’s upside. Savvy investors know what’s…
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Startups Should Be Wary of SoftBank’s Approach to Venture Capitalism
“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” – Don Corleone’s promise to make the head of a film studio an irresistible offer. He did. It came with a horse’s head tucked into the bed of the poor unsuspecting studio exec. Message received. Venture capitalists write big checks. It’s not only what they do, it’s how they compete. Bigger…
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Survey of Bitcoin Owners Yields Interesting Results
Measuring general attitudes toward cryptocurrencies is easy. Everyone has an opinion – even if their opinion is “I don’t know.” What’s much more difficult – and therefore more interesting – is measuring the attitudes of actual crypto owners. That’s a much smaller universe – and harder to find. That’s why the 2017 Bitcoin Omnibus Survey (also conducted in November and…
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Mailbag: How Do 2018’s IPOs Affect My Startup Portfolio?
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: Quick question, Andy,…
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Congressional Hearings, Mastercard Provide Good News for Bitcoin
The big story this week was Wednesday’s “crypto double-header” – a pair of Congressional hearings that explored what U.S. policy for cryptocurrencies should be. I covered the hearings in person. And as I noted yesterday, the big takeaway is the crypto industry – and the government to a certain degree – is settling on a remarkably pragmatic (and novel) approach…
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Q&A: Think Long Term With Pre-IPO Investments; Living on Bitcoin
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 registered on…
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News Fix: Venture Capital Funding Rising to New Heights
These are interesting economic times that we live in. The U.S. economy just added 213,000 jobs (USA Today). And people are quitting their jobs to find news ones at a rate the country hasn’t seen since 2001 (MarketWatch). But the unemployment rate rose to 4% because the strong economy has prompted people who had dropped out of the labor pool…