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Conditions Ripe for Institutional Rush to Bitcoin
The bitcoin halving has finally happened. And things are certainly looking up in the crypto world. As I write this on Friday morning bitcoin is trading over $9,500. Last week I told you that respected institutional investor Paul Tudor Jones announced he was bullish on bitcoin. I think that move is certainly helping price action. Now there’s a new question…
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Invest in the Startup That Helps Doctors Make Better Decisions
Deal Details Startup: Elemeno Health Security type: Crowd SAFE Discount: 0% Valuation (cap): $12 million Minimum investment: $100 Where to invest: Republic Deadline: September 16, 2020 View Elemeno Health’s latest 2024 funding round analysis on Kingscrowd here. Timing is everything — especially in investing. And the startup I’m recommending you invest in today has perfect timing. The influx of COVID-19…
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Invest in the Startup That Created the First Saliva Test for Autism
COVID-19 has shone a bright light on the critical need for testing and diagnosing in our healthcare system. As a nation grappling with more than 1 million (and counting) confirmed COVID-19 cases, we have come to understand the vast difference between suspecting you have an illness and knowing for sure. But COVID-19 is not the only illness lacking proper testing.…
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Video Games Make Billions – and You Can Finally Invest in Them
Crowdfunding just got more profitable and vastly more interesting. Last week, Republic acquired Fig. Republic is a premier startup investment platform. Fig is the world’s leading video game publisher. They’ve joined forces to give everyday investors the chance to back the next video game of their favorite developers. There’s nothing more exciting than investing in something you love as a…
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Why Seed-Stage Investing Is Better for You
I came across a blog post this week titled “Why Seed Investing Is Kind of a Sucker Bet.” The headline raised my hackles. I’ve been investing in seed-stage companies for a while now. What was author Jason Lemkin saying? Once I read it, I realized it wasn’t the screed against seed investing I was expecting. Instead, Lemkin tries to make…
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A New “Economic Normal” Will Emerge From the COVID-19 Crisis
“Disruption” is an overused word. But in the COVID-19 world we live in, it’s undeniably a major force. I’m hopeful we’ll get over this crisis in the next few months. But even when that happens, things won’t go back to normal. Here are a few things I see changing for good… Going forward, a lot more people will work from…
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New Recommendation: A Startup Built for Our New Times
The investment opportunity I’m about to introduce you to is different from all my previous ones. Our economy and society have undergone enormous changes in the past few months as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. And changing times require changing approaches. It’s not only about investing in “hypergrowth” anymore. Or investing in disruptive ideas or technology. What do those…
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Webinar: New Crowdfunding Portal Comes Online
Specialized startup investment platforms or portals play an indispensable role in the crowdfunding ecosystem. Every time we recommend a startup to you, we tell you which portal it’s listed on. No portal, no recommendation. Portals also curate the startups that want to raise by rejecting those that don’t meet their standards. They identify “bad actors,” something the SEC requires them…
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Is the Worst Over?
If you looked only at the stock market, you’d think things were going pretty well in the fight against COVID-19. After falling more than 30% in just a few weeks, the S&P 500 has rallied back 23%. And it’s officially exited bear market territory. On the medical front, quarantines appear to be working to flatten the curve. Heroic efforts are…
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Public vs. Private Shares? It’s No Contest
I’m glad I’m not my neighbor Kyle. He fled the stock market a few months into the Great Recession, sometime in early 2008, he tells me. And he never returned. That was 12 years ago. During that period, I’ve had three jobs… married off two children… visited 13 countries… and made a nice pile of money (sorry, Kyle) in various…
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Invest in a Startup So Good, a Johnson & Johnson Subsidiary Is Partnering With It
I’m recommending you invest in this exceptional startup knowing you have other, more immediate concerns. But I also know that the novel coronavirus will fade into the background at some point, allowing you to better focus on your other needs. This is not the time to ignore those other needs. I understand that’s easier said than done. But with the…
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6 Trillion Reasons Everyone Is About to Discover Bitcoin
The other day, my poker friends and I had an online meeting to catch up. Somehow we started talking about the economic situation, the Federal Reserve, money printing, etc. It was a real wake-up call on how little most people know about what is happening. I play poker with a very smart bunch of guys, but they didn’t know…
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Republic Explains the SEC’s Proposed Crowdfunding Changes and SAFEs
Earlier this month, the SEC proposed long-awaited rule changes to Regulation CF. Reg CF (the CF stands for crowdfunding) governs how everyday investors can invest in startups – and how startups raise money through certain SEC-registered investment platforms. The industry has been asking the SEC to make some of these changes for years. And these changes have the potential to…
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Where’s the Safe Haven?
The global economy is facing unprecedented challenges. We are simultaneously experiencing a demand shock, a supply shock, a stock market crisis and a debt crisis. Making things worse, we don’t know how long the COVID-19 crisis will last. The longer it lasts, the more severe the damage will be. It makes for a challenging investment environment, to say the least.…
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Bitcoin Was Made for This
We are in uncharted waters. The federal government is likely to announce badly needed stimulus checks in the near future. The Federal Reserve has already announced that it’s injecting trillions of dollars in liquidity into the market – and more is expected. Bailouts are a near certainty for airlines, hotels and (hopefully) small businesses. And needless to say, banks will…
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A Startup Worth Investing in During a Down Market
These are strange days. As I write, I’m watching the governor of Maryland announce the shutdown of restaurants, bars, movie theaters and other public places. Local governments throughout the country are taking similar measures to try to slow down the coronavirus pandemic. Staying healthy and keeping your loved ones healthy should be your No. 1 priority now. You should follow…