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New Recommendation: NowRx
Deal Details Security type: Preferred Equity Round size: Up to $7 million Valuation: $20 million Share price: $2.00 Minimum investment: $1,000 Investment portal: SeedInvest Raise: Series A Of all the things that you can order for free same-day delivery – from meals to mattresses – what’s amazing to me is the one thing you can’t… Medicine. Okay, CVS recently announced…
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Lessons From a16z’s New Crypto Fund
Andreessen Horowitz is a legend in the venture capital world. The firm, usually called “a16z,” made early investments in Facebook, Lyft, Coinbase, Airbnb, Slack, GitHub, Skype and countless others. It invested very early in these companies, and as you can imagine, the rewards have been tremendous. Andreessen Horowitz was also one of the earliest investors in the cryptocurrency space. It…
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New Recommendation: Bitcoin
Most of you know that I believe we’re on the verge of an institutional boom in cryptocurrency. The necessary infrastructure to support this boom is being built, or launched, as I type this. Major players such the New York Stock Exchange’s parent company (Intercontinental Exchange), Fidelity and the Nasdaq have signaled that they are preparing to enter the crypto market.…
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How to Think About Bitcoin Prices and the IPO “Wealth Effect”
Dear Early Investor, We hope you enjoyed the first edition of the Early Investing Mailbag. This week’s mailbag looks at the current crypto market and where to find the next big pre-IPO startup investment opportunity. Keep those questions coming (mailbag@earlyinvesting.com)! Q: In my opinion, crypto is no longer a free market system. The current downturn in crypto stinks of Wall…
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News Fix: Bitcoin Good Enough for Supremes, but Not Wakanda
It’s been a historic week for bitcoin. The Supreme Court mentioned bitcoin for the first time in one of its opinions (CCN). And that’s just the beginning of the notable events… One of the best airports in the world, Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, installed a two-way bitcoin ATM (CCN). That means you can sell bitcoin for cash or buy bitcoin with…
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New Early Investing Mailbag Answers Your Questions
Editor’s Note: Welcome to the first Early Investing mailbag column. Each week, we’ll answer two or three of your questions about pre-IPO startups and cryptocurrencies. This week’s questions happen to be about items we discussed in our First Stage Investor newsletter. We received a lot of questions along these lines, so we wanted to get you some answers. But we…
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Chart of the Week: Identifying Startups Worth Investing In
An important part of the startup investment process is finding quality crowdfunding platforms. SeedInvest is one of our favorites. Why? Because a successful startup requires more than just a good idea. It needs a team of savvy founders and advisors to turn an idea into an actual product and company. It’s difficult. Even experienced executives struggle to launch startups. As…
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A Quick Look at How Our Coins Are Doing
Our portfolio, like the rest of the market, remains in a temporary downtrend. I fully expect this to reverse itself by the end of the year (with the institutional move underway by then), but for now it’s hard to say exactly when. Decred (DCR) Decred has been our strongest performer this year, moving up despite strong market headwinds. Decred enjoys…
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First Stage Investor: Issue No. 23
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News Fix: Crowdfunding Platform Helps Venture Capital Firm
This week’s News Fix scores high on the irony scale. An equity crowdfunding platform helps a venture capital firm raise money. The ATM – which was designed to dispense fiat currency – is helping fuel bitcoin’s growth. A banking agreement is helping an exchange that deals in decentralized digital assets. And gold is struggling in what should be, well, a…
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Why We Hold Crypto
Bitcoin’s adoption cycles have been fascinating to watch over the years. Every time there’s a sustained rise in price, more people jump on board. Some of these new buyers drop out after the first correction, or take a small profit and don’t come back. But some grow to appreciate the deeper side of crypto – the monetary revolution aspect. This…
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In Europe, Crypto Is Attracting the Curious and the Opportunists
I’m back from a couple of weeks in Europe. I went there to give a speech on cryptocurrencies and was part of a panel on investing in a bear market. I also spent a few days seeing the sights in Barcelona… a place I have fond memories of from when I went there more than four decades ago. (Time sure…
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Owning Bitcoin Shouldn’t Affect Security Clearances
As we head into Memorial Day here in the United States, when we honor all of the troops who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country, it’s worth noting the U.S. military is infinitely more progressive than other institutions when it comes to bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. So what does owning bitcoin have to do with the military, you ask?…
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News Fix: Big Investors Get Great News, but Who’s Going to Buy a Blockchain Phone?
Welcome to the second edition of the News Fix! Now, I know what some of you are thinking: “I didn’t see the first edition of the News Fix!” That’s because we posted that one straight to the Early Investing website. This is the first one we’re emailing directly to you. We know it’s hard to keep up with the latest…
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New Coinbase Custody Solution Targets Institutional Investors
At some point, every “disruptive” technology or business becomes the “establishment.” That’s the way of the world. Southwest Airlines used to be a plucky upstart budget airline. Now it’s a major airline in the same league as Delta, United and American. Amazon changed the face of retail with e-commerce. Now it’s the new Sears. Facebook used to be for college…
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New Recommendation: WAX
I’m very excited about our newest recommendation, WAX. WAX stands for Worldwide Asset eXchange, and it’s one of the most promising and real crypto projects in the world. I’m putting this pick in our Speculative Portfolio due to its small size and relatively early stage of development. However, as you’ll see below, this coin has a lot of great things…