🎡“Big Cycle” of rise & decline, optimal F.U. money, lost Bitcoin tapes, flipping finance directory...
Hi there 👋,
A long, long time ago (in crypto terms) one of the first major Bitcoin conferences was held in San Jose, CA.
It was filmed, but the footage went onto a server somewhere and the legend of the ‘lost Bitcoin tapes’ began.
Now this footage from 2013 forms part of a documentary series called CRYPTOLAND. According to Vice, it’s all about the "environmental, political, and cultural implications of the crypto gold rush."
In this issue:
📈 Market Moves
📰 News & Views
🤝🏿 Deal Summary
🧰 Cool tools
Don’t miss: Dealing with the changing world order, “f**k you money, Flipping Finance: Resources for entrepreneurs, and more.
As always, thanks for being here.
Juliet Lyall
📈 Market Moves
👎 Bitcoin | $41,149.00 | -0.32%
👍 Ethereum | $2,903.83 | +1.43%
👍 Shopify | $780.00 | +18.65%
👎 Coinbase | $185.94 | -1.32%
👎 Meta | $216.49 | -1.24%
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📰 News & Views
Recent stories that resonated with us.
The Changing World Order
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio recently published a book called ‘Principles for Dealing with the The Changing World Order.’
Dalio examines history’s most turbulent economic and political periods to reveal why the times ahead will likely be radically different from those we’ve experienced in our lifetimes—and to offer practical advice on how to navigate them well.
Learn all about the “Big Cycle” that has driven the successes and failures of all the world’s major countries. Not enough time to read? Dalio condensed everything in the book into this ~45-minute video.
🚦 Interesting moves from investors
🔹 There’s a new seed fund in town, but with a familiar name. Galion, a collective of tech entrepreneurs who network and learn from each other, is launching an investment arm called Galion.exe. They have already raised €30 million and aim to reach a total fund size of €60 to €80 million.
🔹 Oversubscribed by a robust $75 million, London’s Hoxton Ventures has announced its newest fund of $215 million. The third fund will be used to carry on Hoxton’s mission of supporting European startups that intend on expanding in the U.S. market via pre-seed and seed-stage investments.
🔹 The artist formerly known as Square backs Kyash: Now called Block, the Jack Dorsey consumer and business fintech giant has taken part in a $41.7 million round of Kyash, a Japanese mobile financial app. It appears that this is Block’s “first investment in an Asia-based company,” TechCrunch reports.
🩳Shorts
🔹 5 Flocks Of Investors Looking For An Enticing Startup: The best angel you can find is a local high net-worth individual, with whom you or your advisors have an established prior relationship. Failing that, here’s a list of the major Angel websites, groups, and communities funding investment in startups.
🔹 Another Alternative Finance Startup Raises Cash: Kansas City-based Novel Capital emerged from stealth and announced $115 million in initial equity and debt funding from undisclosed backers. Novel provides traditional revenue-based financing products through which companies can receive up to 30 percent of their expected annual revenue upfront.
🔹 Lyn Alden’s March 2022 Newsletter looks at Global Bifurcation. Take a dive into the global macro implications that are arising from the situation in Russia and Ukraine, and the associated response of global sanctions.
🔹 "F**k You" Money: Being poor sucks, but being (too) rich can also suck. Jack Raines published an excellent piece on the optimal amount of wealth.
🔹 New event: Creators, solopreneurs and founders are heading to the 2022 Creator Economy Expo from May 2-4 in Phoenix, AZ. They’ll hear about: Audience building, revenue models, web3 opportunities and more from a line up of world-class creators and founders. Last chance pricing available until April 1st or purchase a never-ending ticket.
🤝🏿 Deal Summary
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👩🏽🌾 Top Yields on Stablecoins
USDO/BUSD - PancakeSwap (BNB Chain) - 28.09% APY
USDC - Vires (Waves) - 27.22% APY
USDC- Autofarm (Poligon) - 32.53% APY
💲 DeFi Yields
Hundred.Finance (Fantom Chain) *note: We list the fully-boosted yields here MIM: 14.23%, DAI: 22.72%, FRAX: 22.48%, USDC: 21. %
Hundred.Finance (Arbitrum Chain) *note: We list the fully-boosted yields here MIM: 3.47%, DAI: 21.02%, FRAX: 10.47%, USDT: 9.29 %
Pangolin via YieldYak (Avax Chain) UST-USDC: 16.06 %
Axial via YieldYak (Avax Chain) AM3D: 11.8 %
BenQi via YieldYak (Avax Chain) Benqi USDT.e: 7.6 %
🧰 Cool Tools
»» Flipping Finance is a useful directory (indie project) full of resources for entrepreneurs. Handy for those exploring non-dilutive funding options for their startup, considering buying or selling a micro startup or keen to find tools and resources for success in the micro acquisition space.
»» Draft an email in Google Docs and send it to Gmail: The company is rolling out a Google Docs update that lets Workspace and legacy G Suite users collaborate on Gmail drafts. There's no mention of availability for personal use.
»» Free SEO training: Brain Dean sold his marketing and SEO training platform, Backlinko, to Semrush back in January. We haven’t seen much of Brian lately, but he popped up late last week with news on a brand new SEO course. Content-Led SEO offers a 3-step plan for higher search engine rankings, along with new link-building strategies and tactics to create content that ranks #1 in Google.
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Flipping Finance is a cool name and a great list, thanks for the share :)