💰 Coins vs ETFs, OOOOO for Ecommerce, tradable home equity, bootstrappers attracting VCs...
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In this issue:
📈 Market Moves
📰 News & Views
🍿 Domain Snacks
🤝🏿 Deals
🧰 Cool tools
Don’t miss: OOOOO for Ecommerce, NFT red flags, and how bootstrappers are attracting VCs.
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📈 Market Moves
👎 Bitcoin | $42,596 | -0.80%
👎 Ethereum | $2,940 | -0.30%
👍 Shopify | $854 | +0.35%
👍 Coinbase | $194.93 | +0.24%
👎 Meta | $219.51 | -0.018%
📰 News & Views
Coins Versus ETF
Crypto ETFs have infiltrated the market and will give traders a new way to tap into cryptocurrency investments. But how do they compare to good old-fashioned crypto coins?
Get the lowdown on crypto ETFs. (Vincent)
NFT Red Flags
When it comes to good NFT projects, we see things like talented creators, innovative mechanisms, and vibrant communities as significant plusses.
What makes for bad NFT projects?
What are key signs of trouble to look out for?
William Peaster compiled a list of over a dozen red flags to keep in mind as you explore new NFT efforts. (Metaversal)
OOOOO
No, that’s not a typo.
OOOOO is a new company that wants to replicate China’s live commerce success in the West.
Live e-commerce in the U.S. is expected to reach $35 billion in sales by 2024—not bad until that number is stacked against China, which is on track to hit $423 billion by this year alone. Analysts project that live commerce could account for as much as 20% of all e-commerce in the next four years. (Fast Company)
Nanovators
What sparks paradigm-shifting and disruptive innovation in any business? Marty Zwillig summarizes the characteristics of entrepreneurs they call “nanovators,” who produce true, life-changing innovations. (Startup Professionals)
Selling Old Sneakers
Can old sneakers really be a legitimate investment? Many online resellers and even one of the oldest auction houses in the world think so. Recent astronomical prices may prove them right. (DW)
Bootstrappers Attracting VCs
Despite bootstrapped companies not fitting into the traditional Silicon Valley mold, some VCs are looking to invest in these companies.
Andrew Gazdecki says: “The benefits of bootstrapping is like being at the blackjack table where you have a lot of chips and you can cash in whenever you want. You don’t need board approval. You can sell for $30 million. That’s a fire sale for a venture firm.” (Crunchbase)
🍿 Domain Snacks
The February .ai auctions wrapped up at whois. ai and adapt. ai took the top spot at $6,510. There were 9 four figure sales this time around. (TLD Investors)
You don’t see many .casino sales, the big one was online. casino four years ago. A few days ago Best. casino became number 2 on the list at $60,000. (TLD Investors)
NameSilo published their marketplace report for January 2022. 84% of all domain names sold were .com. 11 characters domains saw the most sales. (NameSilo)
🤝🏿 Deals
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👩🏽🌾 Today’s Top Yields on Stablecoins
UST - Anchor (Terra) - 19.44% APY
BUST - Aave (Ethereum) - 155% APY
USDC/UST - Uniswap (Poligon) - 33.44% APY
MAI/USDT - ProtoFi (Fantom) - 33.24% APY
💲 DeFi Yields
Hundred.Finance (Fantom Chain) *note: We list the fully-boosted yields here MIM: 27.32 %, USDC: 18.29%, DAI: 19.56%, FRAX: 13.91%
Pangolin via YieldYak (Avax Chain) UST-USDC: 19.00%
Trader Joe via YieldYak (Avax Chain) UST-USDC: 19.0%
🏠 Real Estate Deals
Multifamily, Development, Ashcroft Place, Oswego, IL: via Crowdstreet
19.6% IRR, 5.9% Yield, 3yr Term, 25k min 🔒
Multifamily, Boise Gross Portfolio, Boise ID: via Crowdstreet
18.4% IRR, 3.7% Yield, 3yr Term, 25k min 🔒
Industrial, Centennial Tech Center, Englewood, CO: via Crowdstreet
12.1% IRR, 9.0% Yield, 5yr Term, 25k min 🔒
🧮 Other Deals
Art Equity Fund II: via Yieldstreet
17% IRR, 5yr Term 🔒
Sierra Foothills Pistachio Orchard, on FarmTogether
9.7% IRR, 8.7% Yield, 11yr hold, 🔒
Home equity accessible and tradable on the blockchain via Republic
$150 minimum.
🧰 Cool Tools
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