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Hi there 👋,

There have been plenty of investing headlines this week.

But when an American restaurant chain launches a $50 million fund to invest in early-stage companies, that’s curious. You’ll find out why they’re doing it here.
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In this issue:

• 📈 Market Moves
• 📰 News & Views
• 👩🏽‍🌾 Yields
• 🍿 Domain Snacks
• 🧰 Cool tools
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Don’t miss: The next-gen business model, first crypto mortgage, SaaS bucks the trend, investing in the current climate, and Trickle-Down Euphoria.
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As always, thanks for being here.
Juliet Lyall
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P.S. It's worth mentioning that Elon Musk does not own Twitter. He did not buy Twitter Inc. for $54.20 in cash this week. He signed an agreement to buy Twitter for $54.20 in cash. Big difference.

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📈 Market Moves
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👍 Bitcoin | $39,759.90 | +1.30%

👍 Ethereum | $2,925.13 | +1.21%

👎 Shopify | $416.20 | -2.78%

👎 Coinbase | $122.55 | -3.62%

👎 Meta | $174.95 | -3.32%

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📰 News & Views
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Recent stories that resonated with us.

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🩳 All the Shorts

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🔹 DAO’s could change the future of business. Phillippe LeBlanc says it's time to capitalize on this next-gen business model.

Phillippe LeBlanc, Founding Member of gmgn supply co​
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Read: How DAOs are Changing the Future for Start-Ups.

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🔹 AppHub launched a new eCommerce software platform to provide an integrated suite of complementary applications to drive merchant success. In conjunction with the launch, AppHub announced it has received a $60 million growth investment from Silversmith Capital Partners, a Boston-based growth equity firm.

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🔹 Jack Dorsey has a new title: Block Head. A regulatory disclosure from digital payments company Block Inc. says that its co-founder Dorsey is changing his role from Block’s CEO, president and chairperson to “Block Head and Chairperson,” effective immediately.

Related: The Block Head can call himself what he likes. Under Musk’s offer to buy each Twitter share for $54.20, Dorsey would receive $978 million in cash. It's no wonder he's a Musk fan—tweeting on Tuesday "Elon is the singular solution I trust." ​

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🔹 Al Anany has worked with over 50 projects in the cryptocurrency, blockchain, DeFi, NFT, and play-to-earn gaming industries. His latest article outlines why Almost All of Them Do Not Know What They’re Doing.​

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🔹 Why SaaS is bucking the venture slowdown. The tried-and-true software-as-a-service (SaaS) category appears to be in the best shape to fend off a slowdown in private-market investment.

Related: Uncovering Opportunities in the SaaS Space in 2022​

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🔹 Investment Report: An insightful analysis on the current investment climate from a well-regarded boutique manager in London. Troy Investment Report. (PDF).

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🔹 eToro has expanded into NFTs with the launch of eToro.art. Their $20 million patronage program is intended to support creators, agencies, and brands, the company announced.

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🔹 The crypto market is showing no signs of slowing down as funds and investors alike continue to deploy massive amounts of capital into the ecosystem.

Ever heard of Dragonfly Capital?
The crypto-centered investment firm just closed its third venture fund for $650 million.

Haseeb Qureshi, Managing Partner at Dragonfly

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🔹 USDC.Homes completed the first uncollateralized crypto mortgage loan in Austin, Texas. The new owner took out a $500,000 USDC stablecoin mortgage on a condo valued at $680,000. USDC.Homes offers both unsecured and secured lending options, where ETH, BTC, USDC, and other popular coins have the option to be provided as collateral.

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🔹 Having a community is important, and Reddit has one of the biggest communities around. It is now putting some money behind it with a $1 million fund to help its users make their ideas and events become reality.

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Yields

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👩🏽‍🌾 Top Yields on Stablecoins

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• USDC/MIM - SpiritSwap (Fantom) 118% APY
• USDC/fUSDT - SpiritSwap (Fantom) 116% APY
• USDC/DAI - SpiritSwap (Fantom) 61.10% APY

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💲 DeFi Yields

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• ​Hundred.Finance (Fantom Chain) *note: We list the fully-boosted yields here MIM: 58.66%, DAI: 109.23%, FRAX: 79.60%, fUSDT: 69.16 %
• ​Hundred.Finance (Arbitrum Chain) *note: We list the fully-boosted yields here USDC: 12.64%, DAI: 15.84%, USDT: 53.91%, MIM: 69,97%
• Platypus via YieldYak (Avax Chain) UST: 34.0 %
• Platypus via YieldYak (Avax Chain)MIM: 21.9 %
• Pangolin via YieldYak (Avax Chain) UST-USDC: 17.1 %

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Trickle-Down Euphoria

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What do a BNPL financer, stock exchange, crypto exchange, food delivery service, cybersecurity firm & language program have in common?
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1. They all went public in the last ~ year
2. They've all gotten wrecked over the last 8 months
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​Article by Jack Raines.

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🍿 Domain Snacks

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⚇ DC Comics acquired DC.com from Deloitte. It’s not every day that we see an exceptional domain name change hands from one major corporation to another.
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⚇ Elliot Silver said, "I wouldn't even consider buying these domain names." Which proves that there is no right way to invest in domain names.
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⚇ Real buyers are paying decent money for .xyz domain names. Back in January, Swetha sold Momentum .xyz for $69,888. Odyssey was revealed as the buyer.
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⚇ Black-hat SEO tricksters are subtle. Scammers are snatching up expired domains, and vexing Google.

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🧰 Cool Tools...& Handy Resources

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»» Dave Schools, the founder of Entrepreneurs Handbook, announced the launch of the Crypto Handbook. It's a destination for high-quality stories on everything cryptocurrency, including DeFi, NFTs, and Web3. With this launch, they also rolled out a Community website at ehandbook.com.
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