Hi there, 👋
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Happy Monday and welcome to a lineup of investing news with more variety than a party-sized bag of M&Ms.
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You'll learn:

• How to negotiate a site purchase
• Why lending Bitcoins is tricky

You'll see:

• Auction updates
• Domain news, and
• The Ultimate DAO Report

Plus, we found two fun, free tools.

Excuse us. We're off to place a Mad bid on a Doof Wagon.
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​As always, thanks for being here,
Juliet Lyall.
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​P.S. A reminder: This newsletter is for informational purposes only. You should not take anything we say as investment or financial advice.
If we really knew what would happen, we wouldn’t be telling you for free, now would we?
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Lending Bitcoins Is Tricky

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Matt Levine writes:
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"The rule in the U.S. is that an "investment contract," meaning "the investment of money in a common enterprise with a reasonable expectation of profits to be derived from the efforts of others," is a security, and generally can't be sold to the public without registering it with the Securities and Exchange Commission, delivering a prospectus with audited financial statements, etc. "

Further:

A Bitcoin lending program - in which:
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(1) a bunch of people pool their Bitcoins,
(2) some manager or smart contract lends those Bitcoins to borrowers who pay interest, and
(3) some or all of the interest is paid back to the people in the pool - is pretty straightforwardly an investment contract and thus a security.
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Levine states that the SEC has not been entirely clear about this fact, and that he also understands the perspective of Coinbase.
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How To Negotiate a Site Purchase

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If you’re trying to buy a desirable business, there’s a good chance that the seller is receiving multiple offers.
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While this post focuses on Amazon businesses, (because they're a hot topic right now) the negotiation tactics suggested will help you in your quest to buy any online business.

Among the discussion points are:

• Getting to know the seller
• Determining the seller's goals
• Purchase price negotiation

The article wraps up by outlining the best practices for concluding a mutually beneficial deal for yourself and the seller.

​Read more.​
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Is That A Typo?

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​Typosaurus is the ultimate website spell checker for digging up those embarrassing spelling mistakes you may have missed for millions of years.
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The scanner unearths your typos in a clear, at-a-glance format and provides helpful spelling suggestions.
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Typosaurus is free and fast, and there’s a chrome extension which will scan any live tab in your browser.
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Bear in mind that Typosaurus will flag proper nouns and any words you invented.
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Domain Snacks

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👉 We've mentioned the Booth brothers at least 3 times in the past month.

Those discussions centered on Andy Booth's foray into NFTs, but he is still an active domain investor.
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At the end of 2020, a UDRP was filed against SmartWallet.com.
In response to the UDRP filing, Andy Booth, who acquired the domain name for $25,239.50, filed a federal lawsuit.
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It turns out that his company won the UDRP and the lawsuit was terminated.
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Last Wednesday, Andy announced that he sold SmartWallet.com for $175,000:

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👉 Do you know what this is?

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​XN–Z8H. WS
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It's an emoji domain name.
When you convert the puny code, it becomes the emoji for Baseball.
⚾ (BASEBALL).
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It was acquired in 2017 for $1,480 and recently sold for $14,850.
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The Ultimate DAO Report

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Gitcoin and Bankless got together to produce the Ultimate Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) report.
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Over 400 DAO members participated to create this study on The New Coordination Frontier.
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If you're still trying to grasp the fundamentals of DAOs, this 122 page slide show has all you need to know.
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Bored Ape Update

The Bored Ape sale we were watching closed last Thursday.

In case you missed the results of this Sotheby's auction, a collection of 101 Apes sold for USD24,393,000.

We have questions:

1. Who bought them?
2. Was it you?
3. Will the buyer fractionalize them, resell them, hold - or something else?
4. What do you think?

Hit reply and share your thoughts.
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Simple Social Metrics

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​Upsocial is a social media analytics dashboard, built to measure your growth online.

Simply enter the usernames of your social media profiles into the dashboard and Upsocial extracts the data.
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This tool tracks your key metrics, such as views, likes and comments on all your latest content.
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It's a great time saver because you don't need to log into every social media app to check your numbers. Data is updated daily.
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​Free for 2 social platforms.
$5 per month for all your platforms.
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Calling Mad Max Fans Downunder

These machines definitely qualify as "alternative" assets.

Thirteen vehicles from the 2015 cult classic Mad Max: Fury Road are going to a virtual, live- streamed auction in Australia.
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Lloyds auctioneers are calling for "expressions of madness" prior to the sale.
The Lloyds' team did a fine job with the copywriting on the homepage and the descriptions of each lot are well worth a read.
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Put us down for the Doof Wagon.
As of writing, no estimates are listed.
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(Given the messy state of shipping, it's unlikely you'll receive your new toys before Christmas).
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✅ Snippets to Send You on Your Way

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🔷 National Small Business Week: This free, online conference will help you to learn new business strategies, meet other business owners, and chat with industry experts.
The 3-day summit starts today and includes educational webinars, updates on resources for small businesses, and a networking chat room for business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs.
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🔷 The blockchain explained: What is the blockchain, what's the point and why should you care? The Verge demystifies the tech that underlies everything from cryptocurrencies to NFTs.
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🔷 Breaking down EBITDA: This Foundr article walks you through everything you need to know about earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, including what it means, how to calculate it (with simple formulas), why it’s used to measure companies’ financial performance and the limitations of using a company’s EBITDA to measure its value. Phew!
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🔷 Equity crowdfunding: Blendid, the maker of smoothie-making robots, is just the latest robotics company to raise investment via equity crowdfunding. It seems like the food robotics crowdfunding space has become particularly crowded. This roundup from The Spoon shows you why there's so much interest.
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