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For those that were once skeptical of crypto's place or purpose in the public markets, here we are: crypto exchanges buying reputable retail trading platforms & the next era of professional trading https://ninjatrader.com/news/kraken-to-acquire-ninjatrader-introducing-the-next-era-of-professional-trading/
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$32 Billion is a MASSIVE exit for a NYC headquartered tech company of any size. Rule of thumb: If a monumental startup acquisition doesn’t go though at $23 Billion…just invert the numbers! https://blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/google-agreement-acquire-wiz/
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The raising of Righteous Lazarus, the Four-Days Dead, is considered a miracle. The reversal of The Lazarus Group's billion dollar blockchain heist, apparently fits a similar definition -- highly improbable, extraordinary, yet bringing very welcome consequences. https://x.com/TimBeiko/status/1893412457567383559
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Where's the action for Polymarket props on whom is most likely to get pardoned 1st -- SBF or CZ? https://polymarket.com/event/trump-pardons
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How Stonks transformed into Mora has to be studied. In 2019, Ali Moiz created a platform for serious startup investing though powered by memes & lolz alike, called Stonks (later, Sandhill Markets).
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Market watchers & wonks alike are predicting that when the next IPO Bull Run does inevitably occur, it will be an IPO Unicorn Run porting many a multi-billion dollar tech company into the public markets 🧸>🐮 > 🦄 https://www.investors.com/news/technology/ipo-market-slump-unicorns-new-ipo-stocks-2025/
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Now that AI is having its day in the sun 🌞 those with eyes on the horizon are beginning to unlock the future of quantum😶‍🌫️ countries & companies included 0️⃣1️⃣ https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-set-up-national-venture-capital-guidance-fund-state-planner-says-2025-03-06/
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I know the public market hasn't been terribly ravenous in its voracity for venture-backed companies...but is an IPO of a venture firm the "reverse ozempic" shot to pique public appetite for our portfolio companies? https://www.pymnts.com/news/ipo/2025/general-catalyst-reportedly-weighing-initial-public-offering/
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Though we’re still in the early days of seeing the full value of web3 x AI intersections, if ETHDenver is a looking glass into the future, I’m glad to see it isn’t all degen projects on the horizon. Long on regen 🦄
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Years ago, I remember Willy Woo predicting Bitcoin’s rise to $100k, and even the laser-eyed maxi was rankled by the prognostication. Where here now, sort of…but what’s next?https://youtu.be/zkOuPOUCWhU?si=r51JOIMeddp5lUGo
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Which has the stronger potential to supplement venture LP bases — private credit or insurance capital?
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Billion dollar exploits should certainly be launched into overnight infamy, though it seems the current pittance of a $50k bounty may be become more notorious than the $1.4b hack itself. https://rekt.news/leaderboard/
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I love seeing talented investors make it beyond Fund III, and couldn't be happier for Guarav Jain & the team at Afore Capital. Congrats on the $185M Fund IV, and here's to much more 🥂 https://www.afore.vc/
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With MiCA in the EU & the GENIUS Act in the US, among other legislative initiatives requiring 1:1 reserve ratios, it would seem the death knell of the algorithmic stablecoin may be blaring like a claxon 🔔 https://www.davispolk.com/insights/client-update/stablecoin-bill-first-out-gate-crypto-legislation-gains-momentum
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Home to this year’s NBA All-Star Weekend may be one claim to fame, but it’s even more noteworthy to mention that in the last 15 years the Golden State Warriors franchise has 21x’d in value, from $450m to $9.4b. 
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Caption This 🙃
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The Paris AI Action Summit was a big step toward shared ground across the globe, despite how widely defined & valued concepts like human rights, gender equality, linguistic diversity, consumer & IP protection are -- and just one step in the journey. https://shorturl.at/bCz73
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A good idea means a bird’s eye view of the idea maze, understanding all the permutations of the idea and the branching of the decision tree, gaming things out to the end of each scenario. s/o Balaji Srinivasan
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Though El Salvador’s on-again/off-again relationship with bitcoin can be hazier than a Howey Test, their commitment to crypto remains strong — whether as a sovereign store of value or unofficial currency 🇸🇻
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DeepBlue beat Garry Kasparov. AlphaGo beat Lee Sedol. Eugene Goostman was 1 of 5 to ever beat the Turing Test. But what will be the first LLM to beat Humanity's Last Exam? 👤 >🤖 https://agi.safe.ai/
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