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How Legal Cannabis Companies Are Supporting The Illicit Market
The legal cannabis industry does not like the illicit market. That said, certain legal cannabis companies are finding ways to support the success of the illicit cannabis market. Bad Behavior In California… The illicit market and legal market aren’t always fighting each other, with legal cannabis growers having been caught selling products to the illicit…
Read MoreMetaMask? More like MetaMess.
3 BIG STORIES 1. MetaMask? More like MetaMess. ConsenSys, the parent company of leading ETH wallet MetaMask (30M MAUs), raised a $450M Series D at a $7B valuation. This raise was announced in the middle of a massive lawsuit between ConsenSys AG shareholders and management. The shareholders claim that CEO Joseph Lubin moved assets from ConsenSys AG into a new…
Read MoreNitrous oxide – no laughing matter
In one of my popular newsletters this quarter (sent on 3/1; based on total open ratio), I wrote: It took Russian aggression going from warm to hot for Western Europe to get serious about de-Russifying their energy sources. It’s important that the trend reaches beyond just diversifying where countries get their natural gas, however. Climate…
Read MoreFintech App Nate Changes the Payments Game
PAYMENTS Fintech App Nate Changes the Payments Game Nearly every American consumer believes that data privacy is important to them, with 87% calling it a human right. In a study from KMPG, 56% of Americans reported wanting more control over their personal data. And, unsurprisingly, consumers worry about what companies, like payment services, are doing with their data (54%). In…
Read MoreMarketplace Premiums Decrease, Third Year in a Row
ACA Marketplace insurance premiums decreased for the third year in a row. Trending in the opposite direction are employer-sponsored insurance premiums, which have been continuously increasing. Either way, the question on everyone’s mind (or my mind, at least) is how inflation will influence insurance premiums. The Deets Researchers at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation analyzed Marketplace insurance premiums…
Read MoreEmail, email, email
Whether you’re in B2C or B2B, you’re a startup with a few thousand subscribers or a creator doing it on your own — email is (or will be) the driving force of your business. This isn’t a secret to most of you reading, but email has a few obvious advantages: Direct relationship to your audience…
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