Fintech Today- 05/23/2022
APPLE I was thinking through some stuff the other day and realized WWDC was right around the corner (June 6-10th). I have a soft spot for Apple-related fintech products: Back in 2014, I became briefly obsessed with understanding how Apple would launch a digital wallet and how they could make money off of it. I…
Read MoreBienvenidos a Miami
Hellooooooo what’s up fam Been a hectic few weeks for your boy—Stevie and I moved to Miami! If you don’t get the reference in the subject line, watch this (yes, Will Smith was a rapper before he was an actor). I’ll always love LA—I loved living there, got to explore a new city with some…
Read MoreCrypto Tax Season 2022 Was A Nightmare For Everyone, Especially Women
Excited to introduce you to our first new FTT Expert: my wife, Stevie Kar! Similar to me, Stevie’s worn a ton of different hats in her career: she was a startup founder and ran a women’s health genetics company, is a very prolific angel investor, and was a tax lawyer at Skadden in a past…
Read MoreCrypto Tax Season 2022 Was A Nightmare For Everyone, Especially Women
DEEP DIVE Crypto Tax Season 2022 Was A Nightmare For Everyone, Especially Women Most of you don’t know this but, cryptocurrency taxation is a topic very near and dear to Ian and me. In fact it’s one of the reasons we ended up together—the very first time we met, Ian proudly proclaimed that he had…
Read MoreFintech Today- 05/09/2022
EEP DIVE Over the past few years, the fight over granting tech startups access to the Federal Reserve banking system has been an oddly hot topic in the fintech ecosystem. While that sounds uninteresting or nerdy (or a combination of both) I promise you that this has a lot of implications for fintech and crypto…
Read MoreWhat’s Up With Early Stage Investing, From Angellist
THIS WEEK IN NEWS What’s Up With Early Stage Investing, From Angellist Last week I came across a great report from Angellist and Silicon Valley Bank on “The State of Early Stage Venture & Startups,” which featured a ton of interesting data. Here are some notes I took on what I thought was compelling: Markup rate…
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