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Jason Calacanis On the Expensive Lesson Coming to Silicon Valley
For years, venture capital firms have been pouring money into start-ups, trying to get a piece of the next Amazon or Apple. Valuations for new tech c…
3 years, 8 months ago
Why the US Dollar Is Booming And Creating A Possible Doom Loop
Every time a crisis hits, you get a new round of people warning about the end of US dollar dominance. The Covid crisis and its aftermath is no except…
3 years, 8 months ago
Matt Levine On What to Watch In Twitter vs. Elon Musk
This week, Twitter sued Elon Musk, attempting to force him to make good on his 44 billion buyout offer for the company. This story has already been s…
3 years, 8 months ago
The Bitcoin VC Who Just Infuriated The Bitcoin World
If you've ever interacted with hardcore Bitcoin maximalists you might find some of them, at least, to be... abrasive. And it's not just no-coiners wh…
3 years, 8 months ago
Josh Younger Explains Why the Bond Market Has Been So Volatile
The market for US Treasuries is arguably one of the most important and liquid markets in the world. But it's been experiencing a number of hiccups in…
3 years, 8 months ago
The Moment a Most Famous Dotcom Millionaire Knew the Party Was Over
The first real explosive Internet IPO was a company called TheGlobe.com. It was kind of a proto-social networking/message board site, and on the day …
3 years, 9 months ago
Admiral Stavridis on a Plan to Get Ukrainian Wheat Out of a Warzone
Inflation was running hot even before Russia invaded Ukraine, but disruption in Europe's bread basket certainly hasn't helped matters and there are n…
3 years, 9 months ago
How to Spot a Fraud When Everyone's Against You
'Markets can stay irrational for longer than you can stay solvent' is a classic maxim for investors, but it holds true for journalists too. In this e…
3 years, 9 months ago
Jigar Shah on the DOE's Role In Accelerating The Energy Transition
The situation in energy right now seems bleak. But while everyone is focused on the high price of gasoline, or the frailty of the electrical grid, ad…
3 years, 9 months ago
Jay Newman on the Coming Crisis for Emerging Markets
There are a lot of challenges facing emerging markets right now. For a start, the dollar has been pretty strong, heaping pressure on governments that…
3 years, 9 months ago