This week in Business Twitter: Bitcoin = Bitcoin, One VC’s bet on Afterpay, VC valuations on the rise, the cost of diversity for VC firms Jack Dorsey tweeted “Bitcoin is Bitcoin.” Meanwhile, VCs had far more useful insights on everything from buy now, pay later to diversity. Ivan De Luce 8.6.21 1:00 PM People
This week in Business Twitter: Bezos in space, VCs with FOMO, and a guide to crypto for beginners This week, the billionaire space race led to some heavy criticism of Jeff Bezos. Meanwhile, investor Frank Rotman’s unpopular opinion on VCs being fueled by FOMO had some supporters. Ivan De Luce 7.23.21 2:11 PM People
This week in Business Twitter: Square’s DeFi business TBD, Bill Gates on iTunes, and Chobani workers could be millionaires in IPO Jack Dorsey’s newest DeFi business cements his commitment to Bitcoin. Meanwhile, a 2003 email from Bill Gates reveals quite a lot about why Microsoft created the Zune. Ivan De Luce 7.16.21 6:00 PM People
A toilet paper CEO who drowned his company with an ill-fated expansion is now in even deeper sh*t A judge greenlit a bankruptcy trustee’s case against Jeffrey Schoen, potentially making him liable for tens of millions of dollars in damages. Christie Smythe 3.18.22 9:02 PM Markets
Binance’s head of NFTs explains the company’s new focus on creators Helen Hai, the head of Binance’s NFT and Charity divisions, hopes that the company’s foray into NFTs will pave the way for their use beyond the art world. Ivan De Luce 6.17.21 12:00 PM Crypto
This week in Business Twitter: The Bitcoin Mining Council, why your phone isn’t listening to you, and lessons from a female solo founder Elon Musk and Michael Saylor teamed up to start the Bitcoin Mining Council to make the cryptocurrency more eco-friendly, a move that was met with plenty of criticism. Ivan De Luce 5.28.21 6:00 PM People
This week in Business Twitter: Squarespace goes public, Portnoy’s Safemoon bet, and Bitcoin Pizza China’s latest crackdown on crypto mining is nothing new, but it still brought Bitcoin’s price down 6% in a single day. Ivan De Luce 5.21.21 8:00 PM People
No one knows who’s on the hook if a DAO gets sued Believers say DAOs are the future of work, but it’s not clear who gets held accountable if something goes wrong. Doug Bailey 3.16.22 4:37 PM Crypto