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Crypto Insider: How to Handle the Crypto Bear Market

The crypto bear market has been rough. Bitcoin started the year trading at around $47,000 and is currently trading for around $30,000. Ethereum started the year around $3,800 and is now around $2,000. And downtrending crypto prices are just one aspect of a bear market. Investor sentiment, interest rates, inflation and more all help shape a…

New Pick: Invest in the Brilliant Minds Behind Billions of Dollars in Pharma Sales

By Andy Gordon on May 19, 2022

In a slightly less broken world, Enosi Life Sciences would not exist as is. Enosi is a tiny drug research and development company. And that is the only ordinary-sounding thing about it. Its technology is not ordinary. Its rockstar founders are far from ordinary. And its vision to create a new, more powerful and safer generation…

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Startup Insider: The Evolution of Crowdfunding

By Early Investing on May 16, 2022

Break out the cake and champagne — it’s Regulation Crowdfunding’s sixth anniversary! On May 16, 2016, Regulation Crowdfunding — or Reg CF — went into effect and allowed startups to offer and sell securities through crowdfunding. Reg CF was first made possible by the JOBS Act, which was passed in 2012 and allowed non-accredited investors to…

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The Third Time Is Not the Charm for This Startup

By Andy Gordon on May 12, 2022

NowRx will complete its third crowdfunding raise on SeedInvest later this month. We’ve recommended it twice. And it has worked out incredibly well for our members who invested. But the third time is not the charm. We’re not recommending the company this time around. …

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Startup Insider: Winc Explores Sake, Non-Alcoholic Wines and More

By Early Investing on May 9, 2022

The wine market was worth $64 billion in 2021 — and that’s just in the U.S. Yet this gargantuan industry has been sorely lacking in innovation. Until Winc came along, that is. Winc is a wine club startup that’s changing the industry from the ground up. It…

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