This week in Business Twitter: Tesla officially accepts Bitcoin, Y Combinator’s latest Demo Day, and Andrew Chen on Austin Y Combinator saw a whopping 350 startups for its latest Demo Day. Meanwhile, a16z partner Andrew Chen thinks Austin would have a long way to go to replace Silicon Valley. Ivan De Luce 3.26.21 9:00 PM People
This week in Business Twitter: Elon Musk and Beeple become buds, NFTs get nicked, and Stripe grows to $95 billion Digital artist Beeple created a nude portrait of Elon Musk, NFTs were stolen through legal loopholes, and a 1999 “60 Minutes” clip on Amazon goes viral. Ivan De Luce 3.19.21 7:00 PM People
This week in Business Twitter: Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey become business partners, Dave Portnoy launches an ETF, and Seth Rogen starts a weed company Jay-Z called Jack Dorsey “one of the greatest minds of our times,” and Seth Rogen launched a weed company, calling it his “real passion.” Ivan De Luce 3.5.21 7:00 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
This week in Business Twitter: Elon’s eggplant emoji, Vlad Tenev meets Dave Portnoy, and Chamath is skeptical about Coinbase Elon Musk made fun of Peter Schiff’s critique of Bitcoin by sending him an eggplant emoji. Meanwhile, Vlad Tenev sat down to chat with one of his biggest haters: Dave Portnoy. Ivan De Luce 2.26.21 6:00 PM People
This week in business Twitter: Jack Dorsey and Jay-Z team up, Chamath loses $128 million in Bitcoin, and Elon makes a date with Kanye As tweets on GameStop and Robinhood dried up, VCs, founders, and politicians like Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk, and Chamath Palihapitiya turned their thoughts to Bitcoin. Ivan De Luce 2.12.21 7:00 PM People
Dogecoin won Elon Musk over a million Twitter followers in four days, data shows The Tesla founder’s tweets about the joke cryptocurrency led to a sharp increase in followers last Thursday. Ivan De Luce 2.9.21 9:00 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