$COIN partners with $BLK, $AMZN acquires iRobot for $1.7B, Jay Trading update + OK Boomer | E1527
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
4.2 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2022
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Solo Jason news day! First up, Jason breaks down Coinbase's performance as a public company and its recent partnership with BlackRock (2:18), then he covers Amazon acquiring Roomba-maker iRobot (18:08), before wrapping the news with a Jay Trading update. (24:53) Producer Rachel wraps the show by interviewing Minted's Marcus Milione for OK Boomer! (52:35)
(0:00) Jason intros today's topics!
(2:18) Jason analyzes $COIN's performance as a public company and its volatile price fluctuations
(14:52) Lemon.io - Get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://Lemon.io/twist
(15:59) BlackRock partnering with Coinbase to manage its institutional crypto trading business
(18:08) $AMZN acquires Roomba-maker iRobot for $1.7B
(23:38) Helpware - Go to https://helpware.com/TWIST to get $1000 off your first invoice
(24:53) Jason debuts jaytrading.com and gives his reasons for doing it
(30:58) $WBD down ~17% after a bad earnings report
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(38:10) Jason tells a quick story about meeting Bill Clinton & talks to Producer Rachel about her first year of interviews on OK Boomer
(52:35) Rachel interviews Marcus Milione on brand building, monetizing a passion, and more
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, everybody. Welcome to this week in startups for a Friday. It's a solo dolo, Jason Newsday. |
| 0:06.1 | I'm back to going solo because Molly has a well-earned vacation. We're going to do a full |
| 0:12.0 | coinbase breakdown ahead of their earnings report next week. We'll also cover that, |
| 0:16.6 | but we're going to talk about their stock having a massive comeback. And this new partnership |
| 0:22.0 | they have with BlackRock for institutional trading. Just when you thought crypto was over, |
| 0:25.8 | it looks like coinbase is making some progress. Then we're going to cover another Amazon |
| 0:31.1 | acquisition. Amazon is now buying Roomba Maker iRobot, and we'll go through some of the other |
| 0:37.1 | acquisitions that Amazon has made and some of the ones I think they should make. Then finally, |
| 0:42.8 | we're wrapped up with the debut of jtrading.com. Yes, I have a domain name. We bought the domain name |
| 0:47.2 | jtrading.com. And we're breaking down the early trades I made and one of my four trades. |
| 0:53.1 | Stitchfix, Amazon, Disney, and Warner Bros Discovery. One of those four is down 17%. I'm getting |
| 0:59.2 | slaughtered by this trade. And we're going to find out if I'm going to double down. Stay the course |
| 1:05.5 | or I'm going to make my first sale. And then of course it's Friday so you get another amazing |
| 1:10.4 | okay boomer segment from Rachel reporting. It's going to be a great show. Stick with us. |
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