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Equity

TechCrunch

Business, News, Technology, Business News, Entrepreneurship

4.2 • 372 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Alex and Grace are back to cover the biggest, best, and baddest technology news. We are back once again here with your weekly kickoff! Here’s what we got into: Stocks are down around the world, with nearly every major index that we checked falling 2% or more. Crypto prices are in the tank, with bitcoin and ether losing double-digit percentage points in the last day; the mess in crypto-land is deep this morning. Celcius network is falling apart, despite huge recent fundraises. Precisely what happens next is not clear, but it doesn't look good for the company, judging by its imploding token price. In better news, the Latin American startup scene re-upped its capital reserves right before the world went risk-off, implying that the region could be well capitalized heading into the rest of the year. The Coinbase CEO's Twitter rant after some of the company's employees expressed displeasure was notable, in tone, and also in terms of PR strategy. So, yeah, not the happiest show that we have ever recorded but one that matches the moment. As we stressed on the audio version, you are not your net worth. We will get through this. Finally, Equity is live this Thursday, so come hang on Hopin or Twitter Spaces! Equity drops every Monday at 7 a.m. PDT and Wednesday and Friday at 6 a.m. PDT, so subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. Bryce Durbin is our Illustrator. We'd also like to thank the audience development team and Henry Pickavet, who manages TechCrunch audio products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome back to Equity, the Tech Runge Podcast,

0:03.0

where we unpack the numbers and the nuance behind.

0:09.0

Hello and welcome back to Equity,

0:11.0

the Tech Runge Podcast, where we unpack the numbers and the nuance behind the headlines.

0:16.0

This is Alex, it is June 13, 2022, and Equity is back.

0:20.0

Sadly, we have returned right in front of a terrible run of news so you know buckle up for some sad times

0:25.2

But it won't all be bad. We have found some good stuff to mix in let's go

0:31.6

Let's start with a look at the markets and we'll begin as we always do with stocks.

0:36.3

Over in Asia stocks have taken a pummeling in Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea,

0:40.8

major indices fell by about 3%.

0:43.2

European stocks were also a mess, though they fell more in the low 2% range.

0:47.3

Here in the US stocks are also set to fall at the open.

0:50.6

The Dow is set to lose 1.8%, the S&P 500, 2.3%, and the Tech Heavy NASDAQ composite 2.9%.

0:58.2

It is very messy out there.

1:00.1

So what is going on?

1:01.6

What's driving all of this bad news?

1:03.4

Well according to CNBC quote a jump in short-term rates drove the negative sentiment

1:08.0

as investors still reeling from a hotter than expected inflation report on Friday

1:12.0

raced for the Federal Reserve to raise rates later in the hotter than expected inflation report on Friday,

1:12.5

raced for the Federal Reserve to raise rates later in the week.

1:15.6

This of course is also bad news for stocks in general

1:17.9

because they tend to move at an inverse to interest rates.

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