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This Week in Startups

Podcasting, crypto and favorite finds with Acquired’s Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal | E1337

This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis

Technology

4.21.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2021

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

David and Ben from Acquired.FM join Jason to talk about their favorite podcast moments from 2021 (1:29), valuations across startups & crypto (35:50), top content recommendations (1:10:00) and so much more!

Transcript

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0:00.0

coming up on this weekend's startups.

0:02.1

This is the problem with what's happening in crypto.

0:05.8

These valuations, like, oh my God,

0:07.8

it's worth 10 billion in the market, though.

0:09.9

But 10 billion of tokens have not been sold.

0:13.5

10 million dollars worth of tokens have been sold,

0:15.6

but people are buying in a hundred dollar increments.

0:18.7

Nobody can clear their positions.

0:20.4

There's not a market to sell all of those.

0:22.8

So what do you do?

0:23.6

You're just gonna be like, you know,

0:25.2

drip-drabbing them out to sell them as you go.

0:28.1

That is the thing about crypto

0:30.0

that I think people don't realize is that

0:31.6

I would guess two thirds of the valuation of crypto

0:35.2

is unrealized and unrealized a ball.

0:38.0

This weekend's startups is brought to you by Squarespace.

0:42.2

Turn your idea into a new website.

0:44.7

Go to squarespace.com slash twist for a free trial.

0:48.8

When you're ready to launch,

0:50.0

use offer code twist to save 10% off your first purchase

0:53.9

of a website or domain.

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