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The rise of the next Coinbase, thanks to Coinbase

Equity

TechCrunch

Entrepreneurship, Business News, News, Business, Technology

4.2372 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

For this week’s deep dive Natasha and Alex and Danny wanted to chat crypto. No, not cryptography, but cryptocurrency. The topic has been hot in recent months thanks to Coinbase, recent weeks thanks to the rapid price appreciation in the value of many coins, and in recent days because dogecoin went crazy. Vote for Equity to win a Webby so that our parents are proud! So with our minds tuned to the future of money, and commerce, and content, here's the show's rundown: Recent crypto news has been more than busy, with Venmo adding crypto support, Brian Brooks joining Binance, and the Coinbase direct listing. But that's not all, there have been a host of NFT marketplaces that have raised millions in the past week. We talk about Rarible, SuperRare, OpenSea, and Dapper Labs. We talk about differentiation, UX, and if more than one marketplace can win. Dogecoin's to the moon moment had reached a new price high and come down some before our show recorded, but the cryptocurrency's joke apparently is still funny after all these years. Here's a tweet and an article about it. And the idea that Coinbase's successful direct listing will matter for investors betting on crypto-focused startups is true, at least according to investors. More on that here, and hit us up if you want a sweet discount code to get past that paywall. Equity is back on Friday with our weekly news roundup. It's going to be a treat. Chat soon! 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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0:16.5

Hey everybody. This is Alex. Hey, it's Natasha. And we are here to talk just for a second about Extra Crunch, Tech Crunchy subscription product. Extra Crunch is where a lot of our best analysis and follow-up stories lives. We focus a lot on startups, building, and even poke fun here and there.

0:18.5

It's true. I also write a daily column called The Exchange that's over on Extra Crunch

0:22.2

and the good news is if you don't have

0:24.1

EC access yet we have a deal for you. Yes you can use I think the best code

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there is so don't tell anyone who doesn't listen to equity because they're not invited the code is equity all caps for 50% off your extra crunch subscription

0:39.2

So head over to techwrench.com slash subscribe use that code make us look good internally we say

0:44.4

thanks across the internet and now let's do a show. Hello and welcome back to Equity Tech Runches Venture Capital Focus Podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.

1:05.6

My name is Alex Wilhelm and I am joined today as always by my two absolute favorites.

1:09.4

I have Natasha Moskarenas here.

1:11.2

Natasha, you are in Jersey, life is good, we're vaccinated.

1:15.0

How you feeling?

1:16.2

I'm feeling good.

1:16.7

I'm rocking a high pony today, so feeling better than usual.

1:19.9

With, with, let's go ahead and say it is scrunchy which you are trying to quote quote

1:22.8

bring back up here it's back it's back everyone put them on if you have hair

1:27.9

Natasha told me before the show started that I was not invited to the scrunchy party

1:31.2

because I'm bald which I thought was rude.

1:34.0

We also have Danny Crayin here.

1:35.0

Dana, you have hair.

1:36.0

How are you doing?

1:37.0

I'm in New York City and I realize today that Claritin no longer works on allergies.

1:41.0

Are you taking Claritin D or non-Clerton D? I think I took all the above.

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