Author: Adam Sharp

Adam Sharp the founder of EarlyInvesting.com, a new e-letter focused on equity crowdfunding. He is an active investor in more than 50 startups. A former financial advisor, he also has extensive experience with internet marketing and financial writing. He has built 3 profitable web businesses.

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Crypto Faces More Government Scrutiny

There’s a proposal in the infrastructure bill making its way through Congress that could be bad for crypto. CNBC recently covered the issue in an article titled “White House backs senators pushing for stricter crypto reporting rules.” (Vin Narayanan covered this in more detail in his article here.) The White House weighed in — somewhat out of the blue — on a contentious battle…

PayPal Censorship Highlights Bitcoin’s Importance

By Adam Sharp on August 6, 2021

When I talk about bitcoin, I usually focus on its importance as independent, scarce money.  And how it’s a hedge against inflation. What I don’t talk about enough is the importance of bitcoin’s uncensorable nature — the fact that no one…
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A Public Venture Capital Fund Worth Investigating

By Adam Sharp on August 3, 2021

Draper Esprit — a publicly traded venture capital (VC) firm — is in the news again. TechCrunch just published a piece titled “Why Draper Esprit doubled down on its status as a publicly listed VC.” Here’s a snippet of what Draper…
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Crypto Market Rallies, Bitcoin Still on Top

By Adam Sharp on July 30, 2021

It’s been very encouraging to watch the crypto rally this week.  Bitcoin has led the way over the past week, rising 20% from the beginning of the week to Friday. Most altcoins are up anywhere from 5% to 15% over the same time period. …

Gold and Bitcoin Are Critical Inflation Hedges

By Adam Sharp on July 30, 2021

The entire U.S. stock market is currently valued at around $53.9 trillion. That’s all the companies on the NYSE, Nasdaq and OTC markets combined.  During the 2008 global financial crisis, the whole stock market was valued at just $11.4…
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Microbiome Startups Are the New Frontier for Investors

By Adam Sharp on July 27, 2021

The health area I’m most excited about for the next 10-plus years is microbiome medicine. A microbiome is the collection of microorganisms in a particular environment, like soil or the human body.  One of the most important microbiomes in our body is our gut microbiome. It’s…
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Why We Need Crypto Bears

By Adam Sharp on July 23, 2021

Lately I’ve been watching a crypto YouTube Channel called UpOnly. It’s run by two experienced crypto traders, Ledger and Cobie.  In April, they hosted a show titled Big Brain Crypto Club. It…

My Favorite Financial Thinkers

By Adam Sharp on July 23, 2021

As investors, we live in very interesting times. It’s a challenging environment that’s complicated by actors like the Federal Reserve, which can move markets like nothing else I’ve ever seen. In such a crazy environment, smart, independent thinking is priceless. These are some of the independent…
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Alternative Investments to Consider

By Adam Sharp on July 20, 2021

Last week in Early Investing, I wrote a piece about how startup valuations are getting a little crazy. As I’ve discussed here recently, these rising prices have caused me to cut back…
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A New Decade of Inflation

By Adam Sharp on July 16, 2021

Bitcoin continues to trade in a pretty tight range between $30,000 and $35,000. There’s a possibility that it could drop to the $20,000 range, but I don’t see it going much lower than that. Of course, anything can happen with crypto. Regardless, I remain certain that…

How To Deal With Crazy-High Startup Valuations

By Adam Sharp on July 16, 2021

I saw a pretty interesting thing on Twitter this week. Founders Fund general partner Keith Rabois posted the following. Biggest change in the venture landscape now: There are no VC funds with pricing discipline. All of us…
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How to Help the Crypto Community

By Adam Sharp on July 9, 2021

Crypto is bouncing a bit today, but bitcoin’s price is stuck in a pretty tight range between $32,000 and $35,000. Just as an exercise, let’s take a quick look at one of crypto’s potential short-term headwinds. The primary risk is regulatory. We’ve seen what…

Why the Fed Is Bluffing

By Adam Sharp on July 9, 2021

The Federal Reserve is in quite a pickle. Inflation is heating up, as evidenced by May’s 5% annualized inflation rate (according to dubious official numbers). Economists assure us that these price hikes are “transitory” — i.e., not permanent.
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What Investors Can Learn From Meb Faber

By Adam Sharp on July 6, 2021

My friend Meb Faber just put out a must-read document about online angel investing.   It’s long — but it’s well worth the read. Meb reveals his biggest wins, his favorite AngelList syndicates and lessons he’s learned since he started.
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A Powerful Trading Lesson From Warren Buffett

By Adam Sharp on July 2, 2021

Back in May, one of my favorite Twitter accounts, 10-K Diver, tweeted something amazing. In his 1989 letter to Berkshire shareholders, Warren Buffett shared a very insightful calculation: This is an incredibly powerful lesson — one…

This Billionaire Makes a Compelling Case for Bitcoin

By Adam Sharp on July 2, 2021

Over the past few years, several notable traditional investors have come out in support of bitcoin, including Ray Dalio, Carl Icahn and Bill Miller. But the most recent addition really caught my eye. Ricardo Salinas Pliego is a Mexican billionaire. The founder of Banco Azteca, Pliego…