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Exciting news for NFT fans and Avalanche (AVAX) holders: Shopify merchants can now sell Avalanche NFTs through their online stores without having to go through OpenSea. Thanks to Venly, a blockchain startup that created the Shopify NFT minting app, buyers can easily shop for NFTs on Shopify. They don’t need to have a ton of crypto know-how or to even spend crypto. They can purchase the NFT using fiat money and receive a link to a newly created…
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Note: This recommendation was co-authored by KingsCrowd Investment Research Analyst Teddy Lyons.  My colleague Teddy Lyons recently moved into a new apartment. Once he unpacked, he realized that there were a dozen additional items that he needed to order…
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Crypto Insider: Shopify Explores NFTs

By Early Investing on July 18, 2022

Shopify is expanding into NFTs. The e-commerce platform — which allows retailers to sell their products directly to consumers — recently launched around 100 new features, including contactless payments, crypto payments and “tokengated commerce.”  According to TechCrunch, Shopify’s tokengated commerce uses NFTs to “‘reward true fans…
Like a huge portion of Americans, I use Amazon a LOT these days. And with a 50% market share, it absolutely dominates online sales in the country.  But lately I’m frustrated with it. I’ve bought a few items recently that were…

Learn How the Top VCs Choose Startups

By Adam Sharp on September 11, 2020

This week top-tier venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners released the original deal memos from some of their best startup investments. These memos provide a fascinating look at how VCs operate, think and make investment decisions. Today we’re going to look…
In this week’s Mailbag, the Early Investing team talks Silicon Valley investments and equity crowdfunding portals.

Three Ways Tiny Startups Can Beat Amazon

By Andy Gordon on September 4, 2019

Amazon is a retail giant. But small startups can find ways to compete. Here are three areas of retail where startups can chip away at Amazon’s armor.