Taxing crypto solely makes it stronger – TechCrunch

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Hey and welcome again to Fairness, a podcast in regards to the enterprise of startups, the place we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.

We had the total crew aboard at the moment, headed by our killer manufacturing staff Grace and Chris, and internet hosting crew Mary Ann, Natasha and Alex.

Final week we promised Cute Farming Robots, and this week we delivered, together with a lot extra. However first, the Fairness staff together with our sister podcast Discovered are doing dwell recordings beginning quickly. You will discover out extra right here, however Fairness can be live-taped on Hopin subsequent Thursday. Come hang around, it ought to be enjoyable!

Now, the present rundown:

• Funding rounds from Pluto (company spend within the Center East), Free Company (brokers for tech expertise), and Metafy (online game teaching) bought us began. From a bunch of rounds this week, we selected essentially the most attention-grabbing in your delectation. If you would like extra on gaming, try our Wednesday present the place we area of interest down into the universe, or on this case, the metaverse. 
• The new Seven Seven Six fund bought us into the crypto investing beat, which Alex explored right here earlier within the week. Briefly: Count on extra crypto offers. We additionally touched on the Indian crypto tax rule, which is a revelation of a regulation.
• From there we dove into the fintech realm by the lens of the Bolt fiasco/drama/truth-telling saga. Extra tweets, please.
• After which, we finish with a piece on autonomous autos, that has nothing to do with vehicles. Yep, we’re talkinig Cute Farming Robots, together with rounds from Vecna, Electrical Sheep, and MongoDB founder doing this, which reminds us that the AWS of robots isn’t too far-off.

Thus far, 2022 is feeling good. Together with our quickly to be standing dwell present circuit, we’re working onerous on making the present extra targeted on stress and nuance,  whereas nonetheless sticking to our love for numbers and nerdy networks. Let’s annoy some individuals this 12 months, and train you one thing within the meantime.