Taxing crypto solely makes it stronger – TechCrunch

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

We had the total crew aboard right this moment, headed by our killer manufacturing crew 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 crew together with our sister podcast Discovered are doing dwell recordings beginning quickly. You’ll find out extra right here, however Fairness might 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) obtained us began. From a number of rounds this week, we selected essentially the most attention-grabbing to your delectation. If you’d like extra on gaming, take a look at 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 obtained us into the crypto investing beat, which Alex explored right here earlier within the week. In brief: Anticipate 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 way of the lens of the Bolt fiasco/drama/truth-telling saga. Extra tweets, please.
• After which, we finish with a bit on autonomous automobiles, 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 distant.

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