
Crypto drops ~$200B, Celsius freezes, Binance's BTC pause, Google AI sentience, Magic Spoon: DTC isn't dead | E1483
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On today's show, Jason and Molly cover crypto losing $200B from its total market cap this weekend (14:51) and Binance pausing withdrawals of Bitcoin for almost 4 hours this morning (29:53). We also quickly talk about a Google engineer claiming Google's AI chat bot has become sentient (38:15). For our We Live in the Future, we cover Amazon announcing drone delivery for later this year (48:52). Finally, we wrap on our Startup of the Day: Magic Spoon, a high-protein cereal maker (53:57).
(0:00) Jason and Molly tee up today's news stories
(2:44) Catching up with Jason and Molly (hikers vs mountain bikers, rattlesnakes)
(13:51) Ourcrowd - Check out the deal of the week at https://ourcrowd.com/twist
(14:51) Crypto lost $200B from total market cap this weekend, major currencies are down ~25% over past week
(28:42) Assure - To get 20% off your first Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) visit https://Assure.co/twist
(29:53) Binance paused withdrawals of Bitcoin for almost 4 hours earlier this morning
(37:06) AdQuick - Visit https://adquick.com/twist and mention TWIST to get $1000 off your first campaign.
(38:15) Google's AI is sentient according to engineer Blake Lemoine
(48:52) WLitF: Amazon announced they will officially launch drone delivery this year
(53:57) SotD: Magic Spoon (high-protein cereal maker) raised a $85M Series B
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