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☆ Rare silver coin struck before the American Revolution sets auction record
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —An American silver coin dating back to the 17th century, before the United States was founded, has sold for a record-breaking $2.52 million at auction, eight years after it was discovered in an old cabinet in Amsterdam. The threepence coin was struck in 1652 in Boston just weeks after the first mint in the then-British colony had opened, according to a statement released Monday by Stack’s Bowers Galleries, which handled the sale. This was a threepence coin, as shown by the Roman numerals on one side of it. A rare 1794 silver dollar believed to be one of the first – if not the first – made by the US mint sold for $10 million in 2013. Meanwhile, a rare 1933 “Double Eagle” coin, one of the last gold coins ever struck for circulation in the US, sold for $18.9 million in 2021.

Persons: Stack’s Bowers, Ma, Stack's Bowers, Thomas Brand Hollis, Netherlands John Adams, Adams, Abigail, John Hull, Ben Orooji Organizations: CNN, Stack’s Bowers Galleries, United States Mint, Boston Mint, Massachusetts Historical Society, Yale College Locations: United States, Amsterdam, Boston, British, Netherlands, Quincy, New England, Massachusetts, England, American

☆ Inside Substack's emerging IRL event strategy as the platform expands beyond its newsletter roots
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

We spoke with Sophia Efthimiatou and Matt Starr, Substack's duo paving the platform's IRL strategy. hosted "Hate Read Live," where several contributors behind Cai's "Hate Reads" newsletter read excerpts at a bar in New York. September: Casey Lewis hosted "Debate Club," the first iteration of Substack's "Stacked Debate" series, in a gymnasium featuring several Substack writers. hosted "Debate Club," the first iteration of Substack's "Stacked Debate" series, in a gymnasium featuring several Substack writers. Substack's events are a playground for promoting these tools.

Persons: Substack, Sophia Efthimiatou, Matt Starr, —, I'm, Casey Lewis —, Lewis, John Paul Brammer, Kareem Rahma, Nolita Dirtbag, Randa Sakallah, Casey Lewis, Anna Maria Lopez, Hunter Harris, Rayne Fisher, Efthimiatou, Starr, Emma Trim, Delia Cai, Cai's, Tavi Gevinson, Mary Gaitskill, Quann, Emilia Petrarca, Jessica DeFino, Fisher, Emily Sundberg, Substack's, Hamish McKenzie, McKenzie, podcaster Dwarkesh Patel Organizations: IRL, Service, Press, Substack, Business, The New York Times, Hotel Chelsea, New York, Democratic, Convention Locations: New York, New York City, Substack, New, Montauk , New York, San Francisco, inboxes

☆ LiquidStack helps data centers cut energy and water use. Check out the 13-slide deck it used to raise $20 million from Tiger Global.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

LiquidStack has secured a $20 million Series B extension from Tiger Global. The startup has launched various cooling technologies for data centers. AdvertisementLiquidStack, a Texas-based startup developing technologies to cool down data centers, has secured a $20 million Series B extension from investment firm Tiger Global. LiquidStack has also launched a two-phase immersion cooling unit to reduce energy in high-density server environments. The $20 million Series B extension, led by US-based investment firm Tiger Global, brings the total Series B round to $35 million.

Persons: LiquidStack, —, Joe Capes, PitchBook Organizations: Tiger Global, Service, US, Trane Technologies Locations: Texas

☆ I spent over $120 to try every burger at Wendy's, and the best is a classic
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Lucien Formichella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +29 min

The bacon Double Stack lacked condimentsThe bacon Double Stack had ketchup, mustard, pickle, and onion. Division-1 winner: The bacon Double Stack triumphs for having baconThe bacon Double Stack had a decent variety of toppings. I was excited to dig into the Big Bacon ClassicThe Big Bacon Classic had a lot of sauce. The Big Bacon Classic triple seemed to have too much meatThe Big Bacon Classic triple seemed like a lot of meat. AdvertisementDivision-5 winner: The Jr. bacon cheeseburger was the best of this large poolThe Jr. bacon cheeseburger was my favorite in this category.

Persons: —, Bacon, pretzel cheeseburgers, I've, Lucien Formichella, underseasoned —, Dave Thomas, I'd, Wendy's, would've, cheeseburger, Baconator, mayo, Charlie, Charlie Brown, hadn't, jalapeños, Pretzel Bacon, Cheeseburger, Big Bacon Organizations: Service, Business, mayo, Taco Locations: Wendy's, mayo, cheddar

☆ Substack's expanding chat features are helping some creators build communities and gain paying subscribers. They share their strategies.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Amanda Perelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementPaying subscribers can message MacNaughton directly through Substack's chat feature and share artwork and feedback with her community. DrawTogether's total number of paying subscribers has more than doubled since introducing chat, McNaughton said. Before Substack, MacNaughton already had an online following, which she said contributed to the success of her Substack. Using the chat feature, Zukhovich interacts directly with her paying subscribers, who share what they cooked that week or ask for recipe ideas using certain ingredients. Before Substack's chat feature, MacNaughton encouraged her audience to share their work with her on Instagram.

Persons: —, Wendy MacNaughton, DrawTogether, she's, McNaughton, MacNaughton, Jasmine Sun, Katie Zukhovich, Zukhovich, Substack, I'm Organizations: Service, Business, Substack Locations: MacNaughton

☆ AudioStack can create voice adverts in 8 seconds with AI. Check out the 18-slide pitch deck it used to raise $3.1 million.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewAudioStack, an AI audio production startup, has raised $3.1 million in funding. The company works with major businesses that produce thousands of pieces of content a month to generate audio, mix, level, and master voice and music for advertising purposes. AdvertisementThe startup works with large advertising agencies to ingest audio content and speech, with the intention of reducing the speed and cost of producing adverts. AudioStack has raised $3.1 million to scale its operations in a funding round led by Quadri Ventures. "The landscape has fundamentally changed previously it was all about Web3, and it was hard to raise as an AI company despite our good traction," Kunz added.

Persons: —, Timo Kunz, Kunz, AudioStack, " Kunz Organizations: Service, Porsche, Business, Quadri Ventures Locations: London

☆ Substack takes a halfsies approach to banning Nazis
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. In December 2023, The Atlantic reported that it had seen a handful of Nazi-affiliated or white supremacist blogs on the platform, some of them with paying subscribers. Last week, Newton wrote in the newsletter that he was meeting with Substack to discuss the issue and was considering taking his popular newsletter to another service if Substack wouldn't budge. AdvertisementNewton and Schiffer flexing their power worked: Substack is removing five out of the 14-plus newsletters with Nazi or white supremacist content. But Substack will continue to remove any material that includes "credible threats of physical harm," it said.

Persons: —, Hamish McKenzie, Casey Newton, Zoë Schiffer, Newton, Substack, Schiffer, it's, Hitler, Bari Weiss, Richard Dawkins Organizations: Service, Nazi, Business

The puzzle game on his Android phone had been interrupted by a video showing Hamas militants, terrified Israeli families and blurred graphic footage. Reuters has not been able to establish how the ad came to her son's video game, but her family isn't alone. In at least one case, the ads were played inside the popular "Angry Birds" game made by SEGA-owned developer Rovio (ROVIO.HE). Google ran more than 90 ads for the foreign ministry but declined to comment on where it displayed those ads. In the Cassis family's case, the ads appeared in a game called "Alice's Mergeland" made by a developer called LazyDog Game.

Persons: Maria Julia Assis, Hannah McKay, Maria Julia Cassis, Rovio, Lotta Backlund, David Saranga, Saranga, Outbrain, Holland –, Alexandra Marginean, Marginean, Stack's, Raphael Satter, Sheila Dang, Katie Paul, Ken Li, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: REUTERS, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Reuters, SEGA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israeli Foreign Ministry, Google, West Bank, Palestine, Palestinian Authority, Holland, Stack's Ubisoft, Subway, SYBO, Apple, Standards Authority, Thomson Locations: Israel, London, Britain, Brazil, Europe, Gaza, France, Austria, Germany, Munich, Austrian, Danish, Washington, New York

☆ Substack CEO says he was 'incredibly disappointed' at Elon Musk for throttling tweets with Substack links because it 'hurt writers'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Substack's CEO told The Verge that Twitter suppressing Substack links was "incredibly disappointing." Elon Musk denied that Twitter had ever blocked Substack links. Substack CEO Chris Best has spoken out about his disappointment following reports that Elon Musk's Twitter recently suppressed tweets containing Substack links. Twitter's actions "ultimately hurt writers" who used the platform, as well as Substack users, Best added. Musk denies Twitter throttled Substack linksMusk wrote in a tweet on April 8 that Twitter never blocked Substack links.

☆ Elon Musk and Substack are beefing. Here's a rundown of the back and forth between the Twitter CEO and the blogging site.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Twitter users began noticing Substack links were being suppressed beginning Thursday evening. One of these claims is that Substack was trying to "download a massive portion of the Twitter database," Musk wrote on Twitter Saturday, to help support its recently announced Twitter competitor, Substack Notes. Thursday evening: Users begin reporting that Substack links are being suppressedSubstack bloggers who use Twitter to promote their work began noticing Thursday evening the Substack links seemed to be suppressed on Twitter, and Twitter users who tried to interact with posts that contained Substack links would receive an error message. Saturday: Musk clarifies that Twitter never blocked Twitter notesMusk clarified in a tweet early Saturday that Substack links were never blocked on Twitter. In the same post, Musk called Substack Notes a "Twitter clone" and claimed that Substack was "trying to download a massive portion of the Twitter database to bootstrap" their new feature.

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried is now writing his own newsletter while under house arrest at his parents' $4 million property: 'I didn't steal funds'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Presumably writing from his parents' $4 million property in Palo Alto, California near Stanford, Sam Bankman-Fried published a lengthy newsletter yesterday, titled "FTX Pre-Mortem Overview." One statement stood out to me: "I didn't steal funds, and I certainly didn't stash billions away." In the note, Bankman-Fried highlighted that both FTX and Alameda Research were raking in billions in profits in 2021. A key to the collapse, he explained, was 2022's crypto bear market that left just about every token worth dramatically less than the year prior. Well, Bankman-Fried yesterday outlined two versions of the hedge fund's balance sheet, one from each of the past two years.

☆ Substack is having a moment, again. But can the startup live up to its massive $650 million valuation?
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Samantha Stokes | Steven Perlberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

He provided a place where readers could find him "in case the bird app spirals into oblivion": his Substack newsletter. The epidemiologist Eric Feigl-Ding began promoting his Substack newsletter to his 722,000 Twitter followers in early November. They have been a welcome addition, Substack writers say. Substack has also recently rolled out mentions and cross-reporting functions, where writers can mention other Substack writers and share existing posts with their audiences. The irony, of course, is that many Substack writers rely on their Twitter audiences to promote their posts.

☆ A $7,000 penny could be hiding in your pocket—here's how to identify it
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Cheyenne Devon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

That's if you have a 1983 Lincoln penny, says Blake Alma, whose "CoinHub" TikTok account has over 850,000 followers. In 2017, the rare penny was auctioned for $7,050, according to Professional Coin Grading Service, one of the most popular third-party coin grading and authentication companies. What to look forThis special penny lacks a mint mark, according to Alma's video. A mint mark is the marking on the face side of a coin that indicates where it was created. How to cash in on your rare coin

☆ See the 25-slide pitch deck a Baltimore biotech used to raise $56 million to develop a blood test that detects recurring cancer
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Andrew Dunn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Baltimore-based biotech startup has raised $56 million to develop a cancer blood test. Haystack Oncology has raised $56 million in a Series A round to continue development of its cancer blood test in 2023, the startup said Wednesday. The Baltimore-based biotech says it has a blood test that can find tiny, lingering traces of cancer in patients who've already had cancer and received treatment. Those cancerous cells shed small pieces of their DNA into the bloodstream, and Haystack's test detects those molecules. Haystack's blood test, called a liquid biopsy, can find signs of cancer that aren't detectable by imaging like CT scans.

☆ How Jason Goldberg went against investors' advice amid the crypto winter and raised $3 million for his Web3 development startup Airstack
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( April Joyner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Cofounder and CEO Jason Goldberg launched Airstack during the depths of the crypto crash. He ignored advice to take the summer off and instead built a prototype, which caught VCs' attention. Jason Goldberg cofounded his Web3 development startup, Airstack, in May, just as crypto markets began to unravel. Airstack's technology essentially creates application programming interfaces, or APIs, for Web3 applications. It improves upon existing infrastructure such as The Graph by allowing developers to access real-time data from several Web3 applications at a time, Goldberg said.

☆ Against investors' advice, Jason Goldberg launched a Web3 development startup in the middle of the crypto winter. Here's how he raised $3 million anyway.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( April Joyner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Cofounder and CEO Jason Goldberg launched Airstack during the depths of the crypto crash. Jason Goldberg cofounded his Web3 development startup, Airstack, in May, just as crypto markets began to unravel. Airtable has raised $3 million in pre-seed funding from investors including Animal Ventures, Warburg Serres, Polygon, Genblock, Fenbushi, Resolute Ventures, WW Ventures, Tensai Capital, WestWave Ventures, Lecca Ventures, and Martin Crowley's Peoples Syndicate. Airstack's technology essentially creates application programming interfaces, or APIs, for Web3 applications. It improves upon existing infrastructure such as The Graph by allowing developers to access real-time data from several Web3 applications at a time, Goldberg said.

☆ Check out the pitch deck in-game advertising company Bidstack used to raise $11 million
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

In-game adtech company Bidstack recently raised an $11 million post-IPO equity round. Check out the key slides from the pitch deck that helped Bidstack land its latest investment. Founded in 2015, Bidstack started as an adtech company that helped advertisers buy space on digital billboards, using programmatic technology. Bidstack posted a loss of 6.3 million pounds ($6.9 million) last year and grew revenue by 55% to 2.6 million pounds ($2.9 million). Check out the key slides from the pitch deck that helped Bidstack snag $11 million in investment.

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