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

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• Markets: Shares are principally down world wide at this time, taking particularly giant hits in Asia. U.S. shares are set to fall as properly once they start to commerce. Main cryptos are additionally off within the final 24 hours, however not sufficient to make a fuss about.
• Startups: At present we took a take a look at new fundraises at Vendease, an African logistics firm within the meals house, and Disperse, a U.Ok-based development tech firm that wishes to map constructing websites. That market, it seems, is large.
• Fast Hits: Do Kwon has been hit with a pink discover, which signifies that he’ll doubtless quickly be in custody. Nonetheless, some are irked that he’s in bother for inflicting a monetary meltdown and shedding plenty of people’ cash. What’s the argument there? That he wasn’t being malicious, and as a substitute was merely, we presume, silly. Not a fantastic argument by way of making Do Kwon look good, however that’s the place we’re. Additionally within the combine: The brand new iPhone is being in-built India and TikTok could discover regulatory reprieve.
• Closing Riff: Goodbye Q3 2022, good day This autumn 2022. That is the final Fairness Monday of the third quarter, a interval that few of us are going to look again on and miss.

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