Do you want your paycheck in crypto?

In Equity, we unpack the numbers behind the headlines, where we discuss the business of startups.

Alex and Mary Ann got together with Chris and Grace to talk about the news. We're staring down a long weekend that, let's be clear, everyone needs.

Here is the show rundown.

• Don’t call us your metamate, friend.
• Startups news of the week: Ro raises even more despite earlier reports of turbulence, Airbase partners with Amex, and Deel wants to give employers a way to fund their payroll in crypto, no matter where their employees are based. As Twitter tells us, they aren’t the first company to try the crypto salary approach.
• The crypto regulatory world is heating up, with news from both India and the United States to chew on. Our read is that some regulation is good, but not every loss can be spun as a win. Come for Alex’s sci-fi connection, and stay for Natasha’s boat metaphor.
• We also took a look at the mental health market for people of color through the lens of MindFi in the APAC region, and She Matters here in the United States. We had some startup-style questions, but are generally bullish about the companies.
• And we closed with the cannabis market of both Germany and the United States. Alex and Natasha are bullish on, well, all of it while Mary Ann nurses a hemp seed allergy.

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