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Fire in Mexico + Cheap Teslas 🔥

Fire in Mexico + Cheap Teslas 🔥

Feds Say: Rocket Emojis are now evidence 🚀

February 24, 2023

🌞 Happy Friday Autonomy + Welcome to some of our new followers

Today:

🚘 Teslas are officially 'affordable' in the US

⚠️ Russia-Ukraine War turns 1

🎬 The first film to drop on TikTok (PopVerve)

Check out our 5 Themes for 2023 + our core portfolio picks for 2023 (only on Telegram)

Let's jump in 🤾‍♂️

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MACRO 🌎

Pemex facilities in the US and Mexico reported fires on the same day. The Mexico City-based state-owned oil company said five people were missing and eight injured in the accidents. (RT)

Russia’s war on Ukraine reached the one-year mark. China called for a cease-fire in a 12-point peace plan, but several of the clauses offer clear benefits to Vladimir Putin and got short shrift. Meanwhile, Joe Biden’s $300 billion sanctions shock is failing to achieve its ends as the economic punishment has turned into a war of attrition and a race against time. (BBG)

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TECHNOLOGY 💡

The new Bing, launched earlier this month, hopes to turn some heads with powerful AI capabilities that go beyond providing links. (QZ)

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DIGITAL ASSETS ⚡️

Crypto markets have taken a huge beating this past year, thanks to our friends FTX, LUNA, 3AC and the like. While we may not be ready to go mainstream with crypto as financial services yet, blockchain gaming is a different story...

According to DappRadar’s latest gaming report, on-chain data shows that blockchain gaming made up 48% of dapp activity in January. That’s nearly half of all blockchain activity ! (via WTFWeb3)

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TRENDS ✨

Last week, Tesla changed prices for one version of each of its Model 3 sedan and Model Y crossover, the fourth price adjustment by the electric vehicle maker since the start of the year.

The company increased the price of its Model Y performance crossover by $1,000 to $58,990. Tesla cut the price of the rear-wheel drive Model 3 sedan, its cheapest model, by $500 to $42,990, making the it $4,930 below the median new vehicle price in the US. (Tendies)

PopVerve is the first film to be released via TikTok. Check it out, an Autonomous community member directed it too! (TikTok)

Getting Social: Selena Gomez now has 382 million Instagram followers, dethroning Kylie Jenner to become the most followed woman on the platform. Oh, and Gomez has also announced she’s taking another break from social media. Great timing. (Yahoo)

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MARKETS 💹

Credit Suisse cut payouts on a $3.5 billion real estate fund, as clients sought to pull their cash after rising interest rates hurt valuations. The fund’s net asset value is expected to drop as much as 10%. (BBG)

The US dollar has weakened against most global currencies (JPY, EUR, CHF, GBP)

over the last 3 months, in-line with our 5 Themes for 2023.

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Chart Du Jour 👨🏻‍🍳