Diamond Hands Podcast Episode #3: Numinus CEO On The Maintenance Model For Depression
TDR has introduced The Diamond Hands Podcast, a weekly broadcast featuring TDR Founder/President Shadd Dales, prominent industry investor Anthony Varrell, and TDR Lead Financial Writer Benjamin A. Smith to provide value-add investor insights into the verticals we cover. This includes analysis, the narratives moving our sectors of coverage, the stocks that we like best, and more. The weekly podcast is a natural extension to the TDR platform, which has always strived to become a multi-faceted platform for prescient industry content.
With Ben taking a few days off for some summer sun, we invited Numinus Wellness CEO Payton Nyquvest to the program to impart insights on where the current psychedelics landscape resides today.
Episode #3 CliffsNotes…
Cannabis
@ 0:58-1:53 Anthony’s reaction to last week’s Curaleaf Holdings Q2 2021 earnings report.
@ 1:54-3:50 Discussion on Boris Jordan’s prediction that legislation will pass in the Senate by April 2022; COVID and the “sell in May and go away” price action taking place in the sector; Anthony is accumulating and talks about how the fundamentals in the sector belie the moribund price action.
@ 3:51-4:28 Trulieve Cannabis and Harvest Health & Recreation merger talk, as both companies reported financial results last week. In May 2021, Trulieve agreed to acquire Harvest Health in an all-stock deal valued at about $2.1 billion, although the acquisition has yet to close.
Crypto/NFTs
@ 14:50-16:52 Analysis on last week’s Poly Network, in which over $600 million was stolen, making it one of the largest DeFi hacks to date. Assets stolen included about $253 million in tokens on Binance Smart Chain, $266 million in Ethereum tokens and $85 million in USDC on the Polygon network, according to cryptocurrency wallet addresses disclosed by Poly.
@ 16:53-17:59 The net effect of the Poly Network hack and the potential boomerang effect on Coinbase.
@ 18:00-21:28 Discussion on the amendment to the infrastructure bill that would redefine who falls subject to cryptocurrency regulation requirements will be brought for a unanimous consent vote on Monday. There are conflicting ideas on the motivation of the amendment and who it is expected to protect.
Psychedelics
@ 5:20-14:49 Numinus Wellness CEO Payton Nyquvest talks psychedelic sector catalysts, the validations of results in the market, MAPS results for PTSD, the maintenance model for depression and more.
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