Invest in Airbnbs

If your NFTs have taken a nosedive, you may have given up on investing and abandoned FinTok for good.

It’s easy to become discouraged, but makers continue to create products that help individuals start investing, regardless of the negative economic outlook.

As a hybrid between online learning and crypto/NFT platforms, Continuum is one of the more unconventional ways to get started with investing. Users can complete short-form courses on topics like the basics of cryptocurrency and NFTs, and then get paid in crypto and/or NFT rewards. The Continuum team’s goal is to “democratize creative education to create new pathways to financial freedom for all through the pixelated economy.”

Real estate has been a huge topic this year as millennials are starting to purchase homes, though investing is still unreachable for many. Makers Ming Zhu and Jack Donnell picked up on this and created FundHomes to help people build wealth by investing in top-performing Airbnbs. With Fundhomes, you can purchase shares of vacation homes and get returns without the responsibilities of home ownership.

Proptee is an NFT-based real estate investing platform that lets you buy fractionalized NFTs associated with EU, USA, and UK residential and commercial real estate and earn rental rewards for it.

Bloom Stock Market Game is a simulated stock market game that lets you compete with friends by simulating investing in over 4,000 stocks.

With more than half of US households owning stock and 16% of American adults having used crypto before, it might be worth learning how to build your own portfolio.

• Hito is an iPod-esque hardware crypto wallet that wirelessly connects to your phone and protects your assets.

• Journey is a presentation tool that lets you tell stories with interactive and engaging content.

• Synergy is a Jira add-on that provides employee recognition by using game mechanics like kudos, points, leaderboards, and badges.

• YikYak 2.0? Fizz is a private discussion and news feed for your university.

Spark launched a new update yesterday, and people have mixed feelings about it.

The new Spark shows emails from “real people” at the top, creates focused email sessions, and helps you pre-screen new senders. To many people’s dismay, the Spark team has done away with the original 3-column design in an effort to help you focus more.