Meta Tanks, Crypto Credit Cards, CDKs New Wholesale Platform, and Dealers Rev Up Revitalization

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Meta, Paypal get pummeled, while other tech marches on. Meanwhile, we get into the broadening adoption of retail crypto usage as well as hiring opportunities for Auto Dealers amongst a growing pool of resigning teachers. We also share a little positivity spurred on by a Ford Dealer in Kansas. 

• Clubhouse room today:
  • Women Inspiring Automotive w Special Guest Kim Evenson
  • Topic: Walk and Talk: Driving Team Alignment
  • Story about how Kim met Michelle
  • Executive Partner/CMO Advisory for Gartner, Publicly traded advisory firm
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• Facebook and Paypal take a Beating
  • FB down over 23% in after hours trading
  • Missed earnings but biggest concern is the first decline in daily active users EVER
  • FBs Reality Labs lost 3.3B as it keeps the pedal down on development. 
  • Don’t make us send Bob Lanham down there!
• Crypto-linked Visa card hits 2.5B in its first quarter
  • “People are using their crypto-linked cards to spend in a variety of ways — retail goods and services, restaurants, travel,” Visa CFO Vasant Prabhu told CNBC in a phone interview.
  • There are both crypto credit and crypto debit cards. 
• Dealer in Salina, KS Long McArthur Ford, Donates Shelby Mustang to fund car museum and revitalization:
  • “I’m so happy that we are able to support the Salina community. This community has supported us for over 70 years
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