Let's be clear I'm a degen & I don’t consider shitcoins per se if they don't have x100 potential. DINGER aka Elon’s cat Schrödinger hasn’t hit mainstream yet & is on uniswap & requires ETH or bridge to Binance smart chain. Every respectable crypto portfolio should have a meme coin allocation just coz times be cray. Doubling up my bags. Dinger perked up last week & may be gearing up for a breakout of this generational bottom at $12m market cap. Dinger has cat meme market dominance. I just got some copium dd from a live stream. I know this team & how hard they're working & they don't rely on paid advertising & shitty influencers to succeed

A few things that have changed recently › Pulsechain integration (huge & first meme I believe). Cat-lock is near ready (team finance/unicrypt competitor for meme coins. Cat-apult is near ready (launchpad for unruggable meme coins). A little birdy tells me they're about to get a solid irl use case. No ser, dinger is not deaded. Top whale is accumulating. Just wait ser. Once it gets CEX exposure & opens the floodgates, this name is the only alt with potential to capture cat power at retail adoption level. Right now there is no volume & generally no clue that this exists outside of us smarts. The fact that dinger hasn't rugged means its going to 100x

Last month dinger's very amazing devs have been in development mode. Peeps have been taking profits & taking losses. This month is huge for its devs pushing out utilities

1 › Curate allowing dinger as payment when it goes live. Their marketplace accepts ETH, BTC, floki & dinger are the only meme coins accepted

2 › Dinger selected to be whitelisted on the infinity wallet, tweet coming after 2nd VC, major marketing paid for, coming mid December

3 › Dlock backend & frontend completed, 2 vendors onboard

4 › Launchpad in the works, 9 lives tokenomics being hashed out, looking for 80-100% refund target, math being worked on

5 › big name lined up for cativersity, can't disclose now

6 › asian marketing via influencers, more asian website articles coming

7 › Dlock profits will be used for buybacks & community fund

CatNip! › DINGER is seeking to launch multiple products that are designed to foster investor safety and ease of use within meme token and NFT environment

Cat-apult › Designed to provide token launchers with an automated launchpad for new meme tokens and NFTs.  Launching a token via the Cat-apult can be paid for either directly with DINGER tokens or with a portion of the Eth that is raised by the project

Cat-Lock › New projects will have liquidity automatically added and locked on the Cat-lock platform following their launch on the cat-apult Additional locks can be placed on the development team and vested tokens via this platform

9 Lives › Cat-lock and Cat-apult are designed to prevent potential rug pulls within the DINGER network, but cannot guarantee that the team will continue to develop the project following launch.  9 Lives will allow token holders to hold a loss of confidence vote within the early phases or a project which will initiate an insurance/refund process

Cat-iversity › One of the largest issues for potential investors looking to enter the meme token space is a general lack of understanding of the meme economy.  DINGER is seeking to combat this issue directly by launching a platform for experts to share their knowledge with fledgling investors.  Beginner classes will be free of charge while more advanced classes will require payment in DINGER

Additional token holder perks › The first portion of any token sale launched on Cat-apult will be reserved for those who have staked a minimum amount of DINGER.  This will serve to give DINGER holders a better chance of securing a spot in the sale while also limiting gas wars

› 1 trillion tokens in total supply.  

› 8% tax on all sales and transfers of DINGER tokens.

› 3.5% tax for Development of CatNip projects

› 1% redistribution to all DINGER holders

› Every sale of DINGER results in two transactions on Dextools with identical maker addresses. The first represents the actual sale while the other handles the taxes. These taxed tokens are sold immediately for ETH and deposited into the two wallets listed above

› 94% of token supply was added to an initial liquidity pool and locked for 1 year

› 6% of tokens were given to those who provided initial liquidity

Making round around the DeFi space, DINGER has successfully bridged BSC via RBE

As some traditional luxury automakers release electric vehicles amid promises that range, charging, & performance will all improve in a few years, Lucid › LCID › is launching its brand & already beating the top numbers from Tesla & any others.

The 2022 Lucid Air, which went into production last week & begins deliveries in late October, boasts an EPA range of up to 520 miles, & in the Dream Edition Performance version I drove, an output of up to 1,111 hp, a 0-60 mph time of 2.5 seconds, & a quarter-mile time of just 9.9 seconds. & on a 350-kw DC fast-charge connector the 112-kwh battery pack can recover up to 20 miles a minute, or up to 300 miles in 20 minutes.

Based on a very brief first drive last week, I can report that it feels just as quick as it teases—supercar-quick not just at American freeway speeds but well beyond. 

But it’s not just a numbers game, & we’ve all seen plenty of YouTube EV acceleration videos. For a car that arrives, in its Dream Edition version, at $169,000, it had best charm buyers in other ways as well. Mission accomplished. Around the brilliant engineering put into dramatically downsizing the propulsion system & focusing on efficiency, Lucid has built a true driver’s car. 

After less than 30 minutes of actual drive time split between me & a driving partner, plus about an hour in & around the car, that’s the biggest surprise. The Air doesn’t withhold some of the inherent sensations of driving enjoyment. From chassis to interface, Lucid has been just as relentless in getting the whole car right as it has in perfecting the power & energy pieces to hit the magic numbers. & it shows. 

Leading-edge aero, but a presence unlike any other

The Lucid Air has one of the best coefficients of drag in the industry, at just 0.21, & yet as a sedan it doesn’t have the telltale “kammback” design or look like it’s sacrificed its proportions for the sake of aero. That’s quite the triumph for this beautiful design, from Lucid VP Derek Jenkins, who also penned the current ND-generation Mazda MX-5 Miata & contributed to the Mazda CX-9 that helped solidify the look of Mazda’s crossovers. 

Although the Air can be a chameleon in pictures, in person it has a presence unlike any other vehicle. The thin, wide themes that apply to the nose &, inside, the dash, look aircraft-inspired & bring out the low-&-wide look of the car, while the thick rear pillar, & the French curve arches ahead of it & around the rear window, form a memorable signature.

At 195.9 inches long, 76.3 inches wide, & 55.5 inches high, & riding on a 116.5-inch wheelbase, the Lucid Air is within an inch of the Tesla Model S in most of its critical dimensions—except for height, where it’s 1.4 inches lower. Although the back seat requires some to duck their heads when getting in, that’s the only exception to the impression that the Air feels quite a bit roomier inside than the Model S, especially in back. The trunk is spacious, with a flexible cover that can conceal a deep well at the rear. You can fold the split rear seatbacks forward for larger items, or use the pass-through. In addition, there’s a frunk—not just a token space for a handbag, but what’s claimed as the largest frunk of any electric car. Numbers are forthcoming.

With downsized drive components, more space for people

Lucid has applied its persistent engineering approach toward downsizing all the critical electric-drive components. The shockingly small motors are not much larger than motors that I’ve seen used as part of a far less powerful hybrid system. They’re packaged elegantly with their gearbox & inverter.

Getting into the Air for the first time, it’s impossible not to focus on what’s above. The available Glass Canopy roof spans from the base of the windshield all the way to a crossmember behind the heads of those in the front seat, & it’s interrupted only by the rearview mirror module & sunshades.

The use of soft, porous materials elsewhere in the cabin balances out the sound quality & ambience for all the glass above—although in the back seat we noticed some pavement “patter” at the rear wheels. 

That’s something you might not notice if you’re enjoying the Air’s 21-speaker immersive audio with Dolby Atmos. The infotainment system is compatible with Apple CarPlay & Android Auto, while voice commands are via a native installation of Amazon Alexa.

The front seats in our test car provided plenty of support & adjustments, with built-in massage & cooling backing up that all-day comfort. An optional Executive Rear Seating package will add more recline & long leg rests, much like what you’d encounter on a first-class plane seat. 

Tuned for the driver as much as the passengers

But really, you’ll want to be the one driving. The Air has a five-link strut suspension in front, with an integral-link setup in back. The five-link setup, one of the late-stage engineering changes to the Air, along with the mechanically variable steering rack, constitutes an analog solution to counter the digital overload of the propulsion. The layout effectively purges torque steer & helps assure predictability, with weight transfer staying the same whether in regenerative braking or foundation (friction) braking. 

The Air lacks an air suspension like there is in the Model S. It just has solenoid-controlled semi-active dampers on all four wheels. The hysteresis, or lag, from an air-spring setup would have meant too many compromises in the damping that would affect ride & handling, according to Zach Walker, engineering manager for chassis mechanical. 

It has a confident, easygoing feel in straight-ahead driving. Given a few chances to attack some exit ramps, I found the Air’s ride & handling to be isolating yet tidy & responsive, with a certain playfulness in the way its 5,050 pounds transfer front to back. We can’t wait to get this model out on a track. 

The Air uses all four wheels for regenerative braking, & it can torque-vector during regen, so it makes the most of it given the road surface. Like Tesla, Lucid doesn’t like the idea of brake-blending. When you use the brake pedal, you’re using the pads; lift off the accelerator & you’re in regen. It’s as simple as that, & it makes everything more predictable & easier to tune, as Lucid sees it.

Pirelli tires, specially developed with Lucid for the Air, carry a high-load (HL) rating & were engineered for grip as well as low rolling resistance & minimizing rolling noise. Our test car was equipped with them in their larger 21-inch size—HL 245/35R21 99 Y XL in front & HL 265/35R21 103 Y XL in back. 

Modes cover preferences, not party tricks

Through three drive modes: Smooth, Swift, & Sprint, Lucid tweaks the available power from the propulsion system, accelerator responsiveness, steering boost, & suspension firmness & behavior. Regenerative braking is offered in two settings for each of these drive modes & it provides 0.12g or to 0.3g of resistance. 

Separately, you can opt to turn on or off idle creep (what it does when you lift off the brake), or have the car roll or hold after a stop. Drive modes are also decoupled from stability control, & there’s a mode—probably best left for the track—to turn off the stability systems but keep rear-wheel torque vectoring. 

On that track, you won’t find a launch mode, per se—or a drift mode or track mode. To get peak launch times you need to be in Swift mode, with more than a half battery charge, & the system will do a bit of anticipatory pre-conditioning. 

Lucid, like Tesla, will provide periodic over-the-air updates that could extend to improving performance, efficiency, & range. 

The Air’s screen interfaces, which are quick & lag-free, feel a bit like they split the difference between Tesla minimalism & Mercedes-Benz’s Hyperscreen that essentially occupies the entire dash. Altogether they’re elegant, use crisp fonts with light lettering on a dark background, & position pertinent info up top. There’s a physical gear selector. You pull the shift lever down to engage drive, up to engage reverse, & press in for park, just like in a Mercedes-Benz. Functions like drive modes, charging, setting navigation destinations, & other in-depth settings that you might need only when parked sit farther down in the line of sight, in a Pilot Panel that retracts into the dash when you want.

The Air also has Dream Drive, Lucid’s limited hands-free driver-assist system, with functionality like Navigate on Autopilot in the works. It includes up to 32 sensors, with camera, radar, & ultrasonic sensors, as well as Lidar. At this point, it tells the driver to take charge after 15 seconds of hands-free driving, but it trains a camera on the driver & allows an extended period of hands-off drive as long as the driver stays focused. Details here are still being finalized.

Never mind this business of only dual motors & 1,111 hp. A tri-motor model that’s maybe a year out has CEO Peter Rawlinson giddy with anticipation. 

We can’t wait for more time in the Air. There was never any reason to doubt that Rawlinson & his team would come up with one of the quickest & most efficient EVs yet. That it’s such a strong entry as a luxury sedan & driver’s car caught me by surprise. For a company that has big plans & more models in the works, that’s a very good sign. 

Entices with the numbers & charms with the driving experience

Lucid Group › LCID › drove its first customer-quality Lucid Air electric sedans off the assembly line on 28-Sep at its AMP-1 factory in Arizona. The company expects customer deliveries for the most expensive Dream edition to begin in late October & ramp up thereafter.

Lucid is launching its brand & already beating the top numbers from Tesla & any others.

Investors in electric vehicle company Lucid Motors have been waiting for this moment for a number of years. On 28-Sep the company announced that the first customer-quality Lucid Air sedan rolled off the production line at its facility in Arizona. With deliveries only a few weeks away, it is now time for the company to deliver on growth prospects that have been years in the making.

When the company first announced the planned construction of its Casa Grande factory, the hope was that cars would be coming off the line in early 2019. Financial problems led to some delays, & the pandemic certainly did not help. Earlier this year, there were hopes that deliveries would start in Q3, but that timeline eventually was pushed back.

The Air Sedan starts at $77,400 before EV incentives, & maximum range versions can go over 500 miles on a charge, easily beating the Tesla Model S. The Dream Edition variant will start at a whopping $169,000, but due to strong demand, Lucid has upped its production run to 520 vehicles. On Tuesday, the company also revealed that it now has over 13,000 reservations for the Air, up from more than 11,000 just two months earlier. Lucid will also have an SUV coming in 2023 as it looks to increase its presence in the EV space.

Lucid rolls first EV off assembly line & begin deliveries in late October

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund › BXSL › a business development company externally managed by Blackstone Credit BDC Advisors LLC, today filed a registration statement with the Securities & Exchange Commission › the SEC › relating to a proposed initial public offering of its common shares.

BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC & Wells Fargo Securities, LLC are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund › BXSL › is a specialty finance company that invests primarily in the debt of private U.S. companies that focuses primarily on making originated senior secured, floating rate loans to private U.S. companies, specifically small & middle market companies.

BXSL is externally managed by Blackstone Credit BDC Advisors LLC, an investment adviser within Blackstone Credit.

Blackstone hired two Wall Street veterans as partners & promoted another executive to work in its Blackstone Credit unit as fresh demand from institutional & retail investors made it the private equity firm's fastest-growing segment. 

In Las Vegas, skill combined with luck is the best way to come out ahead. That’s how private equity firm Blackstone hit the jackpot with a $5.7 billion deal to sell the Cosmopolitan casino. It caught a break when it bought the business seven years ago & is applying its know-how with some slick shuffling.

A day after it unveiled plans to operate The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, MGM Resorts International said it closed a sale-leaseback of two other towering hotels on the Strip — Aria, Vdara with the Cosmo’s seller, Blackstone, no less.

Blackstone Inc. › BX › together with its subsidiaries, is one of the world's leading investment firms with approximately $684 billion in assets, including its credit, real-estate & hedge fund businesses under management as of June 30, 2021.

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund is expected to list its common shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol › BXSL

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund Files Registration Statement for IPO

MGM announced Tuesday that it completed a $2 billion-plus buyout of its partner in the multi-tower CityCenter complex, giving the casino giant full ownership of the Aria & Vdara resorts, & that it closed its sale-leaseback of those properties with Blackstone.

The New York financial conglomerate purchased the hotels’ real estate for nearly $3.9 billion. As announced in July, MGM is leasing the properties back for an initial annual rent of $215 million.

MGM has sold multiple mega resorts on the Strip over the past few years to Blackstone & leased them back as part of its “asset-light” strategy of shedding ownership of its real estate.

Its newest hotel landlord, Blackstone, just announced Monday that it’s selling the neighboring Cosmopolitan for $5.65 billion. As part of that deal, MGM is acquiring the Cosmopolitan’s operations side for more than $1.6 billion, while a trio of groups, including Blackstone, will own the real estate & collect rent from the new operator.

CityCenter, once pitched as a 'self-contained city-within-a-city,' was an $8.5 billion project & has a cluster of gleaming skyscrapers.

It features the Aria hotel-casino; Vdara, a non-gaming hotel; the Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas, a luxury high-rise with hotel & condo units; luxury mall Shops at Crystals; a 2-acre parcel next to the mall where the dismantled Harmon hotel once stood, & which is now slated for a retail project; & Veer Towers, two 37-story condo buildings that, by design, lean at 5-degree angles.

A day after it unveiled plans to operate The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, MGM Resorts International said it closed a sale-leaseback of two other towering hotels on the Strip — with the Cosmo’s seller, no less.

MGM Completes Sale-Leaseback of Aria, Vdara with Blackstone

In Las Vegas, skill combined with luck is the best way to come out ahead. That’s how private equity firm Blackstone › $BX › hit the jackpot with a $5.7 billion deal to sell the Cosmopolitan casino. It caught a break when it bought the business seven years ago & is applying its know-how with some slick shuffling.

A day after it unveiled plans to operate The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, MGM Resorts International said it closed a sale-leaseback of two other towering hotels on the Strip — Aria, Vdara with the Cosmo’s seller, Blackstone, no less. 

Blackstone scooped up the Cosmopolitan after a rocky run in Sin City. Deutsche Bank › DBKGn.DE › which never intended to own a casino, took it over in mid-2008 when the developer defaulted. Las Vegas was in a deep rut after the financial crisis & took ages to recover, according to figures from the city’s Convention & Visitors Authority Research Center. When Blackstone arrived, Cosmopolitan had yet to generate a profit.

Las Vegas was heading in the right direction, however. Clubs & restaurants, including the Cosmopolitan’s Marquee & Eggslut, became attractions beyond the blackjack tables. Visitor numbers blew through pre-crisis levels the year of Blackstone’s acquisition. In the 12 months leading up to Covid-19 lockdowns, the company booked $316 million of EBITDAR, earnings that back out rent & other items, & if the second quarter is any indication, the upcoming year will be even better.

If Blackstone invested a quarter of the original purchase price, or about $400 million, in 2014, the implied return would be an impressive 10 times its money. Even though only half as many people visited Las Vegas in 2020 as in 2019, public market valuations have soared. That suggests Blackstone got a lucky with the timing.

After years of speculations that The Blackstone Group had been looking to offload The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, the New York private equity firm announced 27-Sep-21 that it has entered into an agreement to sell the Strip casino resort for $5.65 billion.

Las Vegas-based casino & hospitality giant MGM Resorts International would pay $1.63 billion for The Cosmopolitan’s operations.

Additionally, a partnership that includes the Cherng Family Trust, headed by the family of Panda Express founder Andrew Cherng, real estate investment firm Stonepeak Partners, & Blackstone-controlled Real Estate Income Trust Inc. will pay more than $4 billion the resort’s real estate assets.

The first round of rumors that the buyout firm was looking to sell The Cosmopolitan emerged in 2018. It was reported at the time that Florida-based Hard Rock International was in due diligence to buy the property. However, both Hard Rock & Blackstone denied those rumors promptly & the latter noted that selling the complex was not under consideration at the time.

Blackstone said recently that The Cosmopolitan’s performance over the past several months has been stronger than ever & that it even exceeded pre-pandemic levels in the second quarter of 2021.

The New York private equity company confirmed the sale of its Strip resort a few weeks after Bloomberg reported that it was looking to snatch at least $5 billion for The Cosmopolitan & named Apollo Global Management & MGM Resorts International as potential buyers. The property’s sale is expected to close in the first half of 2022, subject to regulatory approval.

It should be noted that MGM is currently in the process of divesting its Aria Resort & Casino & Vdara Hotel & Spa resorts namely to Blackstone. 

In other news › Blackstone › $BX › hired two Wall Street veterans as partners & promoted another executive to work in its Blackstone Credit unit as fresh demand from institutional & retail investors made it the private equity firm's fastest-growing segment. 

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund filed a registration statement for IPO on October 1, 2021. Blackstone Secured Lending Fund is expected to list its common shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol › BXSL.

MGM Acquires The Cosmopolitan casino for $5.7 Billion from private equity firm Blackstone

Blackstone Hit the Jackpot in a $5.7 Billion Deal to Sell The Cosmopolitan

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