😵 What you can learn from three crypto casualties

So much for the most important meal of the day | Europe's at the coalface | [TOGETHER WITH]( Hi {NAME}, here's what you need to know for June 22nd in 3:11 minutes. 🤓 We know you’ve been having sleepless nights, hitting refresh again and again on your tablet, just waiting, waiting to share your thoughts about the state of the markets with us in our next [Modern Investor Survey](. And rest assured, no one’s more in awe of your dedication than us. [Take our survey](, and maybe a shower too. Today's big stories - Kellogg is splitting into three separate companies - Our analyst has laid out what you can learn from three major recent crypto casualties – [Read Now]( - Europe is turning to coal to offset the cut in gas supplies from Russia Three’s A Crowd [Three’s A Crowd] What’s Going On Here? Food giant Kellogg [announced]( on Tuesday that it’s planning to split into three separate companies. What Does This Mean? Americans have been starting their days right with a frosty bowl of Corn Flakes since 1894. But given that their expectation of flavor back then was limited to mildew, rickets, and cod liver oil, the cereal was always going to fly off the shelves. Americans today, however, have a lot more choice available to them, and they’ve been turning to snacks and fast-food chains for breakfast instead. That’s caused sales growth of Kellogg’s North American cereal segment – and cereals more generally – to drop off. Still, the food giant has kept up with the times, focusing on building out a faster-growing snack business that includes brands like Pringles, Cheez-Its, and Pop-Tarts. The segment made $11.4 billion last year, representing 80% of the company’s total sales. Kellogg, then, is doubling down, with plans to spin off its North American cereal and plant-based segments – which make up the other 20% – to create three independent companies by the end of 2023. Why Should I Care? For markets: It’s a win-win. The move should allow each company to innovate more and grow faster, since they won’t have to compete with one another for internal resources. What’s more, it’ll create an already-profitable plant-based play for investors – a nice change from Beyond Meat, which hasn’t turned a profit in nearly three years. The prospect went down like a warm bowl of milk, with investors sending Kellogg’s shares up 7% after the news. Zooming out: Snacktion stations, everyone. Kellogg isn’t the only one capitalizing on this unsung snack boom: Mondelez International – maker of Oreos and Cadbury chocolates – [announced]( this week that it’s agreed to buy energy-bar maker Clif Bar for $2.9 billion. The move will expand Mondelez’s global snack business even more, and marks the company’s ninth deal since 2018. You might also like: [How to value each of Kellogg’s new businesses.]( Copy to share story: [( 🙋 [Ask a question](mailto:questions@finimize.com?body=Ask us a question: Where are you writing from? Let us know and we'll mention it when we reply.&noapp=true&subject=Three’s A Crowd&utm_campaign=daily-global-22-06-2022&utm_source=email) Analyst Take What You Can Learn From Three Of The Biggest Crypto Casualties [What You Can Learn From Three Of The Biggest Crypto Casualties]( By Jonathan Hobbs, Analyst Crypto has been on a terrible run of form this year. Major players from Luna to bitcoin have taken a spill, with the latter having [slipped below $20,000]( over the weekend for the first time since a pandemic-crippled 2020. And they’re not the only crypto casualties: [three more heavy-hitters]( have been brought to their knees in the last few weeks. Still, there is a silver lining: you can use their collapses to help you come out swinging when we inevitably find ourselves in this position again. So that’s today’s Insight: [how three major crypto projects came undone](, and [what you can learn from their downfall](. [Read or listen to the Insight here]( SPONSORED BY THE MOTLEY FOOL Get 60% off access to Motley Fool’s stock picks Picking stock market winners is easier said than done. There’s a knack to it, and it’s one the experts at [the Motley Fool]( have down to a fine art. That’s why the team would like to offer new members [60% off* Motley Fool Stock advisor]( – a dedicated resource that’ll give you a [heads-up about stocks]( that they think could really take off. After all, [The Motley Fool]( recommended buying Netflix and Amazon back in the day, and taking their guidance could’ve made you a pretty penny. 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But those measures are a drop in the ocean now that Russia has slashed capacity of the Nord Stream 1 – one of the main pipelines between Russian and Europe – by nearly two-thirds, sending European gas prices up 50% since it pulled the trigger last week. Russia, for its part, says the move is down to “technical issues”, but technically the issue is probably Europe’s ongoing support for Ukraine. So with officials worried that Russia could cut supplies even more going into winter, some member nations are taking action: Germany and Austria just announced they’d be firing up previously defunct coal plants, the Netherlands said it’s planning to rewrite restrictive laws on its plants, and countries like Italy are expected to follow suit ([tweet this](). Why Should I Care? Zooming in: Europe asks for patience. Europe is clearly prioritizing present demand over the future climate for now, but the region’s green ambitions have been amped up by the conflict: it’s aiming to invest more in renewables, as well as streamline regulations to accelerate the construction of wind farms and the like. That would kill two birds with one [windmill](, helping Europe both reach its climate goals and secure its energy independence. The bigger picture: Stubborn steelmakers. Steelmakers have no such qualms over the state of the planet, pushing ahead with the construction of coal-powered blast furnaces. But with the industry responsible for an estimated 8% of all fossil fuel emissions, it’s only a matter of time before governments step in. And according to one independent energy organization, that’s going to hurt: Global Energy Monitor [said]( on Tuesday that the industry could be left with as much as $518 billion in useless assets. 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