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This article was originally published on <a href="https://mgmagazine.com/cannabis-news/illicit-sales-outpace-legal-market-by-more-than-3-to-1/">MG Magazine</a>&nbsp;and appears here with permission.
WASHINGTON&nbsp;&ndash; Illicit cannabis sales exceeded $74 billion in 2022, outpacing the country&rsquo;s legal sales of $28 billion by a staggering 164 percent according to&nbsp;<a href="https://info.newfrontierdata.com/cannabis-consumers-in-america-2023-part-3" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">New Frontier Data</a>&rsquo;s latest report about cannabis consumers in America. The stark gap presents clear opportunities for legal operators who can appeal to the frequent consumers who&rsquo;ve become dependent on unregulated channels and the millions of adults who&rsquo;ve shown an interest in cannabis but remain hesitant to try it.
To understand the underlying issues driving the industry&rsquo;s multi-billion-dollar problem, New Frontier Data surveyed more than 5,500 U.S. adults across all market types. The demographically representative sample was surveyed during Q1 2023 and includes consumers who rely on a broad range of sources to procure cannabis.
<h3>U.S. Cannabis Consumer In A&nbsp;Snapshot</h3>
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<li>Approximately 42 percent of U.S. consumers source cannabis from state-regulated markets.
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<li>Thirty-four percent live in adult-use markets.</li>
<li>Eight percent are registered patients in medical-only markets.</li>
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<li>About 24 percent of U.S. consumers have access to state-legal cannabis but do not use licensed retailers as a primary source.
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<li>Seventeen percent reside in adult-use markets but source cannabis elsewhere, usually from friends, family, or illicit dealers.</li>
<li>Seven percent live in medical-only markets but do not participate in their state&rsquo;s medical program.</li>
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<li>The other 34 percent of U.S. consumers do not have adequate access in their home state and would need policy reform to join the licensed cannabis market.
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<li>Twenty-three percent live in states where cannabis is illegal.</li>
<li>Eleven percent are non-medical consumers in medical states.</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Converting Illicit Consumers To Retail Customers</h2>
While most dispensaries are competing against each other to serve the same group of people who&rsquo;ve committed to legal markets, there are significant opportunities outside the current customer pool. According to New Frontier Data&rsquo;s research, four key barriers must be overcome when attempting to attract frequent gray-market customers into licensed-dispensary shoppers.
<h4>1. Price</h4>
Those who buy from gray-market sources often also tend to consume the most the most often, with 56 percent reporting cannabis use multiple times per day. They also consume the most flower, with roughly 32 percent using more than an ounce per month. While they shop frequently and consume the most, they have lower household incomes than people sourcing from friends and family, who have lower average incomes than licensed-dispensary shoppers. By most measures, high inflation&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dallasfed.org/research/economics/2023/0110" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">affects low-income households the most</a>. To adequately appeal to this segment in 2024, retailers must provide products at a variety of price points with attractive promotions including bulk discounts and one-gram deals. Unfortunately, many markets deal with a level of taxation that makes competing on price alone difficult if not impossible.
<h4>2. Product Variety</h4>
Manufactured, non-flower products are the legal dispensary&rsquo;s differentiator. Even in adult-use states, fewer than half of surveyed consumers reported having access to anything but flower, pre-rolls, and edibles. As many as 25 percent of frequent consumers in adult-use markets who primarily purchase from friends, family, or dealers do visit dispensaries on occasion for non-flower products like vape cartridges, concentrates, and topicals. Licensed retailers could do a better job of retaining these customers with promotions like affordable flower bundled with non-flower products.
<h4>3. Product Quality</h4>
According to New Frontier Data, much of the illicit cannabis sold in the U.S. is high-quality flower grown in California. To compete against the gray-market, retailers in every legal market must offer&nbsp;<a href="https://mgmagazine.com/business/retail-merchandise/best-weed-strains-2023/">in-demand strains</a>&nbsp;with a level of quality that can meet or exceed what&rsquo;s being shipped from California farms. While this holds true for customers who frequently source from friends and family members, quality and freshness are especially important for frequent consumers with higher tolerances and experienced palates.
<h4>4. Accessibility</h4>
Frequent gray-market consumers disproportionately live in&nbsp;<a href="https://mgmagazine.com/business/retail-merchandise/best-dispensaries-washington-d-c/">urban areas</a>&nbsp;and may not have convenient transportation to a local licensed dispensary. Similarly, those who primarily source from friends and family disproportionately live in urban areas and may not live anywhere near a licensed dispensary. In each of these instances,&nbsp;<a href="https://mgmagazine.com/business/retail-merchandise/how-free-samples-trigger-curiosity-and-drive-brand-loyalty/">achieving loyalty</a>&nbsp;is next to impossible. Businesses will need to work with local regulators to change zoning ordinances and delivery coverage areas. In locations with a high population of senior citizens like Leisure World in Seal Beach, California, local dispensaries offer&nbsp;<a href="https://patch.com/california/longbeach-ca/directory/listing/94706/long-beach-luxury-cannabis-dispensary-offers-shuttle-service-from-leisure-world" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">regular shuttle services</a>&nbsp;to bring customers into the store to address this group&rsquo;s primary barrier to retail shopping.
<h3>Converting The Curious Holdouts</h3>
While current gray-market customers may be set in their ways or dealing with barriers that are difficult to overcome, millions of other potential new adult customers are open to trying cannabis for the first time (or the first time in decades).
&ldquo;Roughly two in five (39 percent) potential consumers in adult-use states described themselves as likely to try cannabis in the next six months,&rdquo; the report states. &ldquo;And the good news is that for any of these potential consumers who choose to begin consuming cannabis, retail is a likely and attractive source of cannabis relative to the illicit market.&rdquo;
New Frontier Data&rsquo;s insights about product preferences is especially important here, with 76 percent of potential customers interested in edibles. Half of the respondents said they would be interested in trying topicals, 42 percent are interested in beverages, and 28 would like to try tinctures. Only 18 percent expressed an interest in smoking flower. Although flower may dominate retail sales across the country, dispensaries properly marketing non-flower products stand the best chance of attracting a new wave of older, suburban, canna-curious individuals with disposable income.
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<li>JIADE LIMITED (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/JDZG#NASDAQ">JDZG</a>) will be trading publicly starting on May 15, 2024. The company&#39;s price band is set between $4.00 and $5.00 with an insider lock-up period of 180 days. JIADE LIMITED will be offering 2,200,000&nbsp;shares at a per-share value of $4.50.</li>
<li>KindlyMD (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/KDLY#NASDAQ">KDLY</a>) will be trading publicly starting on May 15, 2024. KindlyMD will be offering 1,273,000&nbsp;shares at a per-share value of $5.50 with an insider lock-up period of 180 days.</li>
<li>Graphex Group Limited (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GGL#NYSE">GGL</a>) will be trading publicly starting on May 14, 2024. The company&#39;s price band is set between $16.00 and $19.00 with an insider lock-up period of 180 days. Graphex Group Limited will be offering 14,500,000&nbsp;shares at a per-share value of $17.50.</li>
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An initial public offering, or IPO, is the transitional process of a private company deciding to go public and offer shares to investors on an exchange. Typically, IPOs offer companies the ability to build capital. Before a company becomes publicly listed, it must meet SEC requirements and work with investment banks through audits to determine pricing, offering date, and other important data points before the offering.
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I&#8217;m Ivan and welcome to&nbsp;my weekly column&nbsp;Mad Crypto Alpha.
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Trump Is Right&#8230;</h2>
You read that right.
Donald Trump <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/24/05/38736514/donald-trump-says-you-better-vote-for-him-if-youre-pro-crypto-but-has-he-always-been-fine-">flip-flopped</a> on crypto last week.
And in the viral video clip documenting Trump&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/IvanCryptoSlav/status/1752466242521215154">totally-not-surprising pivot</a>, Trump only says true things from second 17 onwards:
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">&quot;If you like crypto in any form, and it comes in a lot of different forms, if you&#39;re in favor of crypto you better vote for Trump.&quot;<a href="https://t.co/WAT5MYuXUC">pic.twitter.com/WAT5MYuXUC</a>
&mdash; Cory Klippsten &#x7C; Swan.com &#x1f9a2; #Bitcoin (@coryklippsten) <a href="https://twitter.com/coryklippsten/status/1789333124012441673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 11, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<li>Gary Gensler is <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/24/05/38672190/crypto-an-outsized-piece-of-the-scams-and-problems-in-markets-gary-gensler">against crypto</a>.</li>
<li>The Democratic Party has <a href="https://www.standwithcrypto.org/politicians">a lot fewer</a> pro-crypto members.</li>
<li>Crypto comes in many forms (such as <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/24/05/38630548/exclusive-trump-themed-maga-memecoin-plans-to-rival-dogecoin-and-shiba-inu-with-four-more-">Trump&#8217;s own meme coin</a>).</li>
<li>Thus, Trump is less likely to be against crypto. </li>
</ul>
Alright, even if Trump is right&#8230;why should you care?
Read Also: <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/24/05/38778908/if-you-bought-your-mom-100-in-bitcoin-dogecoin-and-ethereum-last-mothers-day-heres-how-muc">If You Bought Your Mom $100 In Bitcoin, Dogecoin And Ethereum Last Mother&#8217;s Day, Here&#8217;s How Much She&#8217;d Have Today</a>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">&#8230;And Everyone&#8217;s Losing Their Mind</h2>
As long as things go according to plan and only regulators and Congresspeople comment on crypto it&#8217;s all fine.
But as soon as Trump comments on crypto&#8230;
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The following anecdote will tell you all you need to know to position yourself correctly for maximum chance of profits going into election season.
It was all nice and quiet on Crypto Twitter following Trump&#8217;s 180 until Blockworks&#8217; opinion editor Molly Zuckerman chose to poke the hornet&#8217;s nest by giving a — wait for it— different opinion &#x2A;audience gasps&#x2A;.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">Crypto Twitter has been especially horrible this week in showing support for pro-crypto politicians just because they are pro-crypto Crypto is not enough to sacrifice your principles — voting crypto shouldn&#39;t be at the expense of your conscience <a href="https://t.co/p6hiwvPjiW">https://t.co/p6hiwvPjiW</a>
&mdash; Molly Jane Zuckerman (@MollyJZuckerman) <a href="https://twitter.com/MollyJZuckerman/status/1789047157909057832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Molly&#8217;s point: We don&#8217;t know whether Trump&#8217;s pivot is real, and even if it is, you shouldn&#8217;t vote for a party just for one reason because there&#8217;s a good chance that&#8217;s just the sweet serenade of election season.</figcaption></figure>
[Narrator&#8217;s voice:] What Molly did not know is that one does not simply shared a different opinion.
The customary social media s&#8211;tstorm ensued. All nuance went out the window and Molly got dunked on for <a href="https://x.com/icebagz_/status/1789297073080107220">her looks</a>, her <a href="https://twitter.com/mikeinspace/status/1789365085627974046">presumed agenda</a> and everything else a good old hate mob addresses.
But you&#8217;re not here to read about Ryan Selkis, CEO of Messari and speaker at Trump&#8217;s event, trying to <a href="https://twitter.com/twobitidiot/status/1789307227951546862">calm down</a> the mob.
Or that Coindesk thinks Trump&#8217;s speech <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/05/11/trumps-pro-crypto-bluster-at-nft-gala-lacked-policy-substance/">lacked substance</a> (no I&#8217;m not surprised, how could you tell?).
You want to know why Trump&#8217;s pivot is bullish and for whom.
Most people&#8217;s dunks on the op-ed had a notable conservative/libertarian undertone. These people aren&#8217;t voting Democrat in the fall and most likely never were, Trump pivot or not. And these people do not like President Joe Biden, for good reason or not.
But these people do have a lot of market-moving power because they&#8217;re quite wealthy in the crypto industry.
So, what coins are conservative-leaning crypto diehards going to buy come election season?
Read Also: <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/24/05/38776144/jpmorgan-reports-760k-spot-bitcoin-etf-holdings-even-as-ceo-jamie-dimon-called-for-shuttin">JPMorgan Reports $760K Spot Bitcoin ETF Holdings Even As CEO Jamie Dimon Called For Shutting Down Crypto Industry</a>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Crypto Isn&#8217;t All Conservative But Whales Probably Are</h2>
Crypto actually does skew Republican as much as it might appear.
As Alex Thorn, head of research at Galaxy, points out, it&#8217;s really a bipartisan issue and split almost evenly along party lines.
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&mdash; Alex Thorn (@intangiblecoins) <a href="https://twitter.com/intangiblecoins/status/1788926037838987349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2024</a></blockquote>
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But that is not the case on Crypto Twitter. It has long leaned Republican, and many crypto or crypto-adjacent accounts, such as WallStreet Silver, think Trump is likely to win the election (or at least <a href="https://x.com/intangiblecoins/status/1788926037838987349">retweet</a> people that think so).
When Trump-supporting crypto whales go coin-shopping in the coming weeks and months, they&#8217;re likely to buy cryptocurrencies that are mascots for their candidate.
And political meme coins do not offer much for liberal-leaning folk anyway:
<ul>
<li>Trump is the biggest holder of MAGA Memecoin (CRYPTO: <a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/">TRUMP</a>), the meme coin created in his honor.</li>
<li>Jeo Boden (CRYPTO: <a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/">BODEN</a>) is technically a &#8220;<a href="http://jeo boden Meme Coin Clocks New All-Time High On 56% Daily Surge - Emeren Group (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/SOL#NYSE">SOL</a>) - Benzinga">Democrat meme coin,&#8221; but it makes fun of the president&#8217;s gaffes and perceived lack of mental clarity.</li>
<li>Other politicial meme coins like Tooker or Ju Rugan parody right-wing media figures, but there&#8217;s no such alternative for liberals.</li>
</ul>
Conclusion: Crypto Twitter wants Trump to win. Coins supporting Trump (or making fun of Biden) have done well and will probably be high on the list again.
But what about other cryptocurrencies? Are these coins going to outperform Dogecoin (CRYPTO: <a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/doge/usd">DOGE</a>) or Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: <a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/shib/usd">SHIB</a>)?
No idea. If I knew that, I wouldn&#8217;t be &#8230; ah nevermind.
I&#8217;m not saying these coins are guaranteed to do well. I don&#8217;t even know whether they will outperform other meme coins. And as always, all of that is subject to big daddy Bitcoin (CRYPTO: <a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/btc/usd">BTC</a>) playing ball and staying in an acceptable range over summer.
But I do know that crypto whales like Trump and the <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/24/04/38479551/is-the-memecoin-supercycle-over-mad-crypto-alpha-with-ivan">memecoin supercycle</a> does not look like it has topped out.
So don&#8217;t @ me because that is not financial advice, but the political crypto season is just getting started.
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Wrapping It Up</h2>
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Shoot me a DM or Benzinga a mail if you have topic requests, and I'll see you back for next week's&nbsp;Mad Crypto Alpha.
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Cook&#8217;s Replacement: Apple&#8217;s <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/news/24/05/38723115/tim-cooks-potential-retirement-sparks-successor-search-at-apple-not-clear-how-this-all-pans-out">executive team has remained largely unchanged</a> over the past twenty years, with many members aging alongside CEO Tim Cook. Mark Gurman <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-05-12/who-will-run-apple-after-cook-leaves-a-look-at-company-s-succession-challenge-lw3j2t5z?srnd=undefined">highlighted</a> this challenge in his recent &#8220;Power On&#8221; newsletter, pointing out the need for a successor once Cook steps down.
&#8220;That means Apple faces a broader succession challenge than just finding a replacement for Cook. Many of its top leaders could step down around the same time,&#8221; he said.
The Apple specialist referred to his earlier reporting about Apple&#8217;s hardware engineering chief John Ternus potentially taking over from Cook. 
&#8220;He&#8217;s become an increasingly public face of Apple,&#8221; Gurman said, adding that Ternus was set to deliver the commencement speech at UPenn&#8217;s engineering school on May 18, close on the heels of his participation at the iPad unveiling event last week.
Another factor working in Ternus&#8217; favor would be his age, given he isn&#8217;t yet 50, Gurman said.
The columnist also did not rule out Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams taking over if Cook were to quit.
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Next Leadership Rung: Gurman also assessed potential successors for key leadership roles across critical departments like engineering, marketing, services, and finance.
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<li>Operations: Williams could be replaced by his top deputy, Senior Vice President Sabih Khan, who currently oversees the entire supply chain. Khan&#8217;s role could be taken over by Priya Balasubramaniam.</li>
<li>Finance: Finance Vice President&nbsp;Kevan Parekh&nbsp;could eventually take over from CFO Luca Maestri.</li>
<li>General Counsel:&nbsp;Kate Adams, who joined Apple in 2017, could ultimately pass the baton to her deputies&nbsp;Kyle Andeer&nbsp;and&nbsp;BJ Watrous.</li>
<li>Software Engineering: Craig Federighi, Apple's top software executive since 2012, may not leave any time soon. But when he does, Jon Andrews, who runs some of Apple's underlying software technologies, could be a fit.</li>
<li>Hardware Engineering: If Ternus were to replace Cook in the CEO job, he has a host of deputies, including Kate Bergeron, Deniz Teoman and Eugene Kim, to potentially replace him in his current role. Mike Rockwell, who just launched the Vision Pro, may also make the cut.</li>
<li>Hardware Technologies: Johny Srouji, who runs the hardware technologies organization, may pass the baton to Sri Santhanam, who is responsible for the main chips that go into all of Apple's devices. There is a remote chance that Tim Millet, who introduced the M4 chip during Apple's presentation for the new iPad Pro, could also be an option.</li>
<li>Marketing: Marketing head Greg Joswiak&#8216;s no. 2 Bob Borchers, could take over from the former. Since Borchers is only slightly younger than Joswiak, Kaiann Drance, a vice president overseeing iPhone marketing, could also be in contention.</li>
<li>Artificial Intelligence: John Giannandrea, who is heading the AI initiatives, does not strictly have a top deputy, but, if a non-AI software executive were to take over, Vice President Kevin Lynch could be a good bet.</li>
<li>Retail: The replacement for Deirdre O'Brien, who has been overseeing retail operations since 2019, could be an outsider. Vanessa Trigub will likely at least run the group on an interim basis.</li>
<li>Services:  Eddy Cue&#8216;s responsibilities might be divided into entertainment and services, with Oliver Schusser taking charge of the former, while Jeff Robbin would expand his current engineering role to include applications, iCloud and Maps.</li>
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Donald Trump has the support of the majority of voters in Louisiana, although the lead may be not as big as the one he had over President <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/topic/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a> in the 2020 election, poll results published on Friday showed.
The Matchups: In a head-to-head matchup, Trump came on top with 52% support compared to Biden&#8217;s 38%, a poll commissioned by The Advocate/The Times-Picayune <a href="https://www.nola.com/news/politics/poll-louisiana-prefers-trump-over-biden/article_ae5f5b4e-0d2c-11ef-b406-2fa526ee613e.html">showed.</a> The poll was conducted by Louisiana-based nonpartisan research firm Faucheux Strategies. About 800 registered voters across Louisiana were surveyed between April 22-26, with the margin of error at 3.5%.
The margin suggests that Trump could beat Biden by a smaller margin than the 18.6% difference that was in Trump&#8217;s favor in 2020. The former president took away 58% of Louisiana&#8217;s total vote in 2020 and Biden polled 40%. Louisiana, historically a red state, has consistently favored Republican candidates, polling between 57% and 59% of voters in every election since 2024, according to the newspaper. Bill Clinton was the last Democratic candidate to win the state in a presidential contest in 1996.
Adding independent candidates Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West, along with third-party candidate Jill Stein, to the ballot resulted in 48% of Louisiana voters choosing Trump, while 33% chose Biden. Kennedy received 10% support, followed by West, with 2%, and Stein, with 1%. Another 6% of the respondents said they don't know who they'd back.
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&#8220;A conviction could cost Trump between 2% and 9% of his support in Louisiana. Even then, he&#8217;d still win the state comfortably, but similar erosion in battleground states could be consequential,&#8221; the report said.
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Trump narrowly won the suburbs in 2020, but his advisers are now concerned about these suburban precincts, the report said. The Republicans&#8217; hard stance against abortion have also not gone down well with these voters, it added.
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