06/14/2021: Weekly Newsletter

I was all ready to write about the changes in the crypto market with bitcoin accounting for 40% (down from 70% earlier this year) … but then I was rounding up some articles for the “Etc.” section and there are so many sports highlights recently that I couldn’t help but get a tinge excited for upcoming Olympics; although I am conflicted because it is important to note that there remains strong opposition to going forward with them. It will be interesting to see what happens.

In any case, I think we can still celebrate some pretty great recent athletic feats:

Simone Biles won a record number of 7 US national titles, but also she recently debuted this gravity-defying double pike vault that is insane. I mean, is she an actual superhero who can fly?!

Barbora Krejcikova won BOTH the singles and doubles title at the French Open which is ridiculously hard to do

Nadal vs Djokovic played such a super-epic match (highlights here) that French officials allowed the crowd to stay out past curfew to watch the end

The Euro Cup that was delayed from last year has started

Money & Crypto

Bitcoin only 40% of the crypto market, down from 70% in January

How do you value Bitcoin on the balance sheet?

Rising inflation increasing consumer prices and rising production prices in China

How rising prices could affect next Fed meeting

Stripe tender offer

$1.9T in unspent private equity capital and Medline LBO

China’s growing asset management pool

NFT Genius $4M

Didi (Chinese ride sharing app) filed for IPO, Marqeta IPO

Tech & Science

🎧 The amazing story of Dr. Katalin Kariko who was behind the mRNA technology in the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines (thank you to a friend for sharing!)

The contraversial approval behind Biogen’s Alzheimer drug Aduhelm and how it works

Novavax vaccine 90% efficacy against Covid in recent trial

Global disaprity in vaccination rates

Supersonic commerical jets

Etc.

Simone Biles wins 7th US title and have you seen her do the 🎥 Yurchenko double pike on vault?!

Barbora Krejcikova won BOTH the singles and doubles title at the French Open!

🎥 Epic highlights from the Nadal vs Djokovic semifinal that was so good that the French government allowed the stadium crowd to stay out past curfew to watch the end of the match (Spoiler: Djokovic ended up winning the whole thing)

Euro Cup 2020 (2021?) starts

🎧 Rita Moreno (West Side Story, One Day at a Time, EGOT winner) has a fantastic interview covering everything from #metoo, struggling against Hollywood stereotypes, dating Marlon Brando and Elvis, and more

Juneteenth upcoming later this week

Christian Siriano has been creating some amazing looks for PRIDE: example 1 , example 2, example 3

LEGO releases LGBTQ set

Remote workers working longer but not more efficiently

Disclaimer: All opinions are my own. The content on this site and on the podcast does not constitute financial, legal, accounting, tax, or investment advice.

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