07/19/2021: Weekly Newsletter
The NBA finals have been pretty riveting so far, and I can’t wait for game 6. Which made this particular article that a friend mentioned to me particularly interesting. ProPublica deep dove into how much players vs team owners vs concession workers make and pay in taxes. Quite an interesting read!
Money & Crypto
How much team owners vs athletes pay in taxes
$34B invested in fintech in 2nd quarter alone
Binance users who lost money in crash trying to recoup losses
Container prices increasing rapidly
Bank of America approves crypto futures trading from some clients
Cleveland Fed estimates 0.02% of COVID stimulus money ended up in crypto
Tech & Science
Richard Branson completes space flight with Virgin Galactic and how to watch Jeff Bezos’ flight
Doping in athletics and at the Olympics continues
GitHub builds commercial AI tool from open source code
Etc.
If you’re an author with a successful 1st novel, how successful is your 2nd novel likely to be?
🎧 Flight attendant turns writer T.J. Newman talks about her new book, how she can guess a passenger’s order, and the rise in confrontations airplanes
🎧 What happened to the summer blockbuster
🎧 Recap of the emmy nominations
Chef Shota from Top Chef talks about closing his restaurant and reopening since…thanks to the person who sent me this! You know who you are : )
Italy beats England, Argentina beats Brazil, Djokovic ties Federer & Nadal’s records, and Tadej Pogačar wins the Tour de France for a 2nd time.
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