10/04/2021: Weekly Newsletter
Money & Crypto
“The ramp up of China’s repression of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies was always going to happen.”
Washington Post publishes Pandora Papers about how global elite hid money and assets
Robinhood to start offering crypto wallets. This is an interesting change. As I mentioned recently, one of the reasons I haven’t liked Robinhood for crypto is that they didn’t have a wallet attached to their platform. This means that in order to move your crypto from Robinhood to another platform (ex. Coinbase, CashApp, Ledger, etc.), you must sell the crypto on Robinhood and then transfer the dollar proceeds to another platform, and then rebuy the crypto on that new platform. This makes it a taxable event, more time consuming, and a less optimal user experience.
Google stops plans to offer checking accounts
Cathie Wood’s rise as money manager
Tech & Science
700,000 Americans have now died from Covid
About Merck’s COVID pill
Whistleblower Frances Haugen says “Facebook, over and over again, has shown it chooses profit over safety.”
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🎧Anita Hill reflects on her famous congressional hearing with President Joe Biden about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, how our culture has evolved around sexual harrasment, and the role of the Supreme Court. It is both encouraging and depressing how far and how little we’ve come since 1991.
🎥 Britney Spear’s dad was removed as her conservator. Two excellent documentaries cover the importance and background that led to this recent event: Britney vs Spears and Controlling Britney Spears
🎧Who is tech billionaire Peter Thiel?
🎧How the Supreme Court could rule on abortion rights and Roe v. Wade
How the booming non-alcoholic beer market has affected one writer’s sober journey
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.
