12/11/2020: Weekly Newsletter
Money & Crypto
Companies raise more capital in 2020 than any year before
Airbnb IPO’d with market cap reaching ~$100B
DoorDash IPO’d with valution of ~$70B
C3.ai IPO’d and raised ~$650M
Being lucky vs skillful in trading on IPOs
Uber selling off its self-driving unit to Aurora
ECB Chief Economist called big investors after a policy decision
Mexico remains underbanked relative to peers
♫ The ins & outs of buying a house w/ my friend of the pod Maura
Ethereum outpaces bitcoin developers
Facebook’s Libra rebranding as Diem
Tech
Carbon emissions fall the most since WW2 due to COVID response
SpaceX launch failure
Chuck Yeager, who broke the sound barrier, passed away
Etc.
NatGeo recaps 2020 in pictures
I just finished The Undoing and found it highly addictive! Two great cast member interviews: Noma Dumezweni, the powerhouse lawyer, and ♫ Hugh Grant, the husband
I recently watched Debbie Allen’s Hot Chocolate Nutcracker on Netflix and definitely recommend for anyone who loves dance and/or The Nutcracker
♫ My friend and I put together our top 3 favorite books we read in 2020
