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FTX x SALT and Crypto’s Infrastructure Age
A significant crypto conference, Crypto Bahamas, was hosted last week by SALT, the crypto exchange FTX and FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. The SALT investment conference is an influential annual event for the traditional finance industry. This joint conference marked a big step forward in the ongoing merger between crypto and conventional institutional finance. While crypto is roughly 13 years old,…
Muddy River Cleanup 2022
Get filthy for a good cause. The Muddy River Cleanup is a part of the Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup and aims to gather more than 3,000 volunteers along the all 80 miles of the Charles River to pick up litter, remove invasive species, and help with park maintenance. Corporate sponsorships are also accepted. Saturday, April 23 at various locations
Week 16: Lithium, New Collar, Bubbles
Briefing: Lithium prices have spiked dramatically in the past year. | The presence of New Collar Workers is a positive sign that our work culture is adapting to allow for upward mobility. | Signs of bubbles in venture capital are also a sign that we are hard at work solving complex problems. Lithium Batteries The price of Lithium provides us…
Swan Boats Open for the Season
Few attractions evoke old time Boston like the Public Garden’s Swan Boats, a quaint tradition whose 2022 season starts this weekend. And few times are better to visit the Public Garden than the height of spring. As much changes from year to year, the Swan Boats remain the same. Opening Saturday April 16th at 10am
Week 15: Better Than It Looks, New Crypto Projects
Briefing: Declinism is chic, but things are better than they look. | Hivemapper cameras allow drivers to earn Solana-based HONEY token in exchange for providing fresh maps of local streets. It’s Better Than It Looks John shared a great book with the team recently titled “It’s Better Than It Looks” by Gregg Easterbrook (2018). I wholeheartedly agree with Michael Sherman’s…
To Kill a Mockingbird at Broadway in Boston
All rise for Academy Award® winner Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize winning masterwork To Kill a Mockingbird at Broadway in Boston. Rolling Stone gives it 5 stars, calling it “an emotionally shattering landmark production of an American classic.” With direction by Tony Award® winner Bartlett Sher, To Kill a Mockingbird — “the greatest novel of all time” (Chicago…
Week 14: AI Progress, Solar Innovation, Axie Crypto Hack
Briefing: OpenAI completed an impressive next step forward for AI with a tool that generates detailed complex images based on text-only prompts. | Stanford researchers were able to create a solar panel that generates power at night via geothermal effects. | Crypto-related financial crimes are easier for law enforcement to track. | The Fed reloading their tool kit can be…
New Dances for Goethe-Institut
Boston Dance Theater and Sound Icon present the in-person world premiere of “New Dances for Goethe-Institut”, a site-specific work that takes place over the five floors of the historic headquarters of Goethe-Institut Boston. BDT founder and co-artistic director Jessie Jeanne Stinnett collaborates with Artistic Director of Sound Icon Ensemble Jeffrey Means to create the new work, accompanied by live music….
Week 13: Narratives, Decentralized Telecom & Valuations
Briefing: Narratives drive markets. Sometimes the news is so persistently negative that people forget that good news is possible. | The decentralized telecom network Helium raised $200m after growing its network of active routers by 128% over the past six months. | Valuations in US equity markets are at, to slightly below, the 10-year average. Narratives Narratives have a big…
