The weekend is here! Pour yourself a cup of Danish blend coffee, sit down by the fire pit, and get ready for our longer weekend reading:

• How four NFT novices built a $1 billion cartoon ape ecosystem Bored Ape Yacht Club became Internet rock stars by making sloppy apes NFTs. These apes are not just viral pictures-they are the ticket to a new way of life (Rolling Stone) You can also take a look The 10,000 faces that sparked the NFT revolution When two Canadian programmers started an online project called CryptoPunks, they didn’t know that they would trigger a hyped, blockchain-powered cultural giant. (wired)

• Is venture capital the secret of the American economy? The United States is home to 7 of the world’s top 10 companies. How did that happen? The answer may boil down to two small letters: Is venture capital good for society, or is it just helping the rich get richer? (Monster economics)

• The grid is just another casino for energy traders When GreenHat Energy went bankrupt after speculating on millions of electricity prices, the situation became clear: Energy traders were essentially gambling, and taxpayers would support every bet. (Work Week)

• The untold story of sushi in the U.S. In the beginning, it was a simple era-in 1980, few Americans knew the meaning of toro and omakase-only Pastor Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Unification Church, was in the banquet hall of the Grand New Yorker Hotel. At first, God did not create a sushi company. Then sushi came. The same is true for the collapse of a controversial religion and litigation for control of its mysterious assets. (New York Times)

• The incredible story of the greatest toy man you didn’t know He brought Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh and cabbage dolls to our living room. He earned and lost. Can Alkahn stay in the game? (company)

• Where are all the public baths? For decades, American cities have been closing or neglecting public toilets, leaving millions of people with nowhere to go. Here is how the lack of toilets has become an American pain. (Bloomberg)

• What’s behind: the secrets of top French serial killer experts Stéphane Bourgoin is a brave expert with dozens of books, a best-selling author, and famous in France for interviewing more than 70 notorious murderers. Then an anonymous group began to investigate his past. (protector)

• E-bike vigilantes boarded With the global e-bike boom and the corresponding increase in theft, writing off losses is not the only option. (Bloomberg)

• Beyond Red and Blue: Political Typology Even in the era of polarization, the two party alliances are deeply divided. (Pew Research Center)

• What happened to Eric Clapton? The guitar legend has long been unpredictable, but his new crown pneumonia transformation has puzzled friends and fans like never before. (Washington post) You can also take a look Chevy Chase is 74 years old, clear-headed and ready to work. problem?No one wants to work with himThe 74-year-old comedian is sober-minded and ready to work. The problem is that no one wants to work with him (Washington post)

Be sure to check our Master of Business Meet next week with Robin Wigglesworth, a global finance correspondent for the Financial Times based in Oslo, Norway. He focuses on reshaping market and investment trends, from technological disruption to quantitative investment.His new book is Trillions: How a group of Wall Street traitors invented index funds and changed finance forever.

The top 10% own 89% of the wealth of the United States (stocks, bonds, real estate)

source: A wealth of common sense with AWOCS

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