The Weekly Recap: Get Smarter in 5 Minutes - Curated articles, Market Update & more | 6th Aug
BTC holds $40k, markets saw a healthy bounce in Alt Coins (non-bitcoin) leading the charge. Ethereum successfully completed its hard fork. Uruguay looking to accept crypto payments
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🧠Quote of the week
📚Here is what I liked reading this week
Find a job with TikTok Resumes - TikTok is an entertainment platform that's powered by a community that's fueling culture. Interested candidates are encouraged to creatively and authentically showcase their skillsets and experiences, and use #TikTokResumes in their caption
A ‘significant’ upgrade to Ethereum activated this week - This will impact its supply—here’s what crypto investors should know
McKinsey: These are the skills you will need for the future of work Research has shown that while the need for manual skills will decline, the demand for technological, social and higher cognitive skills will increase.
NFTs May Seem Like Frivolous Fads. They Should Be the Future of Music - The wild boom and bust of art NFTs made many onlookers wary of blockchain-based technology — but new developments in gaming, ticketing, and music royalties reveal NFTs’ true power
I Wasn’t Feeling Refreshed Even After 7.5 Hours of Sleep. Here’s How I Fixed It - One simple change can have such a dramatic impact.
📺YouTube Learning - “Building Micro Habits”
James Clear (Author of Atomic Habits) - 24 mins can change your life. I really found his tips practical & useful to build micro habits (improving 1% every day will make you 32X better by the end of a year)
🔥Crypto Market Update
BTC holding at $40k, Markets saw a healthy bounce in Alt Coins (non-bitcoin) leading the charge. Ethereum successfully completed its hard fork. The dominos continue to fall - after El Salvador, Uruguayan lawmaker proposes bill to allow crypto to be used for payments.
🙋♂️Term of the Week - “DAPPS”
Decentralized Applications (DApps - Apps for blockchain): Applications designed by developers and deployed on a blockchain to carry out actions without intermediaries. Decentralized finance activities are often completed using decentralized apps. Ethereum is the main network supporting activities in decentralized finance.
🤣Just of Laughs
For the newbies who bought crypto in May!!
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