💬 Quoted… “They were wired to Alameda, and…I can only speculate about what happened after that.”
In an interview with the WSJ over the weekend, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried said he had little insight into the workings of sister trading firm Alameda Research, despite owning 90% of the company.
⚽🤑 Stat of the Day: The US women's national soccer team collectively made $5.85 million as the result of the men’s 2022 World Cup victory over Iran, thanks to a new collective bargaining agreement. That figure is nearly equal to the amount the women’s team made from winning the last two World Cups combined ($6 million).
🤯 Did You Know?... Brussel sprouts used to have a bitter taste, until Dutch breeders in the ‘90s cross-pollinated different varieties to isolate and edit out the gene causing bitterness.
📖 Worth a Read: The World Cup of Microsoft Excel → (The Atlantic)
🔥 NYC is hiring a new rat czar, Twitter has seen a mass exodus of employees, and how WALL-E invented the iPad.
🔥 Fed Chair Jerome Powell indicates rate hikes will likely slow down this month, there were slightly fewer job vacancies in October than September, and even university presidents lose their minds when their teens apply to college.
🔥 A breakthrough in the search for a universal flu vaccine, date nights are getting pricey in the US, and an island where you can pay for real items with Pikachu coins.
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