The Weekend Shift: Crypto, Billionaires, Climate Change

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Welcome to the 85th Weekend Shift!

What’s the deal? Over the weekend, well update this post with some of the most interesting articles, podcasts, charts, and opinion pieces we’re too busy to write about.

OK, only crypto? Not necessarily. We do that Monday to Friday, so we try to explore new subjects on weekends.

Feel free to join in and submit entries on Twitter. Any topic is fair game.

September 17 10 hours ago Starting off with a long read. 10 hours ago ICYMI: More talk on our Merge coverage. 10 hours ago With episode 6 and 7 dropping out soon, you might want to catch up on Innovated: Blockchain City. 10 hours ago ICYMI 10 hours ago The mysterious deaths continue. 10 hours ago Not so hilarious if you’re affected, we bet. 10 hours ago Curious. 10 hours ago Figma CC? 10 hours ago One of the most notable stories this week. 10 hours ago

The UK is projected to spend an estimated $9 million on Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, amid warnings the country is heading toward recession and skyrocketing costs of living.

Over 2 million people in the UK cannot afford to eat every day, surveys show. pic.twitter.com/psgpVRAMbR

— AJ+ (@ajplus) September 13, 2022 Money well spent? 10 hours ago

British royals have an estimated $28 billion fortune, including private land holdings and wealth accrued from colonial theft and the legacy of slavery.

King Charles inherited $500M from the queen without paying inheritance tax.

But taxpayers will pay for the queen’s funeral. pic.twitter.com/IV4YbcPQva

— AJ+ (@ajplus) September 13, 2022 Quick maths. 10 hours ago “Serious” work. 10 hours ago

Coal companies have long disavowed responsibility for the waste they produce, abandoning mine land and washing their hands of the duty to clean up. A new market for coal waste might allow mining companies to benefit from these pollutants. https://t.co/2su97CQPfo

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) September 16, 2022 Refill. 10 hours ago

Horrible scenes as fire engulf a tall building (appearing to be of China Telecom) in Changsha, capital of central Hunan province, on Friday, Sept. 16 afternoon.

(video from random WeChat group) pic.twitter.com/gKc0ZfacNC

— Zichen Wang (@ZichenWanghere) September 16, 2022 Terrible. 10 hours ago

Justin Sun’s Poloniex exchange suddenly stated that it has decided to choose EthereumFair, a forked chain launched by the ClassZZ, as the main chain of ETHW tokens. ETF is not the ETHPOW that @ChandlerGuo and others have promoted before. https://t.co/qMk9drZbW1

— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) September 15, 2022 Classy. 10 hours ago

my brother in christ you went on stage with an actual dictator and announced a billion dollars sci-fi volcano city how dare you tweet about theranos lmaoooo pic.twitter.com/eSSG361seI

— Udi Wertheimer (@udiWertheimer) September 14, 2022 Burn? 10 hours ago

So, Pierre Poilievre is now fundraising off David Akin.

In an email this evening, Poilievre asked followers to give him money so he can go around the biased media.

(Worth noting Poilievres team does not repeat in writing his earlier claim that @davidakin is a Liberal). pic.twitter.com/iFhzgMWzrq

— Luke LeBrun (@_llebrun) September 14, 2022 Hmm. 10 hours ago

Kanye West told Gap that he is terminating their partnership, saying the company breached an agreement by not releasing apparel and opening stores as planned https://t.co/8mnBFWniqR

— WSJ Business News (@WSJbusiness) September 15, 2022 Ye. 10 hours ago Let them eat organic. 10 hours ago The GOAT. 10 hours ago

Album of the week. 10 hours ago

To successfully deploy a mentoring program, organizations could analyze how new hires do in the first two weeks and aim their efforts on the weakest performers. https://t.co/OjS5scTyF7

— Harvard Business Review (@HarvardBiz) September 15, 2022 Should it though?

This post will be updated over the weekend. You can follow us onTwitterandGoogle Newsor listen to our investigative podcastInnovated: Blockchain City.

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