Curated Commons // Edition 161
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Meet the guy who stole, and lost, ~$3 Billion
Where else, but cryptoland. Fascinating story. - Read here
Meet the 21st century thieves
In more crypto stories, good deep-dive into a SIM-swapping gang that stole bitcoin from thousands. And lived it up! - Read here
There are more living cells than grains of sand or stars in sky
The value? 1030 cells,… And the number of cells that have ever lived is 10 orders of magnitude larger. The world is magical scientific petridish! - Read here
The deep sea crisis we don’t see/speak
China’s deep sea fishing is estimated to cost West Africa over $9 Bn every year. It also releases more CO2 than the global aviation industry. And a lot of the catch ends up on an American dining table. Sobering investigative read. - Read here ($)
Meet the lunar economy
The FT has a good video on how we are on the cusp of the launch of a lunar economy.
Climate Change is Changing Antarctica
Future generations will not look kindly towards us! - Read here
AI and the environment
Studies after studies coming out on AI’s energy consumption - Read here
Supply chains, and drug gangs
Fascinating short piece that highlights the extent to which drug gangs have infiltrated shipping supply chains - Read here ($)
Are EVs at the cusp of takeoff?
Some good stats in this Bloomberg story - Read here ($)
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