Happy almost weekend everyone! Hope y’all’s weeks have been great! Welcome back to another Friday Inspiration! A lot of y’all might have heard that this was a pretty big week for Bitcoin! All-time highs, ETFs, and all sorts of crazy stuff! It’s looking like it’ll be a big end-of-year boom for Bitcoin (which apparently is how it normally goes every year). However, this week I actually don’t have many articles on Bitcoin. I figured I’d take a different set of articles this week and give y’all a whole bunch of random articles that were interesting and one that’s pretty sad. So let’s jump on in!
'Literally like being attached to a car': North Carolina EMT catches 13-foot hammerhead
https://www.wpbf.com/amp/article/north-carolina-hammerhead-shark-caught-ocean/38005163
I just can’t imagine! This man caught a 13-foot, 700-pound hammerhead shark! From the shore! He equated it to being attached to a car that wouldn’t stop. He said it was a fight to the end, and apparently, he won. The picture of him next to that monster is wild! Right off the shore of North Carolina too. I mean, I feel like catching a tiny bass puts up enough of a fight, I can’t imagine the strength of that 700-pound beast!
Group of 16 Americans and a Canadian, Including Five Children, Kidnapped in Haiti
This is super sad to hear. Apparently, a group of missionaries was kidnapped in Haiti. Maybe I’m behind on the times, but I didn’t realize how much the number of kidnappings had gone up in Haiti this year. It’s up like 50% compared to previous years. It’s sad enough kidnappings are commonplace in that country, and now they are getting worse. People are being displaced from their homes by these gangs too. I don’t have much more information than this, but this is a situation we definitely need to be praying about!
Why are there purple lights on the Triangle Expressway?
https://www.cbs17.com/news/driving-you-crazy/why-are-there-purple-lights-on-the-triangle-expressway/
We finally have an answer! Ahhh! Tay and I have seen many of these purple lights all over the Triangle and near our house. We figured they were some new light that wasn’t as bright on your eyes at night. Or that they were some UV light that shined a secret message on your car.
All in all, it sounds like it’s a defect in the fixture that causes a layer of phosphorus to burn off and leave you with this odd purple light. They are currently trying to find and fix all of them.
Bitcoin Records New ATH Above $66K, Where To Next For BTC?
https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-records-new-ath-above-66k-where-to-next-for-btc/
Ok, ok. I couldn’t leave y’all without at least one crypto headline! Bitcoin reached a new all-time high! It actually hit around $67,000 before going back down a little. As I write this it’s sitting around $62K or so.
This behavior was actually predicted at the beginning of the year and so it just proves all the analysts correct.
A lot of the recent boost came from the most exciting news that the SEC has approved a Bitcoin ETF! This is huge! Why? Well, now people can invest in Bitcoin within the safety of a normal stock exchange.
It also means that any skeptical institution can invest without a lot of fear. Some institutions were fearful to invest large sums into Bitcoin because of what would happen if America tried to ban Bitcoin. However, with this new ETF, the SEC is essentially giving its stamp of approval on Bitcoin. It’s like all the people that wanted to wait to get the vaccine until the FDA approved it. Now that it’s approved, we think we’ll start seeing more and more big institutions make some big purchases into Bitcoin.
$67K seems to be just the beginning. The pattern of Bitcoin is normally parabolic around this time, meaning that it’s dipping down for a moment and about to skyrocket up again. Most people are wagering it’ll hit at least $100K by the end of the year. I guess we’ll see what happens!