Good morning everyone! Welcome to another edition of Inspiration Friday! We are almost to the 20th edition! Maybe I’ll do something special. I think when I hit 50 I definitely will! This week I have 3 techy articles and one very exciting article for the coffee lovers out there. Let’s jump on in!
Burger King offers free crypto, putting Bitcoin, Dogecoin, and Ethereum on the menu
https://fortune.com/2021/11/01/burger-king-robinhood-bitcoin-dogecoin-ethereum/
I loved Burger King when I was a kid! I mean it was hands down my favorite fast-food restaurant. (And yes, it is ok to judge me on that one) At least it was my favorite until I learned about Chickfila.
As I’ve grown older many of the great fast-food chains have grown in either quality or new options...Burger King always seemed the same and eventually just wasn’t good to me. It got to the point where if you had asked me if I thought I would ever eat at Burger King again, I would without a doubt say, “never.”
Well, I guess I was wrong.
Burger King has announced they are giving out free crypto! That’s right! Every time you spend $5 at Burger King you will receive a free crypto coin in return. They are giving away 20 Bitcoin, 200 Ethereum, and 2 million Dogecoin during the month of November. To put it in USD terms at this moment, 1 Bitcoin is hovering around $62,000, 1 Ethereum is around $4,500, and 1 Dogecoin is at $0.26. Just for reference.
Burger King also rolled out some Ghost Pepper nuggets for Halloween. And an 8 count is only $1! That’s crazy.
All that to say, we’ve had a lot of ghost pepper nuggets and have only received 2 Dogecoin :/
Aaron Rodgers says he’ll take some of his salary in bitcoin
https://nypost.com/2021/11/02/aaron-rodgers-says-hell-take-some-of-his-salary-in-bitcoin/
This is some big news, folks! Aaron Rodgers is not the first to take some of his salary in bitcoin, but he is another big name in a line that continues to grow. This week we also saw the Mayor of Miami announce he’s taking his next paycheck in bitcoin, as did the new mayor of New York City!
This is exciting because bitcoin is being purchased more and more these days. We’re seeing more companies buy bitcoin, countries getting involved, and some pretty influential people taking bitcoin as their salary. The exciting part about this is that we have to remember there is a limited supply of bitcoin. Most exchanges are now at the lowest amount of available bitcoin in history. Simple Econ 101 tells us that as the supply continues to go down and demand goes up, the price should change. I’m not predicting anything, but this could be an exciting year-end for bitcoin. We’ll see.
Facebook discovers there's already a company named Meta
Ok. Really, Facebook (Meta)? Apparently, a computer store in Arizona already had the name Meta and it sounded like it was trademarked if I read it correctly.
I mean didn’t Facebook’s lawyers do any sort of due diligence before making this ginormous announcement? Or did they know and just go for it anyway because they know Facebook is so big they can get away with whatever they want? I don’t know...we’ll see what happens. Probably nothing if I had to predict it.
Drinking Coffee Every Day is Great for Your Health
https://link.medium.com/LthFIJ7HDkb
Finally! The article I needed. They have officially released a study from a group of 500,000 people with results spanning 15 years and found that coffee is indeed good for you!
It lowers the risk of many heart diseases, stroke, and death in general.
I did think it was interesting they divided the people into 3 groups. Those who don’t drink coffee, those who drink 0.5-3 cups a day, and those who consume over 3 cups a day. Apparently, the healthiest group is the 0.5-3 cups a day group. After 3 cups of coffee, the health benefits stop, and added side effects of coffee kick in. For instance, they found people that who drank too much coffee experienced higher amounts of stress and anxiety.
All in all, I have decided I am going to cut back to hit that 3 cup limit...at least I’m going to try to haha! They also suggested not having your first cup of coffee until an hour post waking up...that’s silly. I ain’t gonna do that, but to each their own.