The Daily Dose #012

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Quote of the Day

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power - Abraham Lincoln

Word of the Day

Ergophobia - An abnormal fear of work; an aversion to work

In the news...

Australia and East Timor agree on a maritime border. The two countries will sign an agreement at the United Nations in New York to demarcate a maritime border for the first time ever, which will allow them to jointly develop oil and gas reserves in the Timor Sea.

North and South Korean officials met. According to details released by Seoul of yesterday’s meeting, officials from both countries—including Kim Jong-un’s sister and wife—met over a dinner that lasted more than four hours. The South Korean envoys will leave North Korea today and later go to Washington to debrief US officials on the meeting.

Kobe Steel’s CEO resigned. Hiroya Kawasaki plans to step down, the Nikkei newspaper reported, following a scandal whereby the Japanese company shipped products with falsified specifications to hundreds of customers around the world.

The founder of Tower Records died. Russ Solomon died at the age of 92 in his home in California of an apparent heart attack. The music chain revolutionized music retailing in the 1990s, but declared bankruptcy for the second time in 2006 and went out of business.

The #MeToo movement brought down a South Korean political heavyweight. Ahn Hee-jung, governor of South Chungcheong province, stepped down from his post after his secretary accused him of rape. A prominent progressive politician, Ahn admitted wrongdoing in a Facebook post.

Norway is using drones to pick up rubbish. To deal with the mounting problem of trash (paywall) in a fjord in Oslo, authorities will also add an electric-powered ship with a crane to the drone fleet next year.

Crypto News

At the time of writing, the Bitcoin price is sitting at $10,745 representing a loss of 7.44% in the last 24 hours. More than $800 M worth of BTC were exchanged in the BTC/USD market representing a 20.5% share of the global daily volume. The BTC/JPY pair represents a 53% share.

The Ethereum price has dropped 4.11% over the past 24 hours and is currently sitting at $820, with over $134.06M worth of Ether exchanged in the past 24 hours on the ETH/USD pair which has a 22.6% market share of the daily trading volume. The ETH/BTC pair represents a 49% share.

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