Like tens of millions of people, in 2017 Peter McCormack decided to get involved in Bitcoin — the digital cryptocurrency that allows for direct, transparent financial transactions without a central bank. Unlike most people, he became a millionaire. Riding the highs of cryptocurrency trading, Peter began living a life of luxury, convinced he had figured out the secret of easy wealth. But just as soon as he had become a Bitcoin millionaire, he lost it all again. Now, armed with expert knowledge from his Bitcoin podcast, he’s investing smarter and still all in on HODLing Bitcoin to the moon.
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America’s Billion Dollar Divorce Industry
There are one million divorces in the United States every year —that’s one every 36 seconds, nearly 2,400 per day, and 16,800 per week. It’s hardly surprising, then, that the divorce industry is worth a whopping $50 billion annually—that’s a hell of lot of heartbreak.
In the divorce capital of the world, New York City, we explore the industries making heartbreak bearable and learn that—whether it’s divorce merchandise, “conscious uncoupling,” or “reverse-wedding” planning—people’s attitudes toward the sanctity of marriage are changing, while Americans in particular are adopting new-age rituals as a way to call time on their relationships.