Jamie Thingelstad

Current Events

From today’s Economist Espresso:

Pfizer’s chief executive said that people everywhere are likely to need a third dose of covid-19 vaccine within 12 months, with annual boosters for the foreseeable future to keep abreast of viral variants. His remarks, made on April 1st, were disclosed yesterday. The White House said that America is already preparing for the need to administer booster shots.

Covid-19 isn’t going to ‘go away’. I fully expect we’ll be getting annual vaccinations for several years. With science and knowledge we will be able to manage it.

Sharing my current allocation of crypto investments. Skin in the game.

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Horizontal bar chart showing crypto allocation: Bitcoin 52.56%, Ether 27.84%, Cardano 5.63%, and 9 others under 3%.

I got my first shot of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine this morning!

I had to reflect on the timeline. First case of COVID-19 on December 31 2019 in Wuhan, China. January 21 2020 we had first case in US. On March 11 2020 the WHO declared a Global Pandemic.

384 days after the Pandemic declaration, on March 30 2021, I got my first shot of vaccine at MHealth Fairview Clinic in Bloomington, MN.

Thank you to all the Doctors, Scientists, Researchers, and Civil Servants that made this a reality! 👏

Man wearing an N95 mask and red jacket holds up his CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card showing a first Pfizer dose on 3/30/21

I get my first vaccine shot on Tuesday! 🤩

From today’s Economist Espresso:

Coinbase, America’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, was valued at $68bn ahead of its planned stockmarket listing. Its previous round of fundraising in 2018 put a value of $8bn on the company. It has surged thanks to this year’s bitcoin rally. A successful public listing would be an important moment for the cryptocurrency sector, which regulators have viewed with scepticism.

$60 billion in market value in 3 years. An IPO for Coinbase would be a huge additional validator for the crypto markets.

From today’s Economist Espresso:

The valuation of Stripe reached $95bn in its latest funding round, the highest of any privately held startup in America, and more than either Facebook or Uber before they went public. The online payments processor raised $600m of new equity from investors including Allianz, AXA, Baillie Gifford, Fidelity and Sequoia Capital.

I think Stripe is a great company and one I would love to invest in. Rather than getting into the public markets, the upside potential here will be locked in even longer to only those limited VC’s and those with access. 🤨

Watching Perseverance land on Mars today was another amazing example of engineering and discovery being done at amazing levels. Perseverance has a drone on board! How cool is that! Congratulations to the team that made this a reality today!

JPL Mars 2020 Perseverance mission control room with masked engineers at curved tiered consoles with blue lighting and a US flag on the wall. NASA JPL mission control screen showing Perseverance spacecraft at Mach 4.63 descending toward Mars at 16.20 km altitude on February 18 2021. NASA JPL mission control display showing Perseverance rover heatshield separation above Mars at 10.93 km altitude, Mach 0.99, on February 18 2021. NASA JPL mission control screen showing Perseverance rover in powered descent above Mars surface at 2514 meters altitude NASA mission control team members cheering with arms raised after the Perseverance rover successfully lands on Mars.