What’s been happening with cryptocurrency?

You may or may not have noticed, but the stock market isn’t the only part of the financial world that’s been in the news over the last few months.

June was Bitcoin’s worst month ever — by mid-month, it had plunged 70% from its high the previous November. Crypto lending platform Celsius filed for bankruptcy. And so on.

What happened? It can all be a bit dizzying, especially if you’re only paying casual attention to the headlines. So this week, I brought in one of the people at Ellevest who knows best — Director of Investments Peter Yuen — to break it all down for us.

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This week’s links to love

•	PSA: The first multi-day, women’s Tour de France in more than 30 years started this past Sunday. It runs (cycles?) through July 31st. 🚴
•	We love this piece from The Good Trade rounding up advice from 15 mothers who run a business and also have young kids.
•	A new survey from Bankrate shows just how many people end up feeling bad about our spending habits thanks to social media. (It’s even worse than what it does to body image. Yikes.)
•	Cool thing: The US Navy’s elite flight demonstration squad just made Lt. Amanda Lee their first-ever woman jet pilot on the team.
•	New Michelle Obama book. We repeat: New Michelle Obama book!

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