Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas!

Find below some interesting articles served from yours truly for the relaxing time-intervals between family dinners during Christmas:

Digital Streaming Platforms (Netflix) vs. Hollywood - read here

''Mr. Stuber’s operation is set up to supply 55 original films a year, including some with budgets as high as $200 million. Add in documentaries and animated movies, handled by other divisions, and the number of annual Netflix film releases climbs to about 90. To compare, Universal, one of Hollywood’s most prolific traditional studios, releases roughly 30 movies a year.''

#Fintech rises in Europe - read here

''Revolut claims to have attracted 3 million users so far by offering cryptocurrency trading and money transfers at the interbank exchange rate. It also stated that it’s been opening 8,000 to 10,000 accounts daily over the last 12 months while reaching $4 billion per month in transaction volume. The startup also plans to launch commission-free stock exchange trade in 2019.''

The exponential growth of Moovit - read here

Moovit CEO Nir Erez says the company is adding 1 million new users every day and maps an entirely new city every 15 hours—all for free. He explains how that happened, how Moovit makes money, and whether it would entertain a Google acquisition.

Yanis Varoufakis on Julian Assange and the Political Economy & future of Europe - watch here

Von Trier's latest film - read here

Lars von Trier’s ‘The House That Jack Built’ is as disturbing as promised