CBX Daily 8/29/2025

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August 29, 2025

Today, hip-hop is following the blockchain course, but let’s start with how the younger generation is reshaping the workforce…

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The Real Reason Gen Z Is Embracing Portfolio Careers

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For decades, the default vision of a “career” looked a lot like a straight line: graduate, land a full-time job, climb the ladder, retire. But today’s young professionals are redrawing that picture entirely. Rather than anchoring themselves to one employer, many are building what’s known as a portfolio career: juggling multiple roles, projects, and clients simultaneously. The shift to portfolio careers isn’t about restlessness or side hustles. It’s about reimagining work in a way that values flexibility, autonomy, and personal convictions over traditional notions of job security. And it’s reshaping the workforce in real time.

From Beats To Blockchain: Can Hip-Hop Own Its Tech Future?

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Hip-hop has always been about ownership, hustle, and innovation. Now, as the music industry collides with blockchain technology, artists are diving headfirst into Web3 to reclaim power over their art and economics. From Nas selling royalty-backed NFTs to Snoop Dogg building in the metaverse, the culture is not just participating but leading the way.

Why Low-Income Consumers Bear the Brunt of Rising Tech Tariffs

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As tariffs drive up costs on imported tech from countries like China, low-income consumers in the U.S. are disproportionately affected. That smartphone that went up by $100? That’s not a minor inconvenience, it’s a barrier to access. Especially when devices are lifelines for education, healthcare, and entrepreneurship.

Costa No Longer Coca-Cola’s Cup of Coffee in A Brewing Sale

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Coca-Cola (KO +0.10%) is hinting at the potential sale of Costa Coffee. The beverage giant acquired Costa Coffee in 2019 for $5.1 billion in a bid to to diversify beyond soda and tap into the booming global coffee industry. However, over the last few years, the surge in coffee prices has been disheartening for industries and this may be one of the reasons for the sale. If the sale goes through, the company may be handed over for less than half of its 2019 sale price.

New Era: Oakland Coliseum Sold In $5 Billion Urban Redevelopment Deal

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Oakland city leaders are celebrating a new deal that will inject some much needed cash into the city. The iconic Oakland coliseum has been acquired by the African American Sports and Entertainment Group (AASEG) as a central part of their multibillion-dollar plan to redevelop the 112-acre site with affordable housing, commercial space,  entertainment venues, sports facilities and more. Oakland is set to receive $105 million from the sale, being enough to avoid major cuts to police and fire departments due to financial problems the city is currently facing 

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