When a cop smells a fish and catches the miscreant, it’s great news. But what follows isn’t – the stink of fishes lying unused. From Ross Ulbricht to Aaron Shamo to Ahn, these fishes often prove more unwieldy than a whale. We have heard about Ahn, the operator of a porn site who was recently...
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Conrail has been hacked. The South Korean crypto-currency has reminded the world, yet again, of the loose ends in the so-called hack-proof technology that shapes blockchain and bitcoins. The cyber-intrusion has, reportedly, affected 30 percent of the coins traded on the exchange. Whether it is Mt...
Can you trace a stolen soap to a sex-trade victim? What if, with AI, we could connect dots lurking in some dark streets that come alive in shadows? Like retail theft, ads, payment mechanisms and language? This miracle is already happening. If you ask Prof. Eric Schles from New York University and...
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Stop the FUD, media: What FM said about bitcoin is what he said the same last year #Budget2018
Post budget, the media is going mad and is creating a lot of fud over bitcoin. No, the finance minister hasn’t called Bitcoin illegal and isn’t going to end the Bitcoin movement (look at this NDTV title: Budget 2018 Bombshell for Bitcoin – Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Says Will...
In terms of cryptocurrencies, generally, I can say with almost certainty that they will come to a bad ending. When it happens or how or anything else, I don’t know. If I could buy a five-year put on every one of the cryptocurrencies, I’d be glad to do it but I would never short a...
“The blockchain is real. You can have crypto yen and dollars and stuff like that. ICO’s you have to look at individually”, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said in an interview with FOX Business’ Maria Bartiromo. “The bitcoin to me was always what the governments are gonna feel about bitcoin as...
Of those who invested in cryptocurrencies, more than 80% made money from it, and about 20% made an average return of 425% on their investment, according to the survey. The average Korean investor owned some 5.66 million won ($5,260) in virtual currencies. Source: A third of South Korean workers...
He is one of the earliest bitcoin miner