Illustration: Tomi Um What to know about the crypto-craze before it implodes. It’s a lazy Sunday morning away from my family, I’m sitting in a hotel room in Montreal, and I’ve got $160,000 in my pocket. Or, rather, my “pocket.” I’m staying in the neighborhood known locally as the McGill Ghetto, thanks to its proximity…
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Former FDIC director Sheila Bair testifies before the House Financial Services Committee hearing on “Examining How the Dodd-Frank Act Could Result in More Taxpayer-Funded Bailouts” on Capitol Hill, June 26, 2013. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas More The nearly 2000% run up in bitcoin’s ( BTC-USD ) price over the past year, followed by its recent precipitous drop…
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Cashless and green. (REUTERS/Edgar Su) Share Suhas Bhat December 28, 2017 Making your new year’s resolutions? Improving your fitness might be one of your top goals. Next year, you could do that by riding a bike to work, while earning some cryptocurrency along the way too. Singaporean bike-sharing firm oBike said this week it plans…
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Tweet You could earn cryptocurrency riding a bike next year Making your new year’s resolutions? Improving your fitness might be one of your top goals. Next year, you could do that by riding a bike to work, while earning some cryptocurrency along the way too. Singaporean bike-sharing firm oBike said this week it plans to…
Read moreThis Startup Wants You To Earn Cryptocurrency By Riding A Bike International Business Times 12 hrs ago AJ Dellinger © Provided by IBT US A Singapore bicycle-sharing company announced plans to launch its own cryptocurrency that customers can mine for while riding a bike—a system that trades in computing power for physical activity. The firm,…
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Do you really know what bitcoin is? Maybe it was those stories you heard — Lamborghinis and second mortgages, fortunes made and lost off of something you didn’t even really know existed until six months ago. Maybe it’s those eye-popping charts you keep seeing, the ones that go $5,800 per unit to $19,000 per unit…
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» Crypto-Watch Description Crypto-Watch gives you insights into the world of cryptocurrencies. Simply setup your portfolio on your iPhone and from there on out track it on both your iPhone & Apple Watch. In addition to your portfolio you can also check out the CoinMarketCap (data provided by CoinMarketCap.com) to see how bitcoin and all…
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The Death of the ICO (And 4 Other 2018 Predictions) Stefan Thomas Stefan Thomas is chief technical officer at Ripple and co-creator of the Interledger payment protocol. The following article is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2017 in Review . If 2017 was the year of the ICO, 2018 will be the year of the…
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Published: Dec 26, 2017 6:33 p.m. ET Share The key developments in cryptocurrencies today AFP/Getty Images Bitcoin takes a lickin’ and keeps on tickin’ By This column provides a daily update on key moves in bitcoin and cryptocurrencies as well as the latest news and developments in the nascent and controversial sector. Betting on $50,000:…
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Own bitcoin? It can buy you a Lamborghini or just about anything Published time: 27 Dec, 2017 12:01 Get short URL © Robert Sullivan / Reuters One of the main criticisms of bitcoin detractors has been its use as a settlement currency. Apparently one can now buy pretty much anything from a house to a…
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