Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and Alphabet have spent more than $330 million on attempts to influence federal lawmakers since 2008. (By Frank Bass, MapLight ) The nation’s largest tech companies, which are currently facing state and federal investigations to determine if they’ve become monopolies, have devoted almost 10 percent of their lobbying efforts to shaping labor,…
Month: September 2019
Craig Wright
3 References Overview Craig Steven Wright was born in Brisbane, Australia in 1970.[2] He has founded a number of IT companies, including Panopticrypt and DeMorgan Ltd, which attempted to open the world’s first bitcoin -based bank, Denariuz.[3] [4] Wright, who lives in the U.K., claims citizenship in Antigua and Barbuda.[5] Controversial Figure Craig Wright is…
PARSIQ research finds Bitcoin wealth is almost 50 times more concentrated than global wealth
50% of Bitcoin wealth is controlled by 0.023% of wallet addresses 1 – compared to 50.1% of global wealth controlled by 1% of the world’s population 2 As Bitcoin’s dominance, as a proportion of the cryptocurrency market, reaches heights not seen since early 2017, blockchain monitoring platform PARSIQ has today released new research that shines…
Bitcoin Casino MintDice Brings Trust and Investment Opportunities to Players
Cryptocurrency casinos have become big business in the world of bitcoin and digital currencies.Bitcoin casino MintDice leads this online shift, with its new investment opportunities, masternode/staking revenue, unique site features, and a series of classic casino games to wager on. WILLEMSTAD, Curacao Thanks to the key characteristics of blockchain technology, namely transparency and immutability, top…
Ethereum Developers Forge On Despite ETH Price Slump FUD
When a crypto asset fails to perform in terms of price it rapidly gets a big dose of chagrin from mainstream media and those that have lost money trading it.Ethereum is currently the prime example as investors begin to sour despite ongoing developments to the technology.Ethereum Roadmap Still Solid A major part of the crypto…
Tautachrome (OTC: TTCM) Announces Release of ARknet Version 1.1.2 for iOS and Android with Demonstration of Voice User Interface (VUI)
ORO VALLEY, AZ Tautachrome, Inc.(OTC PINK:TTCM) today announced ARknet Version 1.1.2 for iOS and Android with demonstration of voice user interface (VUI). ARknet build 1.1.2 for iOS and Android Tautachrome is pleased to announce that two sample voice commands have been implemented in the ARknet application in preparation for private virtual assistant capabilities.For the privacy…
Chinese cryptocurrency will be similar to Facebook’s Libra stablecoin
Home / News / Chinese cryptocurrency will be similar to Facebook’s Libra stablecoin Chinese cryptocurrency will be similar to Facebook’s Libra stablecoin 1 min ago Print File CC0 UNITED STATES, WASHINGTON (OBSERVATORY) — One of the senior officials from the Central Bank of China revealed new details of the digital currency being developed by the…
Pablo Soria de Lachica Compares Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Project, Libra, to Bitcoin
MEXICO CITY, MX / ACCESSWIRE / September 6, 2019 / The rapid expansion of alternative currencies has led to a broadening interest from larger companies to enter the market themselves, as evidenced by Facebook’s recent announcement of its own forthcoming digital currency, known as Libra.While this new endeavor shares some similarities with the pioneering cryptocurrency…
The Price Of Gold Is At A 6-Year High. But Is It Actually A Good Investment?
Copyright 2019 NPR.To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The price of gold is at its highest in more than six years.Gold bugs – that is, die-hard gold investors – swear by the commodity as a sure bet.But are they right? Stacey Vanek Smith and Darius Rafieyan of NPR’s The Indicator from Planet…
Telegram secretly plans ‘Gram’ cryptocurrency
Telegram aims to create an accessible service that is easier to use than various cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin – still confined to a relatively small market. In a document leaked online, Telegram said it wants to create a “standard cryptocurrency used for the regular exchange of value in the daily lives of ordinary people”. According to…