Follow April 30, 2020 at 7:23 PM EDT Emboldened by billionaire Elon Musk, a cadre of wealthy tech investors and venture capitalists is pushing for an end to shelter-in-place orders, arguing the harm of the quarantines outweighs the benefits and even equating the measures to forced detention.Musk railed against the widespread shelter-in-place orders on his…
Month: May 2020
The ‘Great Lockdown’ Is Boosting Demand for Bitcoin Custody Solutions
Thanks in part to the uncertainty of the coronavirus crisis and rising bitcoin prices, bitcoin wallet startups have seen a sudden uptick in activity. For example, over the past two months the Austin, Texas-based bitcoin startup Unchained Capital, with over $50 million in assets under management and $150 million worth of bitcoin transactions processed, garnered…
Declining Bitcoin Volatility Indicates “Consolidating Bull Market”
Email Bitcoin is back against a key inflection point following a swift rally over the past week.Currently, hovering around $7,700 after printing a fresh, multi-high yesterday. While BTC/USD has recovered to pre-crash levels, US oil prices are still plunging amidst the excess supply of crude at a time when there is no demand for it.The…
“This Would be a Terrible Crisis to Waste” – Hillary Clinton Admits Dems Are Using Coronavirus to Advance Radical Socialist Agenda (VIDEO)
Body For Awareness Project: Your Clothes.Your Body.Your Truth.On Sale Now . Stillness in the Storm Editor : Why did we post this? The news is important to all people because it is where we come to know new things about the world, which leads to the development of more life goals that lead to life…
Inside Tron’s Steem Takeover Attempt and the Birth of the Hive Blockchain | Hacker Noon
Delegated Proof of Stake (DPOS) is highly misunderstood, and underestimated when used correctly.I believe HIVE is one of the most anti-fragile and pure DPOS blockchains ever seen.I have always said DPOS chains needed a social element.For Most DPOS chains, the chain users know very little to nothing at all about the block producers or “witnesses”…
Tether prints $1 billion in a month: Bitcoin price up 20%
More money is being funnelled through Tether into the crypto ecosystem.Image: Shutterstock.In brief Tether has now minted $1 billion in USDT this month.Tether is now gaining on XRP as the third-largest cryptocurrency.The price of Bitcoin has gone up 20% this month. The Tether treasury has minted just shy of $1 billion in USDT stablecoins this…
Pokémon Go Abra Community Day April 25: Review of Pokémon and Bright Psi Illusions | SAMAGAME NEWS
Pokémon Go Abra Community Day April 25: Review of Pokémon and Bright Psi Illusions April 30, 2020 After the community day planned for February Pokemon Go was canceled and no one took place in March, Niantic is trying again now.And in a different form, because that too Community day with Abra is suitable for playing…
Decentralizing Social Media (with Bill Ottman of Minds.com)
Social Media’s Moral Panic (with Milton Mueller) , Free Thoughts Podcast [music] 00:04 Paul Matzko: Welcome to Building Tomorrow a show about what the future could look like if we embrace the freedom to innovate.This time of social distancing has highlighted just how important social media is.Imagine a time, not that long ago, when being…
First Mover: Bitcoin Now Crushing Gold After Biggest Price Jump in Six Weeks
Bitcoin has lagged gold this year as investors looked for hedges against inflation – especially with the Federal Reserve creating trillions of dollars of fresh money to offset the devastating economic and market toll of the coronavirus. Not anymore. The oldest cryptocurrency jumped 13% on Wednesday, the most in six weeks, as Fed Chair Jerome…
Overstock.com Reports Q1 2020 Results and Preliminary Impact of COVID-19 with April retail sales up over 120% year over year
SALT LAKE CITY, April 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Overstock.com, Inc.(NASDAQ: OSTK ) , a tech-driven online retailer and advancer of blockchain technology, today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2020. First Quarter Financial Highlights Total net revenue was $352 million, a decrease of 4% year over year Gross profit was $76…