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‘Nuke it From Space!’: National Review Pundit Slams FB’s Cryptocurrency

Facebook’s cryptocurrency project has long been one of Silicon Valley’s worst-kept secrets. Even so, Libra’s formal announcement elicited a number of incendiary reactions from chattering heads across the political spectrum. Few hot takes, however, were more bombastic than that of National Review Online senior writer Michael Brendan Dougherty, who scolded the government for failing to […]

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7-Eleven can deliver your Slurpees to parks and beaches

7-Eleven has a way for its 7Now deliveries to stand out from the herd: let you order in all kinds of public spaces. An update to its 7Now app for iOS lets you ask for delivery to "pins," or commonly accessible locations like parks, beaches, concert… Source: engadget

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Senate bill would make companies put a price on personal data

Many will tell you that internet giants see your data as their most valuable resource, but politicians now want to put a number on that value. Senators Mark Warner and Josh Hawley are introducing the Designing Accounting Safeguards to Help Broaden O… Source: engadget

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Israeli Crypto Scamming Bros Arrested for 2016 Bitfinex Hack

Two Israeli brothers have been arrested in connection with a cryptocurrency scam involving “tens of millions” of dollars. Jerusalem-based Eli and Assaf Gigi were involved in a scheme were they accessed traders’ wallets and took the coins for themselves, Finance Magnates reports. The brothers are also reportedly suspected by investigators of links to the 2016 […]

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Overvalued Bitcoin Price Won’t Score $40,000 in 2019: Chart Indicator

Popular cryptocurrency figure Trace Mayer believes that Bitcoin’s recent price gains may have peaked, at least in the medium term. Using his self-created Mayer Multiple, the Bitcoin maximalist this morning tweeted that there was very little chance of Bitcoin hitting $40k in the next couple of months. The Mayer Multiple retrospectively tracks the boom and […]