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China Planning to Launch its Government-Backed Digital Currency Before Facebook’s Libra

The central bank digital currency (CBDC) of China may come out sooner than expected as the “time is almost ripe,” reported China Daily on Tuesday. Last week, we reported Mu Changchun, deputy director of the People's Bank of China’s payments department saying that the government-backed digital currency is ready to be launched after five years […] дальше »

2019-8-20 19:12


Bitcoin as protest: Hong Kong demonstrators withdraw their money from banking system

Protesters in Hong Kong have taken to a new non-violent tactic, withdrawing cash in mass from ATMs and banks and converting it to U.S. dollars—foreshadowing things to come for Bitcoin. On Aug. 16, protesters in Hong Kong announced plans to withdraw their cash from the banking system in protest of overreach from mainland China, reported […] The post Bitcoin as protest: Hong Kong demonstrators withdraw their money from banking system appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »

2019-8-19 14:17


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Damn near everyone is queer in the Borderlands franchise and I’m here for it

A playable main character from the upcoming hybrid RPG/shooter Borderlands 3, The Beastmaster FL4K, will be a robot that identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns. This may be the closest we’ve come to getting a playable, canonically transgender protagonist in a AAA video game – excuse me while I do a happy dance. дальше »

2019-8-17 22:27


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PaMu’s Slide wireless earphones (mostly) live up to the hype

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been bombarded by ads and social media posts about the PaMu Slide wireless earphones crowdfunding campaign over the past month. It’s raised 260x its funding target, and has a bunch of NBA players endorsing it – so it must be great, right? Those are the sort of things that make me even more wary about a crowdfunded gadget. дальше »

2019-8-16 16:45


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Bitfinex Hack Bitcoin On The Move Again As 3-Year Dormant Period Ends

Bitcoin stolen from cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016 has returned to the spotlight as some of the funds move to an unknown wallet. $340,000 of Bitcoin Leaves Hack Wallet According to monitoring resource Whale Alert, which publishes details of major cryptocurrency transactions on Twitter, just over 30 BTC known to have come from Bitfinex left its holding wallet on August 12. дальше »

2019-8-13 15:00


Ex-NYSE Chief: Don’t Believe Anything Tesla Says

Former New York Stock Exchange President Thomas Farley took the gloves off in a savage takedown of Elon Musk and his complicated relationship with the truth, asking: “How do you even triage the false and misleading claims that come out of Tesla to decide which ones to take issue with?” His statement came in response […] The post Ex-NYSE Chief: Don’t Believe Anything Tesla Says appeared first on CCN Markets дальше »

2019-8-8 16:59


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Dutch police accidentally mass-texted fire witnesses a link to an ‘adult video’

In an unfortunate mishap, Dutch police accidentally texted a link to an adult video to 1,900 witnesses of a house fire, which took place last month in the town of Nieuwleusen. In the text, police encouraged witnesses to come forward with information that could help them figure out what caused the fire, as a result of which a 22-year-old man lost his life. дальше »

2019-8-8 15:52