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The First Flying-Car Review (#GotBitcoin?)
Aeromobiles—aeros for short. That’s what I’ve decided to call the proliferating class of machines billed as flying cars, which is a lazy misnomer and misleading. Nobody is seriously proposing fully streetable automobiles that also fly, unless they mean to launch a Cadillac Escalade off a cliff. Even “car” is conceptually…
Hedge Funds Investing Billions In Crypto (#GotBitcoin)
Billionaire investor Steven Cohen, once dubbed the "Hedge Fund King," has reportedly entered the crypto space. Hedge Funds Investing Billions In Crypto (#GotBitcoin) According to a Fortune article published July 12, Cohen has invested in cryptocurrency-focused hedge fund Autonomous Partners through his VC firm Cohen Private Ventures. Autonomous Partners was…
Ultimate Resource For Money Laundering, Spoofing, Market-Rigging, Etc. In Banking Industry (#GotBitcoin)
Bank of America To Pay $30 Million In Benchmark-Manipulation Settlement. Ultimate Resource For Money Laundering, Spoofing, Market-Rigging, Etc. In Banking Industry (#GotBitcoin) The bank was accused of trying to help its own derivatives positions. Bank of America Corp. will pay $30 million as part of a settlement with the…
Have You Broken A Federal Criminal Law Lately? Who Knows? No One Has Been Able To Count Them All!!!
There Has Been Many Failed Efforts To Count Nation's Federal Criminal Laws Have You Broken A Federal Criminal Law Lately? Who Knows? No One Has Been Able To Count Them All!!! "Simply pouring a bottle of vinegar into a bowl to kill someone's goldfish, could potentially be punishable by…
Crypto Pioneer David Chaum Says He’s Built A Better Bitcoin (#GotBitcoin?)
A new platform, called Elixxir, promises to improve on bitcoin’s speed by processing thousands of transactions a second. Crypto Pioneer David Chaum Says He’s Built A Better Bitcoin The godfather of the cryptocurrency movement is back with a plan to address bitcoin’s biggest shortcoming: speed. David Chaum, who built his own…
How AI Can Help Stop Cyberattacks (#GotBitcoin?)
As hackers get smarter and more determined, artificial intelligence is going to be an important part of the solution. As corporations struggle to fight off hackers and contain data breaches, some are looking to artificial intelligence for a solution. They’re using machine learning to sort through millions of malware files,…
Fidelity CEO Hints At Crypto Products As Sector Aims For Mainstream (#GotBitcoin?)
Fidelity Investments is cooking up more blockchain and cryptocurrency-related products and services, with a goal of rolling some of them out in the next few months, CEO Abigail Johnson said Friday morning. Fidelity CEO Hints At Crypto Products As Sector Aims For Mainstream (#GotBitcoin?) Johnson made the comments during an…
Behind Your Rising Health-Care Bills: Secret Hospital Deals That Squelch Competition (#GotBitcoin?)
Contracts with insurers allow hospitals to hide prices from consumers, add fees and discourage use of less-expensive rivals. Behind Your Rising Health-Care Bills: Secret Hospital Deals That Squelch Competition (#GotBitcoin?) Last year, Cigna Corp. and the New York hospital system Northwell Health discussed developing an insurance plan that would offer…
Ultimate Resource On Large And Small Bitcoin Hodlers
Over 55% of Bitcoins currently sit in wallets that have balances upwards of 200 coins – worth over $1Mn at any point in time within the last 11 months when the price of Bitcoin breached the $5k mark. Ultimate Resource On Large And Small Bitcoin Hodlers And impressively, 1/3…
Social Security Fixes That Would Help Widows, The Oldest Old, And Low Earners (#GotBitcoin?)
Will We See Them Implemented? We all know the Social Security system needs reforming to keep it solvent so Americans will continue receiving their promised benefits. But Social Security also could be improved to better assist the economically vulnerable. Social Security Fixes That Would Help Widows, The Oldest Old, And Low…
The Secret To Retaining A New Skill: Learn, Exercise, Sleep (#GotBitcoin?)
People retain new skills better when they follow a learning session with a workout, a study finds. The Secret To Retaining A New Skill: Learn, Exercise, Sleep Scientists are discovering new connections between learning, exercise and sleep. A new study suggests that when learning a new task, people improve the long-term…
IT’S THE ECONOMY STUPID: EPISODE#24 (#GOTBITCOIN?)
Federal Reserve Considers a New Tool to Avert Crises Some officials favor demanding banks stock up on capital while the economy is strong. IT’S THE ECONOMY STUPID: EPISODE#24 A decade after a financial crisis that paralyzed the global economy, Federal Reserve officials are debating how to apply one of the central…