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Coinbase Becomes Direct Visa Card Issuer With Principal Membership
Coinbase is now a principal member of Visa, according to a Feb. 19 announcement. This will allow it to issue debit cards without relying on third parties. Coinbase Becomes Direct Visa Card Issuer With Principal Membership The membership is an evolution of Coinbase’s current relationship with Visa, with the cryptocurrency…
Fraud Case In Charleston, S.C., Shines Light On Web’s Dark Corners
Micfo and its founder pleaded not guilty in case revolving around IP addresses and the American Registry for Internet Numbers. Fraud Case In Charleston, S.C., Shines Light On Web’s Dark Corners A first-of-its-kind fraud prosecution of a small technology company and its owner has shed light on how the architecture…
Mastercard Is Pioneering New Payment Technology That Identifies Commuters By The Way They Walk (#GotBitcoin?)
The payment provider is investigating innovative behavioral biometrics such as gait, face, heartbeat and veins for cutting edge payment systems of the future. Mastercard Is Pioneering New Payment Technology That Identifies Commuters By The Way They Walk (#GotBitcoin?) Commuters may soon be able to ditch their bus pass and access…
US Intelligence To Study What Would Happen If U.S. Dollar Lost Its Status As World’s Reserve Currency (#GotBitcoin?)
The U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) wants to sponsor a post-doctoral researcher to study what would happen if the U.S. dollar lost its status as the world’s reserve currency. US Intelligence To Study What Would Happen If U.S. Dollar Lost Its Status As World’s Reserve Currency…
Federal Deficit Attention Disorder Or #FDAD
We’ll Be $1 Trillion in the Red in 2020. No Big Deal! Federal Deficit Attention Disorder #FDAD The U.S. has its own kind of attention deficit disorder: We don’t pay attention to the deficit. When word got out that the federal deficit is poised to surpass $1 trillion this year,…
Trump Praises Barr For ‘Taking Charge’ In Roger Stone Case (Broken/Corrupt System!!!) (#GotBitcoin?)
If This Isn't A Clear Sign That The System Is Broken And Corrupt Then I don't Know What More You Guys Need To See. Trump Praises Barr For ‘Taking Charge’ In Roger Stone Case (Broken/Corrupt System) (#GotBitcoin?) The Justice Department On Tuesday Withdrew A Recommendation That Roger Stone, Former Adviser…
CIA Has Had Keys To Global Communication Encryption Since WWII
As the crypto and blockchain space investigates seemingly private solutions for payments and messaging, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, or CIA, has had the backdoor to one of the world’s major encryption systems since World War II. CIA Has Had Keys To Global Communication Encryption Since WWII Beginning in WWII,…
Trump Wants to Double Spending On AI, Quantum Computing
White House budget calls for annual spending of $2 billion on AI and $860 million on quantum within two years. Trump Wants to Double Spending On AI, Quantum Computing The White House on Monday proposed roughly doubling nondefense research-and-development spending on artificial intelligence and quantum information sciences, citing fierce global…
Hostile Spies Target U.S. With Cyber, Encryption, Big Data, Report Finds
U.S. counterintelligence strategy sees challenges from foreign governments, criminal groups, hacktivists. Hostile Spies Target U.S. With Cyber, Encryption, Big Data, Report Finds Intelligence threats against the U.S. are becoming more complex, diverse, and harmful as adversaries turn to innovative hybrid techniques combining traditional spying, economic espionage and cyber operations to…
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos vs Trump
Amazon Seeks To Question Trump Over Pentagon Contract. Amazon's Jeff Bezos vs Trump E-commerce and technology giant says president steered huge cloud-computing contract away from Amazon. Amazon.com Inc. asked a judge to allow it to depose President Trump in the company’s legal battle to overturn a Pentagon decision awarding a…
Witches Love Bitcoin
We live in an age where young women use everything from emojis to bitcoin to practice witchcraft. Witches Love Bitcoin Claire Gallant, an ethereum fan who founded the Future Witch Facebook group, along with a corresponding art installation to fundraise for the crypto research startup Open Privacy, said she sees…
Poll: What Will YOU Do When Bitcoin Hits 100k?
Anthony Pompliano Believes Bitcoin Price Climb To $100K Has Started Bitcoin price has surpassed $10,000 on Feb. 9, breaking its key psychological level and in doing so reached its highest point since October last year. But to many, $10,000 is just the beginning before the top cryptocurrency reaches a much…