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Harvard University Stages ‘Digital Currency Wars’ Crisis Simulation (#GotBitcoin?)
Harvard University’s Kennedy School carried out a live simulation of a White House National Security Council meeting on Nov. 19, featuring former senior administration officials and thought leaders. The “Digital Currency Wars” event examined a potential future scenario, following a North Korean missile test, potentially enabled by China’s proposed digital…
Becoming A Luxury Short-Term Rental Host With The Most
Here’s what it takes for luxury homeowners to get in the game. Becoming A Luxury Short-Term Rental Host With The Most Chad Waterhouse, the head of design and leasing for Elite Luxury Homes, faced a challenge: His job was to turn a dark, unfashionable and outdated Beverly Hills house into…
Is Cayla The Toy Doll A Domestic Spy?
On a campaign to promote digital privacy, authorities warn that “My Friend Cayla” makes children vulnerable to malicious surveillance—parents who fail to destroy the doll face a €25,000 fine; ‘destroy it with a hammer’. Is Cayla The Toy Doll A Domestic Spy? Earlier this year, Lisa Harmann received a warning…
Why Cheap Money Hasn’t Led To A Corporate Spending Boom (#GotBitcoin?)
Weak economic growth made new factories unappealing, while disruptive technologies didn’t involve much investment. Why Cheap Money Hasn’t Led To A Corporate Spending Boom (#GotBitcoin?) One of the great financial puzzles of the past decade has been why companies didn’t load up with the cheapest money in history to invest…
Family Offices Finally Accept The Benefits of Investing In Bitcoin
There is a lot of chatter going on about the uncertainties of cryptocurrency and how an attempt to tame the raging seas of the crypto market could spell doom for investors. As expected, in the middle of this conversation is Bitcoin (BTC), whose popularity continues to grow in the investment…
An Army Of Bitcoin Devs Is Battle-Testing Upgrades To Privacy And Scaling
You can think of it as a massive study group with big potential repercussions for bitcoin's usability. An Army Of Bitcoin Devs Is Battle-Testing Upgrades To Privacy And Scaling Almost 200 developers are currently reviewing "Bitcoin Improvement Proposals" (BIPs) around Taproot and Schnorr, upgrades to the premier cryptocurrency that could…
Google’s “Project Nightingale” Faces Government Inquiry Over Patient Privacy.
Government officials are asking for more information about Google's "Project Nightingale," a health-data effort with the Ascension health system. Google's "Project Nightingale" Faces Government Inquiry Over Patient Privacy. The Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says its inquiry focuses on the "mass collection…
Next In Google’s Quest For Consumer Dominance: Banking (#GotBitcoin?)
Search giant plans to partner with banks to offer checking accounts. Next In Google’s Quest For Consumer Dominance: Banking (#GotBitcoin?) Google will soon offer checking accounts to consumers, becoming the latest Silicon Valley heavyweight to push into finance. The project, code-named Cache, is expected to launch next year with accounts…
Ultimate Resource On Chainalysis A Tool That Provides An Inside Look Into Blockchain Transactions
Chainalysis is building a crypto-space risk data clearinghouse for financial institutions. Ultimate Resource On Chainalysis A Tool That Provides An Inside Look Into Blockchain Transactions Related: Antonopoulos: Chainalysis Is Helping World’s Worst Dictators & Regimes Leaked Chainalysis Documents Reveal Company Is Advertising An IP-Scraping System To Law Enforcement Global…
U.S. Charges Former Twitter Employees With Spying For Saudi Arabia
Justice Department says the two former employees accessed information about people who made posts critical of the Saudi royal family. Federal prosecutors charged two former Twitter Inc. employees and a Saudi Arabian national with spying on some users of the social-media platform who were critical of Riyadh and providing that…
Trump Fails To Convince Investors To Place $3.4 Trillion Into Stocks (#GotBitcoin?)
Assets in money-market accounts are at a decade high, a bullish sign for some investors. Trump Fails To Convince Investors To Place $3.4 Trillion Into Stocks (#GotBitcoin?) Nervous investors have socked $3.4 trillion away in cash. But stocks are rising and their nerves are calming, leading bulls to view the…
Ultimate Resource On PlanB’s Bitcoin Prognostications
S2F Creator Has ‘No Doubt’ Bitcoin Will Hit $100K By December 2021. Ultimate Resource On PlanB's Bitcoin Prognostications PlanB, the creator of the stock-to-flow model, has little doubt Bitcoin price is on track to hit $100,000 by December 2021. PlanB, the creator of the stock-to-flow (S2F) model, reiterated on Nov.…