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@tonyot Jul 23, 2018, 10:49 PM UTC

Fighting debt with art

A story from the UK shows one innovative strategy used by people in London to free others from debt; particularly payday debt. Payday debt is a particularly pernicious short-term high-interest lendin…

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@tonyot Jun 23, 2018, 4:25 PM UTC

Don't talk to police

When talking to officials, whether private or public, remember the first two sentences from the Miranda Rights blurb parroted by cops in the US: "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say…

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@tonyot Apr 13, 2018, 10:05 PM UTC

Nimiq - new browser-mined blockchain launching in 24 hours

The blockchain for the new Nimiq coin (NIM) will be launched in around 24 hours (well, 25 at the time of writing). Announced in June last year, the project aims include ease of use and scalability. W…

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@tonyot Mar 14, 2018, 1:58 AM UTC

How safe are mobile phones?

Recall that the impact of major health crises are not usually apparent right away, and certainly not at the early stages of the adoption cycle of the underlying technology/product. We're in the midst…

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@tonyot Mar 7, 2018, 6:33 PM UTC

Today's market crash follows an API exploit-leveraged pump-and-dump of Viacoin organised via Telegram

This from a Redditor called Ruhroh2000: "Its kind of strange, this morning I got an alert from a telegram group I follow that gives trading tips. And it suggested I buy Viacoin and sell it for 32k."…

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@tonyot Mar 7, 2018, 6:23 PM UTC

Binance API hack spikes Viacoin price, followed by a crypto-wide implosion

It seems that API keys on Binance were exploited, selling peoples' coins and buying Viacoin, causing a massive spike in price: It seems all cryptos are imploding in response. Bitcoin dropped from $10…

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@tonyot Feb 6, 2018, 8:13 PM UTC

The post-market economy - Central Banks collaborating to inflate financial markets

A great Interview with Nomi Prins describing how central banks have collaborated in recent years to keep interest rates low and inflate financial markets across the world through Open Market Operatio…

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@tonyot Feb 5, 2018, 12:59 PM UTC

5th February: UK's largest bank bans cryptocurrency purchases using credit cards from today

The Lloyds Banking Group, the UK's largest banking group with a current account market share of 27% (2014 figures) has announced that it's banning customers from purchasing cryptocurrency using credi…

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@tonyot Feb 4, 2018, 2:21 AM UTC

Brisbane airport to accept payment in Bitcoin, Ethereum and Dash

Brisbane airport have announced that they'll be accepting payment in cryptocurrency in their terminal shopping areas. In partnership with Brisbane startup TravelbyBit, visitors to the airport will be…

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@tonyot Feb 4, 2018, 1:43 AM UTC

Santander, a bank with $94.36 bn market cap, to use Ripple's payment system (Not XRP) in Q1 2018

The following is taken from Santander's 2017 earnings presentation dated 31st January 2018. It appears the plan is to roll it out some time in the next two months. The presentation also touts a platf…

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