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Bitcoin’s price is having a great 2019; altcoins, not so much

May13
by on May 13, 2019 at 10:57 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Bitcoin‘s most-recent pump to $7,000 was the strongest price rally over a six-week period since just before the famous 2017 bull-run, reports boutique analytics firm Delphi Digital. It also means Bitcoin has officially recovered all of its losses from November 2018’s monstrous market dumping, when the price of BTC fell more than 50 percent in a matter of weeks. Bitcoin is dominating the cryptocurrency market In recent commentary, which has been shared with Hard Fork, Delphi Digital noted that the wider market has failed to keep up with Bitcoin‘s recent pace. As it turns out, most of the cryptocurrency market‘s increased value can…

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Airbnbeware: Amsterdam tourists got a dirty shipping container instead of €134 ‘clean home’

May13
by on May 13, 2019 at 10:33 am
Posted In: Around the Web


Airbnb is notoriously disruptive; whether it’s revolutionizing the hotel industry, causing housing shortages, or unveiling humans’ endless capacity for greed — which has hit an all time low now in Amsterdam. Ben Speller showed up to Amsterdam to see the Tottenham Hotspurs boot out Ajax in the Champions League (sad), only to find out the €134 ($150) “clean home with private bathroom” was a shipping container. A shitty container propped up on the side of the road. In an interview with Amsterdam news site AT5, Speller said he walked away as soon as he opened the depressing container. After Speller…

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Airbnbeware: Amsterdam tourists got a dirty shipping container instead of €134 ‘clean home’

May13
by on May 13, 2019 at 10:33 am
Posted In: Around the Web


Airbnb is notoriously disruptive; whether it’s revolutionizing the hotel industry, causing housing shortages, or unveiling humans’ endless capacity for greed — which has hit an all time low now in Amsterdam. Ben Speller showed up to Amsterdam to see the Tottenham Hotspurs boot out Ajax in the Champions League (sad), only to find out the €134 ($150) “clean home with private bathroom” was a shipping container. A shitty container propped up on the side of the road. In an interview with Amsterdam news site AT5, Speller said he walked away as soon as he opened the depressing container. After Speller…

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SIM-swappers face hundreds of years in prison for $2.4M cryptocurrency theft

May13
by on May 13, 2019 at 10:04 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


An Irish man, part of a hacking group called “The Community,” is facing upwards of 100 years in a US prison after allegedly stealing over $2 million worth of cryptocurrencies in a series of SIM-swap attacks. Conor Freeman, a 20 year-old Irish man, was named as part of the group and – if found guilty – could be extradited to the US and face over 100 years in prison, the Independent IE reports. Five other individuals were named as being part of The Community in documents from a Michigan, US court last week and face similar charges. Court documents state the…

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SIM-swappers face hundreds of years in prison for $2.4M cryptocurrency theft

May13
by on May 13, 2019 at 10:04 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


An Irish man, part of a hacking group called “The Community,” is facing upwards of 100 years in a US prison after allegedly stealing over $2 million worth of cryptocurrencies in a series of SIM-swap attacks. Conor Freeman, a 20 year-old Irish man, was named as part of the group and – if found guilty – could be extradited to the US and face over 100 years in prison, the Independent IE reports. Five other individuals were named as being part of The Community in documents from a Michigan, US court last week and face similar charges. Court documents state the…

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