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Nike’s ‘cryptokicks’ trademark application hints at its new blockchain ambitions

Apr25
by on April 25, 2019 at 4:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Nike Inc has submitted a trademark application for the word ‘cryptokicks’, signalling it may be gearing up to launch its own digital currency and a host of cryptocurrency related products. The application, filed on April, 19, outlines how the company‘s proposed digital currency could be used by an online community. The document also describes an online footwear and clothing marketplace, as well as “a website featuring technology that enables users to mine, earn, purchase, receive by any other means, store, and transfer blockchain-based tokens, coins, cryptocurrencies, and other crypto assets.” Nike’s application comes amid a company wide effort to focus…

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Zoe Saldana joins panel to judge the Chivas Venture Final at TNW2019

Apr25
by on April 25, 2019 at 3:18 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Events, Insider, TNW2019


Actress, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Zoe Saldana has been announced as a judge of the Chivas Venture, an annual competition that gives away $1 million in no-strings funding to the most promising social startups that blend profit with purpose. The Avatar and Avengers star has significant experience in business and philanthropy. As the founder of digital media platform BESE, which aims to celebrate diverse cultures and combat their lack of representation in mainstream media, Saldana works to shine a light on underrepresented communities. The actress and activist was also the ambassador for the ‘Lend A Hand’ campaign, which works to help impoverished…

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Lego’s braille bricks prove that good things can be better

Apr25
by on April 25, 2019 at 3:16 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


At some point in their lives, almost everyone I know has constructed entire worlds from LEGO, the foot pain-causing multi-colored bricks. So, it’s nothing but brilliant to see that Lego‘s looking to change more people’s childhoods through the announcement of Braille Bricks – a product to help blind children learn the writing system. They work like this. Instead of the normal dots (the company refers to them as “studs”) you see on top of Lego bricks, this version will be set-up with the same patterns as the Braille alphabet. Each brick will also have a printed letter or number, so…

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Here’s how Bitcoin performed in Q1 2019

Apr25
by on April 25, 2019 at 2:27 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Bitcoin is the cryptocurrency OG, it started it all and redefined the field of digital currencies. It was released the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto in their seminal white paper. The original idea was to create an online peer-to-peer cash that allowed users to exchange value online without being required to reveal their identity. As it’s so commonly touted today, Bitcoin is decentralized. There are no central bodies to provide trust to transactions and ensure everything operates as it should. Instead, there is a globally distributed network of computers that validate and confirm transactions keeping an unchangeable list of transactions known as…

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The feds still haven’t found the Nigerian scammers that stole $50K in Bitcoin

Apr25
by on April 25, 2019 at 12:18 pm
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Two Nigerian nationals face charges of attempting to defraud US residents through numerous Bitcoin investment scams. But the pair are yet to be apprehended by US authorities. Onwuemerie Ogor Gift and Kelvin Usifo are facing a 13-count indictment, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering, and 11 instances of wire fraud, OregonLive reports. Gift and Usifoh ran a number of websites on which they promised investors risk-free investments with guaranteed returns of between 20 and 50 percent. The pair claimed to be using “unique trading methods,” but in reality, they were just sending the Bitcoin to their own wallets,…

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