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This $4.5k MMA-themed titanium phone should be even more expensive

Oct09
by on October 9, 2018 at 10:44 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


It makes me said every time I pull my phone out of my pocket. Yeah, it’s a breathtaking piece of technology and example of human ingenuity, but I can’t look at it without thinking “why isn’t this advertising an MMA fight?” I know you feel the same. I understand why you spent four fully-clothed hours, rocking back-and-forth in the shower. I get it. You needed one thing and one thing only: a $4,560 titanium-coated iPhone emblazoned with references to the Conor McGregor vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov UFC fight that took place over the weekend. Well, dearest one, you’re in luck. Caviar’s Titans Of Force…

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Canadian banking cartel freezes $28M belonging to cryptocurrency exchange

Oct09
by on October 9, 2018 at 9:59 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


A Canadian banking cartel has allegedly frozen $28 million in customer funds belonging to Canada’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. Vancouver-based exchange desk QuadrigaCX claims the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) locked the money and froze accounts belonging to its payment partner, Costodian, and its owner, Jose Reyes. The intervention, which took place earlier in 2018, was allegedly absolutely arbitrary. The Globe and Mail reports CIBC filed a request to take possession of the $28 million, as it is unable to determine exactly who it belongs to it – Quadriga, Costodian, or the 388 users who actually deposited the funds. As…

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Canadian banking cartel freezes $28M belonging to cryptocurrency exchange

Oct09
by on October 9, 2018 at 9:59 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


A Canadian banking cartel has allegedly frozen $28 million in customer funds belonging to Canada’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. Vancouver-based exchange desk QuadrigaCX claims the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) locked the money and froze accounts belonging to its payment partner, Costodian, and its owner, Jose Reyes. The intervention, which took place earlier in 2018, was allegedly absolutely arbitrary. The Globe and Mail reports CIBC filed a request to take possession of the $28 million, as it is unable to determine exactly who it belongs to it – Quadriga, Costodian, or the 388 users who actually deposited the funds. As…

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UK telecom regulator gets nearly $1M to put phone numbers on the blockchain

Oct09
by on October 9, 2018 at 9:54 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


The United Kingdom’s telecommunications and broadcasting regulator, Ofcom, has received $915,000 (£700,000) to explore blockchain as a potential solution to the nation’s telephone number management woes. The money from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy will fund research and development into telecom technologies used in the management and delivery of landline telephone numbers, Ofcom announced yesterday. “Between now and April 2020, we’ll be inviting industry participants to trial the porting and management of millions of telephone numbers using blockchain and ledger technology,” the announcement reads. “We’ll be co-ordinating this work across industry, universities and other third-party providers.” There…

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UK telecom regulator gets nearly $1M to put phone numbers on the blockchain

Oct09
by on October 9, 2018 at 9:54 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


The United Kingdom’s telecommunications and broadcasting regulator, Ofcom, has received $915,000 (£700,000) to explore blockchain as a potential solution to the nation’s telephone number management woes. The money from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy will fund research and development into telecom technologies used in the management and delivery of landline telephone numbers, Ofcom announced yesterday. “Between now and April 2020, we’ll be inviting industry participants to trial the porting and management of millions of telephone numbers using blockchain and ledger technology,” the announcement reads. “We’ll be co-ordinating this work across industry, universities and other third-party providers.” There…

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