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Coinbase’s latest funding deal makes it an $8B company

Oct03
by on October 3, 2018 at 1:29 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Coinbase looks to take a lion’s share of the market with a capital investment deal that could value the company at $8 billion. The cryptocurrency exchange is in talks to finalize a deal with Tiger Global and other shareholders that could generate up to $500 million of investment, Recode reports. Coinbase was valued at over $1.5 billion last year, and if current talks are successful, the company could realize an $8 billion valuation. Coinbase expects to generate $250 million from new investments, with a further $250 million expected to come from existing investors. At present, these figures are merely estimates.…

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Coinbase’s latest funding deal makes it an $8B company

Oct03
by on October 3, 2018 at 1:29 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Coinbase looks to take a lion’s share of the market with a capital investment deal that could value the company at $8 billion. The cryptocurrency exchange is in talks to finalize a deal with Tiger Global and other shareholders that could generate up to $500 million of investment, Recode reports. Coinbase was valued at over $1.5 billion last year, and if current talks are successful, the company could realize an $8 billion valuation. Coinbase expects to generate $250 million from new investments, with a further $250 million expected to come from existing investors. At present, these figures are merely estimates.…

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Don’t just write a book — publish it too and make some residual income. You can learn how for just $29

Oct03
by on October 3, 2018 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


How do you make sure anyone will ever even have the chance to read your pearls of brilliance? The answer is to just publish the darn thing yourself. That can seem like a daunting prospect, but once you dig into the training in the e-Book Publisher bundle ($29, over 90 percent off, from TNW Deals), you might just be ready to become a one-person publishing empire.

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Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick provides 4K streaming for $50

Oct03
by on October 3, 2018 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


If you think Amazon is done launching products after their massive event last month, you’re wrong. The company announced a new Fire TV Stick 4K today priced at just $49.99. Additionally, the device also supports HDR 10+ and Dolby Vision, and Dolby Atmos standards for the superior viewing experience.  “The team invented an entirely new antenna technology and combined that with a powerful 802.11ac Wi-Fi chip that optimizes for the best possible 4K UHD streaming experience, even in congested network environments,” said Marc Whitten, Vice President of Amazon Fire TV. The new Fire TV Stick will also be able to pair…

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Hackers exploit Bitcoin inflation bug to print 235M fake Pigeoncoins

Oct03
by on October 3, 2018 at 11:40 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


The collateral damage from Bitcoin’s epic inflation bug continues to spread. The developers of small-cap cryptocurrency Pigeoncoin have confirmed hackers successfully exploited the vulnerability to print 235 million Pigeoncoins, worth around $15,000. Attackers exploited remnants of bad Bitcoin code to work around Pigeoncoin’s ‘strict’ 21 billion supply, CoinDesk reports. This represents the first time hackers have successfully exploited the inflation bug in the wild. Last week, attackers used it to split the Bitcoin testnet into two separate blockchains. Recently, security researchers discovered a potentially crippling flaw in Bitcoin Core that could have been leveraged to print practically infinite amounts of Bitcoin, inflating its supply above…

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