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The Hard-Luck Texas Town That Bet on Bitcoin—and Lost

In 1952, The Saturday Evening Post christened Rockdale, Texas, “The Town Where It Rains Money.” An estimated 100 million tons of lignite coal lay buried a...

Fed Chairman: Facebook’s Libra “cannot go forward” without addressing serious concerns

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has had more time to think about Facebook’s Libra project and is now singing a much different tune. On...

Samsung unveils Galaxy tools for Ethereum developers

Samsung released a suite of tools early today for developers to more easily and cheaply build decentralized applications on its Galaxy S10 smartphone—on the...

Powell says Fed is looking into Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency, flags ‘serious concerns’

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has a list of red flags ahead of the launch of Facebook's global cryptocurrency and has launched a working...

Bitcoin finally gets an ‘A’ from Weiss Ratings

Weiss Crypto Ratings–an offshoot of the long established Weiss Ratings, an investment ratings agency–has elevated bitcoin to the top slot on its crypto ratings...

China accelerates its state-run crypto efforts in light of Libra

China’s timeline to make a state-run cryptocurrency just got moved forward. The announcement of the impending launch of Facebook’s Libra in 2020 has put...

How a Blockchain Could Help Roll Out Berkeley’s Next Fire Truck

Last year, Ben Bartlett, a member of the Berkeley City Council, proposed an unusual idea to his colleagues: putting affordable housing on the blockchain....

Bitcoin tax: the U.S. & Singapore go to extremes

Last week, Singapore proposed to exempt Bitcoin and cryptocurrency transactions from value-added tax (VAT.) In America, meanwhile, it seems things are about to get...

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