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Financial Guru Dave Ramsey Doubts Bitcoin Can Be Cashed Out — Advises BTC Investor to Sell Now
28.12.2020
Personal finance guru Dave Ramsey has given advice about bitcoin to a man who made over $100,000 by investing just $1,500 in the cryptocurrency. Ramsey repeatedly expressed his doubt that bitcoin can be cashed out, calling the cryptocurrency “funny money.” He recommends selling bitcoin...
Mexico’s second richest man says Bitcoin is his “best investment ever”
26.12.2020
Ricardo Salinas Pliego breaks down his Bitcoin investment thesis
Localbitcoins Trader Facing up to 40 Years in Prison Over Bitcoin Fraud Schemes
24.12.2020
A trader on Localbitcoins and Paxful has pleaded guilty to charges in connection with a couple of bitcoin scams. The U.S. Department of Justice alleges that the trader knowingly sold bitcoin to victims of fraudulent schemes. Bitcoin Trader Facing Jail Time The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)...
The Fictional Characters, TV Shows, and Movies We Lost in 2020
23.12.2020
It was a rough year for all of us in the real world, but those fictional universes we spend so much time in didn’t get off scot-free. A lot of television shows ended their runs this year, and a lot of our favorite characters from sci-fi, fantasy, and horror took their final bows as well. Here...
Crypto Exchange Bitgrail Founder Accused by Italian Police of Faking Hacks That Led to Company’s Bankruptcy
23.12.2020
Italian police accused a man who ran a cryptocurrency exchange of being responsible for a series of hacks that caused millions in losses as part of an alleged massive fraud scheme. Italian Authorities Accuse Bitgrail Owner of Faking Hacks That Led Exchange’s Bankruptcy According to Reuters...
Space invaders: Launching crypto into orbit
23.12.2020
"The idea is that if you can provide a root of trust that is literally in outer space, you have something that has an unprecedented level of security because this is a fully tamper-proof Trusted Execution Environment."
Marvel vs. Capcom 2's Iron Man Infinite Combo Makes For A Great Beat
22.12.2020
Musician Akito Bass recently shared a great video showing how the iconic Iron Man infinite in Marvel vs. Capcom 2 can be used as the foundation for a catchy track.Read more
Marvel's Weird New Multiplayer Mobile Game Goes Live
16.12.2020
Available worldwide today for iOS and Android devices, Marvel Realm of Champions is an online team-based brawler that taps into 2015's Secret Wars comic crossover to give players access to strange, alternate-dimension versions of their favorite heroes. Read more
Swinging In A Winter Wonderland
12.12.2020
This week on Snapshots, a surprising lack of Cyberpunk 2077 screenshots. We got some good ones already, but I was expecting more! Maybe folks are too busy playing the game to snap photos or perhaps it’s just too buggy at the moment. Read more
Fox News Report Highlights Bitcoin Cash Proponent’s Modern Day Scavenger Hunt
12.12.2020
The anonymous Bitcoin Cash proponent called, ‘Bitcoin Man,’ has made the news once again, this time in Fresno California. Bitcoin Man was featured on a local Fox News report on December 11 for creating a “modern-day scavenger hunt” with bitcoin cash-loaded stickers hidden...
Fantastic Four Finally Entering the Marvel Cinematic Universe and More Huge News
11.12.2020
It’s official. The Fantastic Four is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Jon Watts (Spider-Man Homecoming) will direct. And that’s only the beginning.Read more
Man Jailed for Role in $25 Million Ponzi Scheme Involving a Failed Crypto
10.12.2020
A South Florida federal district judge has sentenced Jose Angel Aman to 84 months in prison for his role in perpetrating a $25 million diamond Ponzi scheme. In addition, the judge ordered Aman to pay over $23 million in restitution to victims who invested in his diamond cutting business and...
Man Gets 6 Years for $25M Diamond and Crypto Ponzi Scheme
9.12.2020
Jose Angel Aman, charged with operating the fraudulent investment scheme, was sentenced to serve six years in federal prison and pay over $23 million in victim restitution by a federal court in Florida
Insomniac added a new “Performance RT” visual mode to Spider-Man: Miles Morales.
9.12.2020
Insomniac added a new “Performance RT” visual mode to Spider-Man: Miles Morales. The new setting allows for ray-tracing at 60FPS, with the tradeoff being an unspecified adjusted scene resolution. Read more
Balaji Srinivasan: The Man Who Called COVID
8.12.2020
The former Coinbase CTO sounded the alarm early about the virus. More broadly, he’s emerged as a prolific and perceptive thinker about the trust and knowledge problems crypto aims to solve
These Shoes Were Made For Crawling
5.12.2020
This week... more screenshots from Miles Morales! But I’m not complaining! That game has such a great photo mode that I expect I’ll be getting screenshots from it for years to come. Some other great screenshots from Control, Assassin’s Creed, and more.Read more
The Playable Pac-Man Is A Great Touch In Dontnod’s Latest Mystery, Twin Mirror
4.12.2020
Twin Mirror, the latest game from Life is Strange developer Dontnod, is a dark psychological thriller set in a podunk mining town. Like many a small town, the best thing about the fictional Basswood, West Virginia is the grungy old Pac-Man machine in the back of the local dive bar.Read more
The Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, or Horror Movies io9 Rewatched in 2020
3.12.2020
Twenty-twenty hasn’t been good for much, but it has been given us bountiful free time— time you hopefully used to finally make good on that statement “Oh, I’d love to watch that but I don’t have time.” Well, in 2020 you did. As a result, many of us revisited and once again fell in love with...
How Miles Morales Connects To Harlem In The New Spider-Man Game
2.12.2020
In Insomniac’s 2018 Spider-Man game, Peter Parker’s relationship with New York City involved the occasional selfie with a citizen and a lot of palling around with the NYPD. The new Miles Morales game does something different. It foregrounds Miles Morales’ relationship to Harlem and the community...
Texas State Securities Board Flags 15 Investment Entities Including One Unregistered Crypto Trader
21.11.2020
The Texas State Securities Board (TSSB) has announced a series of enforcement actions against 15 online investment entities that illegally market cryptocurrency, binary options, and forex investments in Texas. Fake Social Media Accounts The regulator alleges that operators of the companies...