Facebook’s Libra is still dead — Diem to be sold off for spare parts
Maybe Libra was just very stupid. Because it was a blockchain project started by bitcoiners. Maybe it was always just dumb as hell.
Bitcoin goes down — and time bombs are waiting in the market
Crypto is suffering a supply chain shortage of greater fools.
CoinDesk: conflicts of interest make journalists more independent, apparently
Crypto’s tanking — so let’s pay people in crypto company equity!
News: El Salvador phone tapping, Bitcoin in Tonga, Associated Press NFTs, books
President Bukele’s office denies everything, and doubtless won’t rest until they find the real hacker.
News: El Salvador volcano bonds to sell for tethers, Bitcoin didn’t cause Kazakhstan riots, lawsuits on the blockchain, MobileCoin live on Signal, Craig Wright sued again
Bitfinex Securities will not charge a fee for this. They’re just being nice, see.
El Salvador: Bitcoin Volcano Bond laws, Chivo still doesn’t work, corruption
President Nayib Bukele is day-trading by phone with public funds and tweeting about it, and blowing hundreds of millions in public funds on magic beans.
News: crypto exchange ransomwared, Neom quantum blockchain city, visions of 2022
Eschew manlet economics.
News: Dead Man’s Switch broadcast, Australian regulation, NSW housing, gaming NFTs, Jean-Louis van der Velde of Tether
Bitcoin fans are gullible. Talk to them about the future of money, throw in a few buzz words and they believe any garbage.
Jennifer Robertson: Bitcoin Widow — Quadriga? I know nothing! Nothing!
“So the truth is, I didn’t know all that much about Gerry or his business.” Well, so much for the one reason we’re reading this.
News: David Marcus quits Facebook, WhatsApp uses Novi, corporate NFT disasters
NFT promoters need to be forced to walk the streets ringing a bell, yelling “UNCLEAN,” and wearing a scarlet ฿.