• U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who clearly went to Paul Weller's barber from the 1980s (Photo by Dominique from UK via Wiki Commons).
    U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who clearly went to Paul Weller's barber from the 1980s (Photo by Dominique from UK via Wiki Commons).
    Cryptocurrencies,  Europe,  Libra,  Opinion

    New Prime Minister Boris Johnson needs to turn to crypto before the EU turns on him

    Is this the technology he says will solve the upcoming headaches?

    July 23, 2019 /

    On Wednesday former London Mayor and ridiculous human being Boris Johnson will take over as U.K. Prime Minister. The nation’s 160,000 Conservative members were eligible to vote in the contest and 87.4% turned out to vote. This means that the 92,153 citizens who voted for Boris Johnson got to make the selection on behalf of 66 million U.K. residents. In other words, one Conservative party member got to speak for 715 citizens. The upcoming hard-Brexit date of October 31 is going to be a Nightmare on Downing Street, but Johnson could ease Britain’s currency crisis by investing in cross-border crypto payments such a Facebook’s Libra.

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  • SafePal's hardware wallet (photo by Brendan Sullivan for Modern Consensus).
    SafePal's hardware wallet (photo by Brendan Sullivan for Modern Consensus).
    Technology

    We tried SafePal crypto wallet and here’s what we think

    July 15, 2019 /

    We are going to hear a lot more about crypto security in the coming years as Facebook’s Libra gets your mom into crypto. But if your mother can fall for one of those Facebook scams, she can easily lose her Facebook piggy bank. So we’re going to walk you through the SafePal crypto wallet and see if it’s something your mom can use.

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  • DJ D-Sol, who goes by the name David Solomon when he runs Goldman Sachs, doing his thing. According to some conspiracy theories, he may in fact run the world (via Instagram.com/djdsolmusic)
    DJ D-Sol, who goes by the name David Solomon when he runs Goldman Sachs, doing his thing. According to some conspiracy theories, he may in fact run the world (via Instagram.com/djdsolmusic)
    Media

    We had Lady Gaga’s former tour DJ review Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon’s new single and he totally loved it

    DJ D Sol’s new single absolutely slaps

    July 3, 2019 /

    Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon moonlights as a music producer and party starter under the name DJ D-Sol. This week, he released his latest single “Rescue Me.” And we don’t mind saying that it’s a pretty sweet track.

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  • Ross Ulbricht, July 2018 (via FreeRoss.org)
    Ross Ulbricht, July 2018 (via FreeRoss.org)
    Bitcoin,  Opinion

    Bitcoin criminal Ross Ulbricht does not like prison

    Thursday’s Medium post was a new move aimed at humanizing a person who did most of his crimes under a screen name from behind a computer

    June 27, 2019 /

    Time’s are tough for Silk Road Founder and hitman-hirer Ross Ulbricht. He is serving double-life plus 40 years without the possibility of parole for running a website that sold guns, drugs, and murders for bitcoin. Now he wants the world to see prisoners through his own eyes. It’s not going well.

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