The co-founder of Firefox parent Mozilla, Eich’s stated aim is to “fix the internet” with Brave—and part of this plan involves paying users in crypto. A share of advertising revenue is distributed to users who agree to view ads in the form of Ethereum-based Basic Attention Tokens. This digital asset can then be cashed in or used to reward content creators on platforms such as YouTube and Twitch.
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Sen. Loeffler Bakkt into corner by ‘timely’ stock sales
The former CEO of the Bakkt cryptocurrency exchange sold at least $1 million in stocks after a private senate briefing on coronavirus made clear a market-tanking pandemic was coming
It is “ridiculous” to think that former Bakkt CEO and current Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) would know that she began selling several million dollars’ worth of stock beginning the same day a private senatorial briefing on coronavirus made clear they would soon tank.
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Can cryptominers cure Coronavirus?
The Folding@home project wants to use out-of-service mining machines to help scientists learn the secrets needed to create a vaccine for COVID-19
While the markets tank over COVID-19 fears a small group of programmers are trying to convert their cryptomining GPUs to find a cure for coronavirus via the Folding@home project.
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Welcome to fear itself
Quantum Economics’ Mati Greenspan says it’s too early to tell what impact coronavirus will have on cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin
“In order to stem the spread of the coronavirus, people are taking drastic measures which are having huge implications for the global economy,” Mati Greenspan, founder of Quantum Economics, told Modern Consensus. “The global economy basically went from booming in February to grinding to a virtual halt in March. Bitcoin isn't immune to that.”
