How Coinmarketcap Incentivizes Exchanges to Report Fake Volume
Exchanges Bitforex, a cryptocurrency exchange that scarcely scraped the top 100 by trading volume until recently, has been accused of…
With Trump in Thrall to Putin, the N.S.A. and Cyber Command Go Rogue
By Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. As Cabinet members, including Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, looked on on Wednesday, Donald Trump…
Digital Currency Group CEO Says Bitcoin Has “Hit The Bottom for The Year”
Barry Silbert, founder and chief executive officer of venture capital Digital Currency Group, said he is bullish on Bitcoin (BTC)…
Fortune 500 C.E.O. Says Holocaust Deniers Must Be Given “a Voice”
In 2018, most companies realize that associating with Nazis and/or white supremacists is not good for business. In 2016, after…
Fantasia 2018 Review: MEGA TIME SQUAD, A Whipsmart Rush of Time Travel Tomfoolery
One fine day in his sleepy coastal New Zealand town, after being booted out of living in his mom’s garage,…
Putin’s “Incredible Offer” to Trump Is Even Worse Than We Feared
By Brendan Smialowski /AF/Getty Images. With the media focused on Donald Trump’s self-abasing performance in Helsinki, a key detail of…
The 10 Most Difficult-to-Defend Online Fandoms, from Barbz to Pewdiepie’s Bro Army
Oh, fandom. So passionate, so partisan—and, too often these days, so prolifically peevish. From Tumblr and Wattpad to more mainstream…
Trump’s Russia Denials Have Real Consequences
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump appeared to downplay Russia’s efforts to interfere with US democracy for a third time this…
Nervos Network Blockchain Startup Secures $28 Mln From Sequoia China, Polychain Capital
Nervos Network, a Chinese blockchain startup founded by a former researcher and developer of the Ethereum Foundation, has announced today…
Tammy Baldwin’s Senate seat isn’t nearly as safe as Democrats seem to think
Tammy Baldwin Sen. Tammy Baldwin Democrats are hopeful of a blue wave in this fall’s midterm elections, but they’re facing…
These 16-Year-Olds Are Campaigning for the Right to Vote | Eighteen x 18 | NowThis
These teenagers are tired of being left out of the political conversations that affect them — so they’re fighting to…
New York Asian 2018 Interview: Hong Kong Action Legend Dante Lam and Producer Candy Leung Talk OPERATION RED SEA
The New York Asian Film Festival is celebrating a true Master of Action. Director/producer/writer Dante Lam’s career spans Hong Kong’s…
China Round-Up: Bitcoin ‘Unicorn’ Valuations, Number of DLT Companies Explodes
In recent cryptocurrency news from China, three cryptocurrency mining hardware manufacturers have been valued at more than $1 billion USD,…
Airbnb Can’t Win New York—But It Can’t Quit Either
Anyone who has been paying attention to the escalating showdown between Airbnb and New York City’s hotel industry will not…