Tag: Media

Normalizing Negative Interest: It’s Flabbergasting How Closely Media Parrots the Government

On By MattMcall

Normalizing Negative Interest: It’s Flabbergasting How Closely Media Parrots the Government Negative interest rates have been making big headlines lately, as several countries and big banks are now experimenting with the unorthodox monetary policy. While typically viewed as a last-ditch effort to shock some life back into struggling economies, these […]

Testing Haven, OB1’s New Social Media and Crypto Marketplace App

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Testing Haven, OB1’s New Social Media and Crypto Marketplace App On Monday, OB1, the development team who created the crypto-infused marketplace Openbazaar, launched a new platform called Haven. The application is a mobile version of the Openbazaar marketplace, but also includes social media, end-to-end encrypted messaging, and noncustodial wallet services […]

Ethereum Client Parity’s Afri Schoeden Quits Social Media Amid Community Infighting

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Ethereum Client Parity’s Afri Schoeden Quits Social Media Amid Community Infighting Afri Schoeden, release manager at blockchain infrastructure firm Parity Technologies, has exited social media amid a spate of infighting in the Ethereum community Cointelegraph.com News

Clickbait Media Uses Bitcoin and Russia to Pump Headlines Again

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Clickbait Media Uses Bitcoin and Russia to Pump Headlines Again In the past week or so, a number of publications, including cryptocurrency websites, but also “reputable” mainstream outlets, have given stage to a “Kremlin economist” with a bold prediction – Russia will invest billions in bitcoin to tackle U.S. sanctions, […]