Silk Road: Bitcoin-Funded Play Hits London’s West End for 20-Day Run
A play financed entirely by Bitcoin is now running at London’s West End theater, Trafalgar Studios. The play ‘Silk Road: How to Buy Drugs Online’, by English playwright Alex Oates, had a successful showing at the Edinburgh Fringe and the Vault festival recently, and due to its popularity at that venue, it has been offered […]
Colorado Journalists Join Blockchain News Startup in Fresh Approach to Journalism
Veteran journalists in Colorado are using the blockchain to build a news startup which is ad-free, reader-supported and owned by readers with its data recording on the blockchain, writes The Durango Herald. Two US newspapers, The Colorado Sun, and its partner, the Civil Media Co, are planning to completely break with tradition by adopting blockchain […]
1.1 Million Bitcoin Lawsuit Suggests Craig Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto
In February 2018, the estate of Dave Kleiman filed a lawsuit against Craig Wright for up to BTC 1.1 million in the United States District Court of the Southern District of Florida. Intriguing evidence recorded in the lawsuit suggests Craig Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of Bitcoin that disappeared many years ago. This evidence […]
Brian Kelly Interrupts CNBC Bitcoin Funeral With Bullish Outlook
CNBC held a mock funeral for Bitcoin following a steep price decline from USD 20,000 in December 2017 to less than USD 6,000 as of this writing on 24 June 2018. They said they would no longer be covering Bitcoin and jumped immediately into a Bitcoin funeral to commemorate all of their Bitcoin friends and […]
Lighting Africa and Proposed Crypto City Shows Africa is Pushing Back Frontiers
Grammy-nominated singer Akon’s recently revealed plans to build his own Crypto City not only adds to his role as a driver for social change but reflects that Africa is keen to adopt fintech for social betterment. This is not the first of Akon’s innovative projects which have been designed to drive societal changes. Launched in 2014, […]