Some might say he’s given up the $Ghost. Technology pioneer and cryptocurrency advocate John McAfee has just announced his departure from his own privacy asset project, Ghost. “I am abandoning the the Ghost project,” he said in an Aug. 19 tweet. “Management is incapable of making a success of the project,” he explained, adding, “It […]
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Check out this week’s Bad Crypto podcast. Last week, the Bitcoin news was all about lift-off. This week, it’s all about the leveling off. Bitcoin ends the week around $11,400, a fall of about 2.7 percent over the last seven days. That drop included a correction of $700 in one day so the question now […]
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The creator of the software company behind anti-virus program McAfee alleges Intel is suing him over the use of his own name. John McAfee, the crypto enthusiast who once said he would ‘eat his own dick’ if Bitcoin did not surge to $1 million, claims that Intel is suing him over his privacy project Ghost. […]
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Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binanace, says that Bitcoin will eventually break out of this $9,000–9,500 corridor but the token is “really stable” now. Changpeng Zhao, CEO of crypto exchange Binance, isn’t sure what will cause Bitcoin to hit $10,000 again, but has remarked on the token’s recent stability. In a July 19 interview with Bloomberg […]
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Top celebrities, politicians and businesses are caught up in a “social engineering attack” on Twitter — with theories swirling around that it could have been an “inside job.” Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, […]
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John McAfee says he never believed Bitcoin would hit $1 million in a recent tweet, backtracking from his previous prediction. In July 2017, John McAfee said he would “eat his own dick” if Bitcoin does not hit $500,000 within three years. Today, BTC is hovering at a mere $9,130 and its price must increase by […]
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Luxury car company Rolls Royce announced a line of cars hosting blockchain puzzles, shortly after Lamborghini revealed a yacht. Crypto and blockchain experts now have something new to save up for — a line of techie-style Rolls Royce cars, each complete with a cryptographic puzzle. As crypto prices pop off, participants may begin asking “When […]
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John McAfee-backed privacy coin Ghost Coin partners with ivendPay as a payment option for Hong Kong vending machines. Ghost Coin, the proof-of-stake privacy coin led by John McAfee, can now be used in vending machines in Hong Kong Disneyland. Ghost announced on Twitter that it partnered with crypto payment system ivendPay to deploy the coin […]
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Schiff, Rogers and Mark Cuban will end up “going all in” on Bitcoin, Keiser claims, while calling John McAfee the “king of scammers.” Bitcoin (BTC) skeptics such as Peter Schiff and Mark Cuban will all buy “huge” amounts of the cryptocurrency, Max Keiser promises. In a tweet on June 26, the famously outspoken RT host […]
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John McAfee’s controversial Ghost distributed exchange, which promises anonymity, is now live. John McAfee’s controversial Ghost distributed exchange is now live, the cryptocurrency advocate announced on Twitter over the weekend. The Ghost distributed exchange is related to McAfee’s privacy project Ghost, a Proof of Stake privacy coin intended for more anonymous transactions. McAfee clarified on […]
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