Month: July 2020

Citizens who have previously “watched their currency lose value are now turning to bitcoin” and those finding it difficult to “transfer fiat money to other … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit

In the long run, with the regulations imposed by China in place, many tech platforms may find it untenable to stay in Hong Kong. “This is an opportunity for them to stand with their users and protect their rights against authoritarianism,” says Wang, from the […]

Ashmeet Sidana, a longtime VC who struck out on his own in 2015 to form Engineering Capital, just closed his third and newest fund with $60 million in capital commitments from a university endowment, a fund of funds, and three foundations. Sidana — who previously […]

Telstra has updated its range of mobile plans to meet our data hungry expectations, giving customers more gigabytes across the board, but it’ll come at a cost. Prices have risen by AU$5 per month for the Small, Medium and Large plans, while the Extra Large […]

The Independence Day weekend was a big one for Quibi, it was time to see how many of their earliest subscribers would convert from free users to paid subscribers. Early reports indicate that the streaming service held onto some subscribers through that period, but perhaps […]

Civil rights leaders who instigated an unprecedented ad boycott of Facebook renewed criticism of the social media company for tolerating hate speech, misinformation, and harassment. In a meeting with Facebook executives on Tuesday, and a civil rights “audit” released Wednesday, activists demanded the company act […]

Number of Bitcoin whale (≥10 BTC) trades by exchange. Source: Kaiko. Whales prefer USDT over USD. In Kaiko's nomenclature, “whale” trades are 10 … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit

Messaggi di amara ironia come “Forse resusciterà con gli aiuti statali. Forse” o “Ha sempre pagato le tasse ma loro non lo hanno ripagato”. A trovarseli … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit