Microstrategy CEO Advises Nigeria and Zimbabwe to Adopt Bitcoin Standard, Says BTC Is ‘Kingmaker’
Microstrategy CEO Michael Saylor has suggested Nigeria and Zimbabwe issue currencies that are backed by bitcoin if they want to fix their economies. He surmised that using the bitcoin standard will end starvation and allow citizens of both countries to have a decent life. National Currencies Backed by Bitcoin In a video clip where he also addresses claims that the Bitcoin network cannot scale, Saylor suggests that if Nigeria and...
Charity and Community Focused Project ‘TheFloorNFT’ Announces New Artistic Collectibles on Ethereum
PRESS RELEASE. The Floor NFT’s are fresh, hand-drawn, non-PFP (Profile Picture), artistic collectibles on the Ethereum Blockchain, crafted with love by DAHR in his pleasing cartoonish art style. Only 7777 provably rare artworks were generated from 150 traits/attributes in order to gather together a first-ever NFT condominium community. The Floor NFT spawned from the idea of wanting to give back to the world, what the NFT community has...
Financial Advisors Managing $110 Trillion Can Now Offer Crypto Trading to Clients via Interactive Brokers
Registered investment advisors (RIAs) with about $110 trillion under management can now offer their clients cryptocurrency trading through Interactive Brokers. RIAs manage portfolios of almost 61 million clients. Registered Investment Advisors Can Now Offer Cryptocurrencies to Clients Global investment firm Interactive Brokers Group (Nasdaq: IBKR) announced Monday the launch of cryptocurrency trading for registered investment advisors...
Pirate IPTV Investigation: 1,800 Customers Face ‘Stolen Goods’ Fines
In recent years, Italian authorities investigating IP crime have committed significant resources to the ongoing problem of pirate IPTV services. From being part of the operation that shuttered software platform Xtream-Codes to the closure of a service that was allegedly responsible for the supply of 80% of the country’s ‘illegal transmissions’, Italy has been pushing hard against all players in the ecosystem. One area where local law...
Filmmakers Withdraw Popcorn Time ‘Blocking’ Request After Google Shows Up
Copyright holders have tried a wide variety of legal options to tackle online piracy, including lawsuits. This year we have seen a series of complaints in US courts where filmmakers sued third-party services for facilitating piracy. This includes VPN providers and their hosting companies. VPN.ht is one of the companies that was sued. Last week it settled the case by agreeing, among other things, that it would block BitTorrent traffic...
