Friday, November 16, 2018

• GPU-accelerated dismemberment demo: 10,000 zombies in a giant blender · Cory Doctorow
• Cryptocurrency investors set for refunds after SEC settles with start-ups · Olivia Feld
• Why can't Twitter stop Elon Musk bitcoin scams? It's complicated · Nicole Kobie
• Switzerland gives green light to first cryptocurrency ETP
• Blockchain gaming gets a boost with Mythical Games’ $16M Series A · Kate Clark
• Blockchain Voting: Solves None Of The Actual Problems Of Online Voting; Leverages None Of The Benefits Of Blockchain · Mike Masnick
• Cramer: Don't buy shares of Nvidia—the chipmaker is in the penalty box for now · Elizabeth Gurdus
• The Information’s 411 — You’re No Bitcoin Jesus
• Nvidia Grapples With Cryptocurrency Miners' Exit · Sarah E. Needleman
• Hillicon Valley: Russian-linked hackers may have impersonated US officials | Trump signs DHS cyber bill | Prosecutors inadvertently reveal charges against Assange | Accenture workers protest border enforcement work | App mines crypto for bail bonds · Jacqueline Thomsen, Harper Neidig, Olivia Beavers and Ali Breland
• App uses cryptocurrency to help detainees pay ICE bail money · Ali Breland
• CryptoWatch: Bitcoin still fooling buyers into believing those 200%-plus gains are coming back · Gary Smith
• Wall Street's crypto bull Tom Lee slashes year-end bitcoin price forecast nearly in half · Kate Rooney
• ‘I didn’t sleep well last night’: Bitcoin’s slide just the beginning as analysts brace for a 70% drop · Bloomberg News
• Q&A: Can Sci-fi Movies Help Us Avoid Technological Disaster? · Dexter Johnson
• Cryptocurrency chill causes mining speculator Nvidia’s stock to plunge · Devin Coldewey
• U.S. regulator settles with tech startups over token sale violations · Katanga Johnson
• Oil and Bitcoin highlight growing risk of market crash: BAML · Helen Reid
• Twitter says the Bitcoin scam wave came from third-party app · Mix
• The problem with social media has never been about bots. It’s always been about business models · Simone Stolzoff
• The Bitcoin Cash hash war has no real winners · Mix
• In One Chart: Here’s why one chart watcher is ready to buy the bitcoin dip—in one chart · Aaron Hankin
• Blockchain hard forks explained as quickly as possible · Matthew Beedham
• Crypto trading card game 'Gods Unchained' looks pretty sweet in first gameplay trailer · Stan Schroeder
• Nvidia nurses 'crypto hangover' as demand for mining chips evaporates · Kate Rooney
• A solution to bitcoin’s energy waste: Use it to warm buildings · Adele Peters
• Signs point to no on TCJA fixes · bfaler@politico.com (Brian Faler)
• Corporate week in review, November 17
• Americans are splurging on all flavors of subprime debt · John Detrixhe
• Major banks are setting up innovation labs in Singapore (DB, WBK, BACHY) · Lea Nonninger
• Firm Tied to Cryptocurrency Entrepreneur Faces SEC Investigation · Dave Michaels
• European chipmakers see new growth drivers to weather volatile demand · Mathieu Rosemain
• A leaky database of SMS messages is a reminder that SMS is really, really insecure · Cory Doctorow
• CryptoWatch: Bitcoin prices set for back-to-back losing weeks after midweek plunge · Aaron Hankin
• Most antivirus programs fail to detect this cryptocurrency-stealing malware · Charlie Osborne
• US STOCKS-Nasdaq futures fall 1 pct as Nvidia takes down chipmakers · Sruthi Shankar
• These DNA Startups Want to Put Your Whole Genome on the Blockchain · Megan Molteni
• Cryptocurrency fraudster faces 5 years in prison for selling fake ICOs · David Canellis
• Matthew Whitaker: Trump's acting attorney general once backed a time-travel cryptocurrency · Anthony Cuthbertson
• This blockchain-based platform will let anyone invest in renewables · Adele Peters
• Japan wants to regulate cryptocurrency wallet services · Matthew Beedham
• Modi cracked a really good joke about blockchain—and it’s bang on · Ananya Bhattacharya