Cryptocurrencies
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SEC Goes After Cryptocurrency 'Influencers,' Starting With DJ Khaled and Floyd Mayweather: Reason Roundup
Plus: the First Amendment problems with prosecuting Wikileaks and the trans troops ban is dealt another blow.
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Debate: Should the Government Get Rid of Cash and Restrict Cryptocurrenices?
The next Reason/Soho Forum debate takes place in New York on December 3 and features Harvard's Ken Rogoff and GMU's Larry White.
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Ready to Get Off Facebook? Reason Reviews 5 Alternative Social Networks.
Facebook, Twitter, and other mainstream social networks have their issues. Are these 5 platforms viable alternatives?
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Blockchain Is Changing Lives in Africa
Startups from Cape Town to Nairobi think the budding technology is the future of the continent.
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Hey, Paul Krugman: Here’s What Bitcoin Is Good for
To assume that governments do better at keeping currencies stable ignores parts of the world.
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Fed Chair: Cryptocurrency Investors Are 'Unsophisticated'
Chairman Jerome Powell says they are putting their money in risky, unbacked investments built on reckless speculation.
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Is Bitcoin the Future of Money? Peter Schiff vs. Erik Voorhees
Watch the debate.
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What Happens If Cryptocurrency Technologies Are Regulated as Securities?
The SEC is getting serious about initial coin offering (ICO) oversight.
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3 Steps to Buy and Store Bitcoins Anonymously
A handful of best practices can go a long way toward shielding your transactions from government spies and other malevolents.
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Australia Attempts to Fight Tobacco Black Markets by Banning Large Cash Transactions
This will hurt innocent people. It may harm legal businesses. And it won't actually work.
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Backpage Plea to Texas Sex Trafficking Charge Turns On CEO's Admission to Brokering Adult Prostitution
Backpage CEO Carl Ferrer turned over the company and seven other executives in exchange for leniency.
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Florida Government Employee Arrested for Mining Cryptocurrencies at Work
Florida man accused of ripping off government agency that rips off taxpayers.
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Balaji Srinivasan: Technology Will Lead to a Borderless World
The Silicon Valley entrepreneur says cryptocurrencies, virtual reality, and mobile devices are helping individuals escape failed institutions.
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Maybe the Government Won’t Screw Up Bitcoin After All
Regulators seem to recognize the need for restraint.
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Governments Hate Bitcoin and Cash for the Same Reason: They Protect People’s Privacy.
Officials want to track every financial transaction you make, and they see cryptocurrencies and cash alike as barriers to achieving that goal.
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What’s Hot in Porn Tech: Blockchain, Cam Girls, and Snapchat
New technologies are helping the adult industry adjust to government regulations and give more power to performers.
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If You Bought Drugs on the Silk Road Using Bitcoin, the Feds Might Know Who You Are
If buying drugs online feels easy, you're probably doing it wrong.
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Free Banking for Bitcoin? How the Lightning Network Could Help
How do we scale the system for broad use?
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Is Bitcoin the Death of Fiat Currency?: Podcast
Q&A with Michael Goldstein and Pierre Rochard of the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute.
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Remy: Bitcoin Billionaire
Remy's ode to cryptocurrency riches.