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Beeple NFT Sells for $69 Million in Christie’s Auction
This is the largest NFT sale to date and the third largest art sale of any living artist
Azealia Banks Sold a Sex Tape with Ryder Ripps on the Blockchain for $17K
A 24 minute audio recording of Banks and boyfriend Ryder Ripps sold as an NFT.
People Are Spending Millions on JPEGs, Tweets, And Other Crypto Collectibles
Mark Cuban sold a GIF for more than $81,000. Someone bought a JPEG for $650,000. A digital land title in a game sold for $1.5 million. What are NFTs?
The Era of Government-Friendly Bitcoin Miners Is Here
Facing down new Treasury regulations, major North American miners agree to only process "clean" blocks of government-friendly transactions.
Someone Mysteriously Sent Almost $1 Billion in Bitcoin
An unknown person or entity just sent a whole lot of money while hiding in plain sight.
Someone Mysteriously Paid $2.5M to Send $133 in Cryptocurrency
Was it simply a catastrophically expensive mistake, or something more nefarious? The mining pool is holding on to the fee in case the sender speaks up.
ISIS Is Experimenting with This New Blockchain Messaging App
BCM allows administrators to create “supergroups” of up to 100,000 people.
Facebook Just Launched Its Own Version of Bitcoin. Here's What You Need to Know.
Having proven it can't be trusted with your data, Facebook wants you to trust it with your money.
There's a Huge ASCII Penis Hidden on the Ethereum Blockchain
Artists Ida Jonsson and Simon Saarinen embedded the work on the blockchain in an act aimed "against being adult."
Canadian Banks and Telecoms Are Collaborating on a Digital ID System
Verified.Me will allow people to consent to an institution sharing their data to verify their identity or access services.
We Beamed the Communist Manifesto to Space Using Bitcoin
Satellites and some nascent tech gave Motherboard a unique opportunity.
Former Hacking Team Members Are Now Spying on the Blockchain for Coinbase
Coinbase said it's aware of the Neutrino founders' controversial past, but their technology is the best the major exchange has encountered.