Tag Archives: Bitcoins

REPORT: Bitcoin Donations To Neo-Nazi Accounts Surge Ahead Of Saturday’s Anniversary Rally In Washington

Fortune reports: The second Unite The Right rally is scheduled for this weekend and will this year happen in the U.S. capital, with some 400 far-right activists expected to flood into Washington D.C. on August 11th. Ahead of the rally, bitcoin and cryptocurrency donations to neo-Nazis are on the rise. Last year bitcoin and cryptocurrency donations to neo-Nazis spiked around …

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Bitcoin Boom Helps Fuel Neo-Nazi Movement

Bitcoin has quadrupled in value over the last six months and among the biggest winners are some white supremacists and neo-Nazis. The Washington Post reports: After Charlottesville’s bloody Unite the Right rally in August, technology companies tightened rules against hate speech and banned many extremists from using Web hosting services, social media platforms and online payment systems. But some on …

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Facebook Twins In Space

From the Winklevoss twins’ blog: Humans have a long tradition of exploring and forging new frontiers, both physically and metaphorically. In the Middle Ages, Marco Polo’s writings – which recounted his 24 years of travel and trade on the Silk Road – built a new and lasting level of economic and cultural awareness between Europe and Asia. 200 years later, …

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