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All Pizza Hut in Venezuela to accept Cryptocurrency!

28 Nov 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Keith Thuerk $0.30

All Pizza Hut in Venezuela to accept Cryptocurrency!   You might be thinking so what, I don't live anywhere near Venezuela.  Think Bigger! 1) Pizza Hut is a US Based Multinational firm called Yum! Brands Inc. It is part of the Fortune 1000 and is pub...

What do you know about reCAPTCHA?

26 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk $0.14

What do you know about reCAPTCHA? Seems a harmless little application; right? Let's dig in and find out, secondly it is a security apparatus.  First did you know that the Global behemoth Google owns reCAPTCHA? True, and that it is a behavior monitori...

US CFTC has had a busy week - Impacts Coinbase Pro

25 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk $0.40

CFTC has had a busy week - Impacts Coinbase Pro    The US Commodities Future Trading Commission (aka CFTC) has  worked with Coinbase in the background and from that we get no more margin trading. That goes live today 25/11/2020.  As of now the impact...

Publish0x adds a new Token - Ampleforth

24 Nov 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Keith Thuerk $0.37

Publish0x adds a new Token - Ampleforth for earnings   Today I checked by Publish0x earnings and noted a new token at the bottom of the list - Ampleforth. Having never heard of it I was off to perform research.  First from a ticker symbol its known a...

US OCC Wants END Banks Discrimination of disfavored Businesses; Cryptos included

23 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk $0.39

US OCC Wants END Banks Discrimination of disfavored Businesses; Cryptos included   The OCC is proposing a rule change that compels large U.S. banks to offer and provide fair access to financial services to anyone that wants them. The proposition seek...

US Crypto firm launched 401(k) program

23 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk $0.32

US Crypto firm launched 401(k) program   In the US one of the three legs of a retirement stool is the 401(k) and it is typically only open to traditional investing channels. I.E Stocks and Bonds which can appear to be myopic.  So, Digital Asset Inves...

Achilles' Heel of Crypto

18 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk $0.21

Achilles' Heel of Crypto   While learning Crypto's I have been trying to understand risks of all types.  Early on I knew that electricity and cheap electricity at that was crucial to not just mining but the entire Crypto network.  Sure, the FinTech w...

SEC Flashed Green light to all US Banks

15 Nov 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Keith Thuerk $0.63

SEC Flashed Green light to all US Banks   The US Crypto thaw continues as the Securities Exchange Committee (AKA SEC) qualifying US Banks as BitCoin Custodians. This took place on Nov. 9th '20 it recognized all US Banks as qualified custodians.  So,...

Dr. Doom Admits BTC may be Store of Value

9 Nov 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Keith Thuerk $0.26

Dr. Doom Admits BTC may be Store of Value   Dr Nouriel Roubini (AKA Dr. Doom) admitted that BTC may actually be a store of value.  As a result of the value he sees a new revolution on the horizon (next three years) as Global Central Banks start to re...

NJ Senate Bill 3132 - Crypto Regulation Bill Submitted

9 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk $0.34

NJ Senate Bill 3132 - Crypto Regulation Bill Submitted   Last Thursday NJ Sen. Nellie Pou (D.-35), introduced a bill known as the "Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Act" which is similar to the BitLicense legislation put forth by NY in 2015.  T...