#  million raised for Assange showed the power of DAOs

# $53 million raised for Assange showed the power of DAOs

“# $53 million raised for Assange showed the power of DAOs ” “DAOs are very powerful token-based coordination mechanism that any person now can wield outside of the legacy financial system”, said Silke Noa, core-member of the AssangeDAO, which recently raised $53 million in support of Wikileak’s founder, Julian Assange.  According to Noa, the fundraising campaign…

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#Drake’s .3M Super Bowl bitcoin bet may have been illegal

#Drake’s $1.3M Super Bowl bitcoin bet may have been illegal

“#Drake’s $1.3M Super Bowl bitcoin bet may have been illegal” Drake’s $1.3 million Super Bowl bet that he placed using bitcoin may have been illegal, according to Canadian gambling regulation experts. The Toronto-based hip hop star pocketed $300,000 in profit on Super Bowl Sunday after putting down $1.3 million worth of bitcoin using Stake, an…

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# Bitcoin at the barricades: Ottawa, Ukraine and beyond

# Bitcoin at the barricades: Ottawa, Ukraine and beyond

“# Bitcoin at the barricades: Ottawa, Ukraine and beyond ” Protesting anti-vax truckers blockading downtown Ottawa, Canada had their fund-raising platform shut down because their host fears the “promotion of violence.” The protesters move to a Bitcoin crowdsourcing funding service. It quickly raised $900,000. Russian troops gather on Ukraine’s borders. Ukrainian NGOs and volunteer groups…

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