“Trump officials have vowed to prosecute Assange and destroy WikiLeaks. The central oddity of Assange’s case — that he has been effectively imprisoned for eight years despite never having been charged with, let alone convicted of, any crime — is virtually certain to be prolonged once Ecuador hands him over to the U.K.”
“It’s not a stretch to say that it’s one of the most important lawsuits to ever cross the desk of a federal judge. The core of the Bill of Rights is in play, and a wrong result could formalize a slide into authoritarianism that began long ago, but accelerated after 9/11.”
Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/how-to-survive-americas-kill-list-699334/
“The government does not fine or otherwise prosecute ‘free’ drivers because the purpose of the licensing bylaw is to restrict competition, not to protect the public.”
Read more: https://mises.org/wire/governments-war-ladies-who-drive-you-home-hospital
“The Narodowy Bank Polski (NFB) spent around 91,000 zloty (£19,430; $27,300) on Google, Facebook, and other websites, in a subversive smear campaign aimed directly at attacking the legitimacy of cryptocurrencies — such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, etc. NFB also paid prominent Polish YouTube network Gamellon to run anti-cryptocurrency videos without disclosing the fact that the videos were technically sponsored content.”
Read more: https://bitcoinist.com/polish-central-bank-paid-youtubers-low-dirty-smear-campaign-cryptocurrency/
“The situation recalls a similar incident in February when MEW was affected by a DNS attack that saw at least $365,000 of crypto stolen from users.”
Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/09/myetherwallet-hit-by-attack-hola/
“The news comes nearly a year after Bitmain raised $50 million in a Series A funding round, led by Sequoia Capital China and IDG Capital, as previously reported by CoinDesk.”
Read more: https://www.coindesk.com/report-mining-giant-bitmain-valued-at-12-billion-in-new-funding-round/
“If all goes according to plan, not only will TokenPay and the Litecoin Foundation have a reliable banking partner, they would also transform WEG into an on-ramp for consumers worldwide who want to trade fiat for cryptocurrency or pay for goods and services with crypto.”
Read more: https://www.coindesk.com/litecoin-bank-tokenpay-crypto/
“‘Unlike their 18th and 19th century paper [private money] predecessors, VCs are used globally, disregarding national borders,’ the report reads.”
Read more: https://bitcoinist.com/eu-parliament-study-not-ban-bitcoin/
“The head of the Bank of International Settlements has predicted a bad ending for cryptocurrencies, calling for an end to their production in a recent interview.”
Read more: https://www.coindesk.com/bis-chief-says-stop-trying-to-create-money-in-new-crypto-critique/
“According to the article, the main impetus for buying cryptocurrencies are either for criminal activities, creating a sense of community, security against ‘real or imagined’ state oppression, and the thrill of trading.”