Rand Paul Recruits Bitcoin Advocate Patrick Byrne as Tech Counsel
Randal Howard Paul, better known as Rand Paul, is a member of the Republican Party in the United Sates Senate. He currently holds the position of Senator for Kentucky. His issues range through a range of subjects. He has often been vocal about auditing the Federal Reserve on numerous occasions. And Rand has not only been wanting to audit the Fed, but to take it apart and see what is going on. "He's claimed that the Fed is over-leveraged 80 to 1." ~ Bloomberg. And Rand Paul is the first presidential candidate to accept donations in bitcoin. These will be going towards his 2016 presidential....
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Speculation is running wild in the world of Bitcoin and digital currency after Rand Paul announced his tech counsel team members. Among those members are some very important people in the Bitcoin industry, particularly Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne. But what does Rand Paul need a tech counsel for, and what will Byrne’s appointment mean for Bitcoin and digital currency in general? Rand Paul: Accepting Bitcoin Donations for Political Campaign. Rand Paul is popular in the US for his libertarian-leaning political philosophy, as well as his recent decision to run for President in 2016. That may....
Following the return of Patrick Byrne, Bitcoin advocate and Overstock founder and CEO, the company has announced the appointment of a new chief for their blockchain unit. In the press release, Byrne said that all of the company’s bitcoin and blockchain projects will continue to grow and innovate under the new leadership. Byrne Names New Blockchain Unit....
In December 2013, Snoop Dogg tweeted that his next album would be available for bitcoins. Now, one-year-and-a-half later, Snoop doesn't have to team up with Coinbase or BitPay to make his album available for bitcoins. Instead, he's just gotta do what he does best: make dope rhymes. The Bitcoin Community has got him covered. Now that Snoop Dogg's most recent album, Bush, produced by Pharrell, is available, it is indeed available for Bitcoin. Although the album is not available on Snoop Dogg's official website for bitcoins, CryptoCoinsNews lists here some other ways to buy the album using....
U.S. Senator Rand Paul says “statutes that allow presidents or heads of state to invoke emergencies are very, very dangerous.” Commenting on Canada’s Emergencies Act invoked by the Trudeau government, the senator warned, “We have the same sort of statutes here.” Senator Rand Paul Warns of Emergency Act in the US U.S. Senator Rand Paul warned of statutes in the U.S. similar to the Emergencies Act invoked by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week during an episode of the Based Politics podcast that aired Sunday. “I think statutes that....
Patrick M. Byrne, the CEO of Overstock, has taken an indefinite leave of absence due to complications arising from Hepatitis C. Will his company remain bitcoin-friendly post his exit, given that he was one of the most vocal supporters of Bitcoin? In a press release on 11th April 2016, Patrick Byrne revealed that he had been struggling with Stage IV of Hepatitis C, contracted in a surgery in 1984 in China. Due to complications arising from this, he has taken an indefinite leave of absence. It is currently not known whether Byrne will return to work. Mitch Edwards, the General Counsel of....