Why Charles Stross Doesn't Know a Thing about Bitcoin
Science fiction writers excel at predicting the future. Jules Verne imagined rocket ships long before rockets were blasting into space. William Gibson foresaw the rise of the internet in Neuromancer. Arthur C Clark wrote about satellites decades before one ever shuttled a call to a cell phone. At its core, sci-fi writing is about imagination, about....
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Charles Schwab Registers Crypto Economy ETF With SEC
Charles Schwab, one of the largest financial institutions in the U.S., filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Wednesday for “Schwab Crypto Economy ETF.”
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Charles Lee isn't nearly as invisible as Satoshi Nakamoto, but he's doing his best. The creator of Litecoin, the second most successful cryptocurrency after Bitcoin, was happy to speak with CoinDesk, but he didn't want to reveal too much about himself. What we know for sure about the California-based software engineer is that he graduated from a leading technology-focused university in 1999, and is currently working for an Internet software company. CoinDesk knows who that is - and the odd reference can be found online by those who know where to look - but Lee really doesn't like to talk....