Kim Dotcom Launches Political Party, Proposes National Cryptocurrency
Tech entrepreneur and web bad boy Kim Dotcom is back in the news, having announced the launch of the Internet Party. This is not a joke: Dotcom wants to launch a legitimate political party in New Zealand and one of his stated goals involves the creation of a new cryptocurrency in the island nation. Kim Dotcom does have rather a chequered past that could get in the way of his political leanings, however. His rise to fame started in the '90s, when he was convicted for computer fraud and espionage in his native Germany. His hacking days are now long over, however, and he is best known for....
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Kim Dotcom wants to launch a cryptocurrency in New Zealand. This was found on his political party's website. Remember Kim Dotcom? This German-Finnish entrepreneur made headlines in the past as the founder of Megaupload, a website where it was easy to put up illegal content for download. After some time arguing with authorities, he has now returned and loves to shine his light on recent technological developments. Guess what, he loves cryptocurrencies. The Internet Party. Kim Dotcom founded a political party in New Zealand, called The Internet Party. Even though The Internet Party is....
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On December 17, the internet entrepreneur and political activist Kim Dotcom spoke about bitcoin being a “great asset for storage,” and then further stressed that bitcoin cash was “great for payments.” Dotcom said he expects bitcoin cash to jump in value by 900% next year and reach a $3k per unit handle. Megaupload creator, Kim Dotcom, has been tweeting about the rising cryptocurrency economy, alongside the troubled U.S. economy as well. Last month, Dotcom said a “great depression is coming” and also insisted that the “U.S. economy [is] on such a....