The Completely Insane Saga of CoinBet.cc
It All Starts With One Man. Meet Michael Katz. Katz is an American poker player from a small town in New Jersey. Throughout his career, Katz has won well over half a million dollars playing online poker. However, on 15 April 2011, the United States indicted three major online poker sites - PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker, for violating the Illegal Gambling Business Act of 1955. The online poker community soon dubbed this date “Black Friday,” since it essentially ended online poker for Americans. As a result of Black Friday, Katz no longer obsessed over poker and instead....
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Happy Easter, everyone. As with every Sunday, it's time for the CCN Week in Review. This week: Neo & Bee employees exposed the truth about Danny Brewster, CoinBet.cc was shut down, Mt. Gox abandoned plans for civil rehabilitation, and more. Here are our top stories this week, from 14 April - 20 April, in video and article form: Neo & Bee CEO Exposed. Neo & Bee employees revealed how they were "misled" by Danny Brewster. Until recently, Neo & Bee employees have remained silent about company troubles. They hoped that the problems would be solved soon and that the company would resume....
A point of contention non-coiners have regarding Bitcoin is its alleged use by cybercriminals. People use the leading cryptocurrency for nefarious purposes, that’s a fact. However, so is every other form of money known to man used. There’s a difference, though: The blockchain. It registers every Bitcoin transaction, forever. A point that the DarkSide saga […]
Crypto restrictions in India, fresh darknet market research from Chainalysis and the newest chapter in Virgil Griffith’s North Korea saga.
The Wall Street Bets saga, an incredibly ridiculous story about a group of amateur Reddit investors who beat career Wall Street hedge funds at their own game, is to be made into a movie. According to a report by online news site Deadline on Jan. 31, Metro Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) won the rights to produce the film in a bidding war involving major Hollywood movie houses. The movie is to be based on a book proposed by author Ben Mezrich. Mezrich’s previous work, “The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding Of Facebook, a Tale Of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal,” was adapted into....
Zane Tackett, the community director and product manager at Bitfinex, has officially announced his resignation from the exchange. Tackett reveals his leaving is due to the significant amount of rumors concerning the Bitfinex hack this past August. ‘Insane Conspiracy Theories, Vile People, Incessant Vitriol’. On August 2 Bitfinex was hacked for 119,756....