Fictional Digital Currency GenCoin Premieres in New Crackle Show, StartUp

Fictional Digital Currency GenCoin Premieres in New Crackle Show, StartUp

We know that something is becoming really popular and entering the collective mind when it starts appearing in popular TV shows. Bitcoin has been occasionally mentioned in Silicon Valley, Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom and the current (second) season of Mr. Robot, as well as being the dark web currency of choice in CSI: Cyber. Now the launch of GenCoin, a....


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