London College Student Robbed at Knifepoint by 8 Thugs for $93K in Bitcoin
Recently a student from the University of Kent in London was robbed at knifepoint for his bitcoin. After eight thugs stormed his dorm room and demanded that he reveal his crypto credentials and passwords, the student was forced to leave the campus and he moved back home. Freshmen College Student Loses Bitcoin in an On-Campus Mugging A recent report shows that a college student who started the year as a freshman was robbed at the University of Kent, a school located in the historic city of Canterbury. The student’s mother details that five days before starting his course, her son....
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The Imperial Data Science Institute in London has an exhibit of 64 monitors with lines moving in geometric shapes representing real-time bitcoin transactions, according to The Imperial College of London website. Harry Pettit, a graduate student, recently visited the exhibit and discovered it provided a unique way to visualize transactions, according to a news story on the college website. The institute houses the world’s most advanced data visualization platforms. Pettit visited the institute to learn more about bitcoin. The institute houses the KPMG Data Observatory, which has a circular....
College education is expensive, whether you’re going for your bachelor’s degree or your master’s degree. And these days, American students are more burdened by student loan debt than ever before. While there are more affordable options, such as online schools that offer a wide array of programs, from an online MBA to an online homeland security program, taking out loans to pay for higher education has put young adults in debt before they even have a chance to start working. A Look at Some Numbers. To really understand just how burdened American students are with debt, you need to look at....
A company called Gold Silver Bitcoin is touting its commodities of choice as a way for college students and graduates to hedge their often-huge student debts. To back its argument, the company cites reports that the number of graduates in the US who have fallen behind on their student loan payments has climbed to an all-time high. In the third quarter of 2012, 11 percent of payments on student loans were 90 days or more past due -- considered "seriously delinquent" -- according to a report from the US Department of Education. The department also reported that nearly one-third (around 30....