Exclusive: Walkie Scorchie, more like: City A.M. uses the rays of the Walkie Talkie building to fry an egg | City A.M. July 22, 2016 The developers of the Walkie Scorchie skyscraper – aka 20 Fenchurch Street – had hoped their building would be known for its striking design and its blue chip clients. But instead City A.M. has revealed how the building has begun emitting a curious ray of light, started melting cars, set a carpet on fire and [...]
Bitcoin Ponzi scheme operator gets 18 months in prison July 22, 2016 An American was sentenced to 18 months in prison yesterday in the first federal securities fraud case involving a bitcoin Ponzi scheme. Trendon Shavers, a 33-year-old Texan, raised more than 764,000 bitcoins through his Bitcoin Savings and Trust investment fund from 2011 to 2012, which he operated from home. At the time, these were worth $4.5m (£3.4m). Read [...]
“Defies all the laws of political gravity”: Wikileaks has revealed how a US briefing described Boris Johnson back in 2008 July 14, 2016 NULL
Bitcoin price jumps after remaining at steady level since halving event July 12, 2016 The bitcoin price jumped today to $669 by evening trading, after staying within a mostly stable range since the reward for miners fell 50 per cent last Saturday. On Saturday, the number of bitcoins generated by the digital process known as mining halved. Previously, bitcoins were released in blocks of 25, but they are now released in blocks [...]