John Biggs

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John Biggs is an entrepreneur, consultant, writer, and maker. He spent fifteen years as an editor for Gizmodo, CrunchGear, and TechCrunch and has a deep background in hardware startups, 3D printing, and blockchain. His work has appeared in Men’s Health, Wired, and the New York Times. He runs the Technotopia podcast about a better future. He has written five books including the best book on blogging, Bloggers Boot Camp, and a book about the most expensive timepiece ever made, Marie Antoinette’s Watch. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Pieter Wuille Unveils Two Proposals for Upcoming Bitcoin Privacy Soft Fork
Bitcoin developer Pieter Wuille unveiled two proposals today that offer new plans for bitcoin's possible next big upgrade.
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Buffett Calls Bitcoin a 'Gambling Device'
Warren Buffett told reporters at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, that he still couldn't support bitcoin.
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DUST Adds Physical Products to the Blockchain
New diamond coatings promise to connect physical objects to blockchains. Now users of SAP's cloud service can try it out.
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Crypto Crime Blotter: Scammers Dupe Jersey Island Man Out of £1.2 million, Backpage Laundered Cash With Crypto
Did Backpage launder cash through crypto? What happened to three Germans on the DarkWeb? This week's Crypto Crime Blotter.
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Beware the Fake Bitfinex White Papers Appearing Online
As speculation and impatience arises over the upcoming Bitfinex token sale, opportunistic fakers are creating bogus white papers.
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Earn.com Founder Balaji S. Srinivasan ‏Is Leaving Coinbase
Balaji S. Srinivasan, creator of the secretive 21.co and Earn.com, is leaving as CTO of Coinbase.
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Qtum Lets Users Deploy a Full Blockchain Node on Google's Cloud Platform
Qtum releases a new instant virtual machine service on Google's Cloud Platform.
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Can the Bitcoin Network Scale?
You want to spend bitcoin in your daily purchases. But what would that look like in a world where services like Visa and Mastercard still dominate?
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The King of Swamp Castle
In this opinion piece, Freemit CEO John Biggs casts a critical eye on the current state of the FinTech industry today.
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Why US FinTech is a Joke
In this opinion piece, Freemit CEO John Biggs takes aim at what he argues are out-of-touch big banks and timid FinTech investors.
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