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Scott Olson/Getty Images The value of Bitcoin has risen 604% so far this year. Ethereum, its closest competitor, has risen 3,562%. Those gains far outpace the dot-com bubble from the 1990s. Given Bitcoin’s volatility, it lacks the ability to disrupt traditional fiat currency as a store of value and method of payment. Cryptocurrencies have surely been the […]
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The highly anticipated boxing match between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather turned out to be much more entertaining than most people expected. However, in the end, the result — a tenth-round TKO by Mayweather — was as expected as Mayweather executed his plan perfectly. One of the most fundamental differences between boxing and MMA is the […]
Instead of balls at Balmoral, we got bombardiers blue with cold. Instead of court finery, a tattered Union flag. British troops had retreated from Afghanistan, and were trying to escape through the Khyber Pass in winter. In this drama, Queen Victoria, who was in confinement after the birth of her first child, knew nothing about […]
AP “The Daily Show” promoted a video on Monday showing the striking similarities between President Trump’s and Anthony Scaramucci’s speaking styles. Scaramucci was named White House director of communications on Friday. In the video compilation, Scaramucci is seen mirroring Trump’s body language and hand gestures almost perfectly. In a tweet promoting the video “The Daily […]
Reuters/Jason Reed Over the past couple of years there has been a mystery in the Iowa individual insurance market. According to Blue Cross Blue Shield insurer Wellmark, there was a patient in the state’s Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, exchanges that required $ 1 million a month in care. This staggering $ 12 million in […]
Alex Brandon/AP The New York Yankees have been one of the biggest surprises of the young MLB season. At 27-17, they lead the AL East and sit second overall in the American League, led by an explosive offense and some stingy pitching. The Yankees have historically been known for outspending other teams to get the […]
Microsoft’s ownership of “Minecraft” has made for some decidedly strange situations. There was none more bizarre than this week, when company executive Phil Spencer celebrated the launch of “Minecraft” for Nintendo’s hot new game console, the Switch. As of May 11, you can buy and play “Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition,” a fact Spencer touted on Twitter: Tweet […]
The film critic, speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live, blamed the focus on backstory for the film’s arguably shoddy quality. “It’s absolutely confirmation for me that Ridley Scott is as good as the script he’s working from,” he said, pointing to films like The Martian and the original Alien as “brilliant” examples. “What we have […]
