Tag: Rodman’s

14 JUN

A cryptocurrency for weed is crashing a day after it sponsored Dennis Rodman’s trip to North Korea

A digital currency for the legal marijuana industry is plummeting a day after it sponsored Dennis Rodman’s trip to North Korea.  PotCoin is a digital cryptocurrency — much like bitcoin — that was specifically developed to remove the need for cash transactions between marijuana consumers and dispensaries. PotCoin plummeted 23% on Wednesday, just a day after […]

14 JUN

A high-level US diplomat’s visit, not Dennis Rodman’s, led to release of US detainee from North Korea

REUTERS/Bryan Woolston Otto Warmbier, an American university student held prisoner in North Korea for 17 months and said by his family to be in a coma, was medically evacuated from the reclusive country after a rare visit there from a high-level U.S. official. Warmbier, 22, a University of Virginia student from suburban Cincinnati, arrived in […]

13 JUN

Dennis Rodman’s trip to North Korea is sponsored by a Potcoin, a digital currency for weed

Kyodo/via REUTERS Dennis Rodman’s trip to North Korea is being sponsored by Potcoin, a cryptocurrency for the legal marijuana industry. “I’m really looking forward to spending time with the wonderful people of North Korea and of course, visiting with the Supreme Leader, Kim Jong Un,” Rodman said in a statement on Potcoin’s website.  “I want […]