Re:We will not pursue the potential acquisition of FTX
by sgt101 on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @04:49PM
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We've been here a long time ago : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beenz.com
Re:We will not pursue the potential acquisition of FTX
by simonjgreen on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @05:21PM
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Wow I had forgotten all about that.
I remember a lot of hype in the dot-com era around that
Re:We will not pursue the potential acquisition of FTX
by ArtWomb on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @05:50PM
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The NFTs of 1997: "etoy shares compel people to think about the elusive and amorphous nature of Internet art. One of the many controversies about Net art is that there is no original copy; an artist can’t exactly “sell” a home page to a collector. The “shares” play with the idea of ownership and the Net, as well as spoof absurdly overvalued Net stock" ;)
Re:We will not pursue the potential acquisition of FTX
by vba616 on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @07:22PM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flooz.com
"In 2001, Flooz.com was notified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that a Russian-Filipino organized crime syndicate used $300,000 worth of Flooz and stolen credit card numbers as part of a money-laundering scheme, in which stolen credit cards were used to purchase currency and then redeemed.[2][3] Levitan has stated that fraudulent purchases accounted for 19% of consumer credit card transactions by mid-2001."
Re:We will not pursue the potential acquisition of FTX
by beansadding on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @07:19PM
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Baldrick, the ape creatures of the Indus have mastered this!
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33524912