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KFC Takes A Bite Of Bitcoin Trend

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Colonel Sanders wants customers’ bitcoins. According to Fortune , Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has announced a Bitcoin Bucket, available only in Canada and only for a limited time, for the low, low price of $20 worth of bitcoin tokens. Only bitcoin. It is, however, eligible for delivery. “We

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Weirdness Is Currency In The Attention Economy

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Playing with one’s food is all part of the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) value proposition. There was the Watt A Box that let customers charge their phone while eating dinner, the Gamers Box that came with a mount for the phone as well as controllers attached to the sides — and now, the KFO, short for Kentucky Flying Object.

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End-Of-Summer Edition: Retro Malware, Bitcoin’s Surge ‘N’ Split And Apple Watch Sees Other People

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EST in South Carolina, there will be a total solar eclipse — with Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia all enjoying prime viewing slots between start and finish. Bitcoin Surges — And Faces Another Split. It seems, though, that Bitcoin may not be done splitting just yet.

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New(ish) Ideas Edition: Google, JPMorgan Chase And Samsung

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They don’t so much like the difficulty in securing bitcoin vaults (as evidenced by the numerous and expensive hacks that seem to be endemic to bitcoin storage) and the simple fact that it is hard to incorporate digital currency systems into the highly regulated and compliance-focused environments that all large international banks exist in.

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Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $460 Million Week Ending April 1

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Bitcoin exchange and remittance platform. HQ: Louisville, Kentucky. Tags: SMB, enterprise, blockchain, bitcoin, infrastructure, developers, FinDEVr alum. Smartphone based alt-credit & underwriting for underbanked. Latest round: $9.2 Total raised: $9.2 HQ: San Francisco, California. Source: Crunchbase. HQ: Atlanta, Georgia.

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Fintech Fundings: $110 Million Raised by 13 Companies Week Ending Dec 4

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Onovative : The financial services marketing automation provider brought in $1 million. Marketing automation & analytics for financial institutions. HQ: Louisville, Kentucky. Blockchain-based bitcoin analytics. Tags: Consumer, trading, investing, stock market. In total, the 13 companies pulled in $112.7