Marcell Nimfuehr
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Marcell Nimfuehr

Marcell is a tech worker and author since before time, or at least since the invention of the world wide web. He likes to ask uncomfortable questions to find out some truths about the industry. He follows the quote of film maker Billy Wilder who said: “If you want to tell people the truth, be funny or they’ll kill you!”.

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Jun 23, 2023

Bitcoin as a Trap for Trafficking

Yes, Bitcoin is being used for illegal and dangerous purposes. But the cryptocurrency brings perpetrators less anonymity than they might think, as a team from the University of California, Berkeley proves.

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Jun 1, 2023

Banking the Unbanked

One of the central functions of crypto assets is to store and transfer money – in other words, be like traditional banking. While more than one-third of all people are not creditworthy enough to have regular bank accounts, they would be able to access the same financial services through crypto.

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