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Silicon Valley iconoclast Peter Thiel is placing the biggest political bet of his career, pumping $10 million into a super PAC that is supporting a former Thiel aide who may run for the US Senate in O

PayPal co-founder and venture capitalist, Peter Thiel, has warned that the Chinese central government may be supporting Bitcoin as a means to undermine the foreign and monetary policy of the United St

Thiel’s support could play a major role in Arizona by helping Masters possibly scare away would-be Republican opponents.The list of potential candidates also includes state Attorney General Mark Brn

Buterin co-founded Bitcoin Magazine, a publication that covers bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, in 2012.Although investors buy and sell thousands of different cryptocurrencies — including the Elo

Bitpanda, a crypto assets platform, has closed a $52 million Series A funding round form Valar Ventures, a venture capital firm backed by Peter Thiel.3 million users, Bitpanda has previously been tr

In the 20th century, politicians’ views of human nature shaped societies.Their view of human nature may shape the 21st century.The economist Thomas Sowell proposed two visions of human nature.The u

Billionaires have enormous influence in American society, whether we like it or not. Column is a proposal for a “democratized” version of a social media platform like Facebook, where influential p

A proposed new social network is hoping to entice millions of people to pay to get close to superstars of technology, business, and academia, according to a pitch deck (pdf) sent to MIT Technology Rev