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Armstrong Artifacts Top $5.2 Million

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The nearly 1,000 CAG-certified items from the collection of astronaut Neil Armstrong  — the first man to walk on the moon — and his immediate family members were sold by Heritage Auctions and set numerous records. In fact, the five all-time highest prices realized for space collectibles at Heritage Auctions, a firm that has sold

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Shrem Says He Never Owned Bitcoin Claimed Stolen By Winklevosses

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Early bitcoin entrepreneur Charlie Shrem is pushing back against an accusation that he stole 5,000 bitcoin from Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, according to recently-published court filings. In a document filed Monday with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Shrem calls the Winklevoss brothers’ assertion that he stole 5,000 bitcoin “dead

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Robin Salmon and Samuel H. Gill Appointed to CCAC

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The United States Mint has announced the appointment of two new members to the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC). They will fill vacancies created by the expiration of appointments. Samuel H. Gill was appointed to represent the interests of the general public, replacing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Robin Salmon was appointed as the member specially qualified in

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Bitcoin Value Will Hit $50K in 2018

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Ran NeuNer, the host of CNBC’s CryptoTrader show, has rescinded his earlier prediction that Bitcoin (BTC) will reach $50,000 by the end of 2018, in a tweet Thursday, Nov. 1. NeuNer’s original prediction post from Feb.1, 2018 stated: “For the record, I am pinning this tweet. Bitcoin will finish 2018 at $50 000.” In his tweet today, the analyst stated the exact opposite of

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Initiative Q | The Next BitCoin?

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Initiative Q is not, in any way, a cryptocurrency. But it might just be the new Bitcoin. In just four months, the ‘payment system of the future’ has built a network of nearly three million adopters by offering ever-decreasing sums of their future currency in exchange for an e-mail address. Despite attracting over 100,000 new users each day,

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Coast Guard Coins Getting Released in 2020 – Commemorative Coins

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In 2020, the Armed Forces Silver Medal series from the United States Mint will start celebrating branches of the military with 2-inch medals struck in 2.5 ounces of .999 fine silver. These medals mark a first for the U.S. Mint as each will honor a military branch as a whole and for the entirety of

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US Policy Against Russia Undermines Reserve Currency Position

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US policy through Washington’s against Moscow could be a sufficient reason behind the recent fall of the dollar’s share of global central-bank reserves, according to economist at US multinational investment bank Goldman Sachs. Russia’s Central Bank has sold some $85 billion of its $150 billion holding of the US assets from April through June after

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