Ad Nic Carter voiced his suspicions that the recent U.S. banking crisis was a ruse to accelerate Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) adoption. The General Partner at Castle Island Ventures said the w...
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Argentina’s Elaborate Ploy to Lure Tourists Has Begun
(Bloomberg) — In a bid to boost tourism dollars in Argentina, the government has allowed MasterCard Inc. and Visa Inc. to start offering travelers an exchange rate that nearly doubles their purc...
Investigation finds Celsius ‘Custody’ was ploy to remain relevant
Listen to this article. An interim investigative report filed in the ongoing bankruptcy of Celsius Network provides more context about its business practices and shows a predictable pattern of irrespo...
McDonald’s workers beg customers to stop ordering adult Happy Meals, a nostalgic marketing ploy
People really want their adult Happy Meals, and it’s stressing out McDonald’s frontline staff. On Monday, McDonald’s started selling Happy Meals—normally targeted to children—to adult customers. And, ...
Buenos Aires’ “Crypto Building,” Innovation Or Marketing Ploy? Here’s The 411
The Next Pampa 2.0 will be the world’s first “Crypto Building”. In the basement, there’ll be a bitcoin mining farm that will help pay for all the upkeep a modern building needs. They also plan to show...
Is This A Proposal To Incentivize Green Bitcoin Mining Or A Marketing Ploy?
The road to a green bitcoin continues. This time, it’s with an idea so wild that it just may work. It arrives via a whitepaper titled “Greening Bitcoin With Incentive Offsets” by Troy Cross and Andrew...
Could Apple WiFi chips just be a ploy to get a better deal from Broadcom?
Broadcom Inc. shares fell Tuesday following reports that Apple Inc. was working on its own radiofrequency (RF) chips, but one analyst wondered whether those plans would get shelved if the chip maker o...