* Looks like the Chicago Sun-Times is going to be the first major city American paywall micropayments.
newspaper to experiment with
* Can't keep a good cryptocurrency down: Hong Kong gets a bitcoin exchange, hoping to entice mainland Chinese buyers spooked by the unclear Chinese central bank anti-bitcoin stance.
* Appears that professional NBA sportsbettor Haralabos Voulgaris is fed up with former NBA player/current ESPN color commentator Jon Barry. The challenge he laid at the feet of his 38,000+ followers:
Actually, I’ll give a reward of 10k to whoever creates the best Fire Jon Barry website. Contest runs from now till April 15th.
— Haralabos Voulgaris (@haralabob) February 1, 2014
Also - will be paid in bitcoin.
— Haralabos Voulgaris (@haralabob) February 1, 2014
The race is on!
Read his Twitter feed from 9:36 to 10:05 PM Pacific Time Friday night to get the full details; he sounds serious. Now if only I knew how to code... Got anything cool and bitcoin-y to share? Leave it in the comments below or email me at blacksinbitcoin@gmail.com!