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Bitcoin Daily: CoinZoom Crypto Exchange Debuts Visa Debit Card; Wave Financial To Offer Kentucky Bourbon Tokens As Investment

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In other news, Wave Financial has made deal with Wilderness Trail Distillery in Kentucky to tokenize bourbon barrels that are valued at as much as $20 million, CoinDesk reported. Some of the hires are Bryan Bishop, who is joining as the chief technology officer of the firm, and Zev Shimko, who will serve as chief operating officer.

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The B2B Payments Fraud Threat Of Internal Employees

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The currency exchange company continues in the grips of a ransomware attack that has crippled its operations, as well as the foreign currency operations of its corporate clients, including HSBC and Barclays. According to local Kentucky Today reports, $1.5 Reports said the former finance director allegedly stole $1.5

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Amazon Air Expands In A Bid To Better Manage Shipping Logistics

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billion hub in Northern Kentucky, scheduled to be open in 2021. I think the question is just how quickly they will ramp that operation.”. The new Kentucky location will have capacity for 100 planes. “We The expansion includes a $1.5 Amazon now controls shipping about 26 percent of its online orders, according to Wolfe Research.

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Bitcoin Daily: Xapo Stops Credit Payments for Crypto; Former CoinFlux Owner Pleads In Crypto-Laundering Case

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Nistor and the other defendants, including the owner of a car wash, pled guilty in the Eastern District Court of Kentucky. And, after reports that Chinese banks were considering shutting down cryptocurrency accounts, leaders have clarified that they have no intention of closing legal fiat to crypto operations, according to Cointelegraph.

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Impossible Foods CFO David Lee Goes To AppHarvest

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As president of AppHarvest, Lee will be in charge of developing strategy and working on managing operations, leading sales, marketing and finance functions as the company continues to grow. The company expects to begin its first harvest from its flagship farm, which is a 60-acre facility growing tomatoes in Morehead, Kentucky, this month.

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Alibaba Developing AI For Tmall Genie Smart Speakers

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The investment will also help further research into IoT operating systems, edge computing and natural language processing (NLP). . “By Another innovation for the Tmall Genie separate from the AI development is the creation of a smart speaker made in the image of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) founder Colonel Sanders.

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Fabletics Announces Brick-and-Mortar Expansion

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The first opening will take place in Frisco, Texas next March, followed by Indianapolis, Indiana; Lexington, Kentucky; Schaumburg, Illinois; Boulder, Colorado; and Portland, Oregon in the second quarter of 2017. Less is more,” Dustin Netral, SVP of operations for Fabletics, said in a press release.

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