Last Week's Best Crypto News - (1/8/18 - 1/15/18)

I spend a lot of time reading about Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and ICOs - so I make it a point to collect my favorite links throughout the week to share them with my friends and colleagues. Here are some of the items I came across in the last week that really caught my attention:

https://news.slashdot.org/story/18/01/15/0059231/hackers-hijack-dns-for-lumens-cryptocurrency-site-blackwallet-steal-400000

Hackers Hijack DNS For Lumens Cryptocurrency Site 'BlackWallet', Steal $400,000

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/13/style/bitcoin-millionaires.html

Crypto: Everyone Is Getting Hilariously Rich and Youre Not

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https://www.reddit.com/r/garlicoin/comments/7pyj3n/if_this_post_gets_10000_upvotes_i_will_release/

If this post gets 10,000 upvotes, I will release the garlicoin official launch date today. - Yes there is now a garlic bread crypto currency. Will it give Doge a run for its money?

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https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/9kng57/dogecoin-my-joke-cryptocurrency-hit-2-billion-jackson-palmer-opinion

My Joke Cryptocurrency Hit $2 Billion and Something Is Very Wrong - Dogecoin's inventor looks to the past for insight into the future.

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https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/12/16882378/japan-jpop-band-virtual-currency-girls-kasotsuka-shojo-cryptocurrency

Japan has a new cryptocurrency-themed J-pop band - Each girl in the group represents a different type of crypto

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https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/01/website-glitch-let-me-overstock-my-coinbase/

Website Glitch Let Me Overstock My Coinbase

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https://legalfling.io/

LegalFling is the first blockchain based app to verify explicit consent before having sex. With LegalFling we change the #metoo's into #iFling's. - Wow....

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Do you have any favorite crypto reads from last week? Share them below!