Jan Bauer

Staff Writer, Safehaven.com

Contributor since: 27 Feb 2018

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• How A Fake Eyelash Boom Is Propping Up Kim Jung-Un

  Published 09 February 2019 | viewed 5,546 times

  Russia and China may be the first to come to mind in reference to violating sanctions against North Korea, but the list is actually a…

• Could Bitcoin Break The Internet?

  Published 18 June 2018 | viewed 2,594 times

  There’s one big reason that Bitcoin can’t replace fiat currencies any time soon: They would take down the entire internet, according to a Swiss-based group…

• Massive Malware Attack Infects Half A Million Routers

  Published 29 May 2018 | viewed 3,980 times

  With more than 500,000 routers in homes and small offices worldwide hacked with malware that can spy on, attack and destroy devices, according to software…

• Tech Icon Predicts A Big Future For Ethereum

  Published 24 May 2018 | viewed 3,206 times

  Apple’s “backroom genius” Steve Wozniak recently told a crowd in Vienna that mistakes made by Facebook and Google spell even better times for the tech…

• Consumers Lost $1.6M To Crypto Fraud In Australia

  Published 23 May 2018 | viewed 1,970 times

  Cryptocurrency-related fraud cost Australians over $1.6 million in losses last year, according to a new report by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). During the…

• Can Anyone Compete With Netflix?

  Published 21 May 2018 | viewed 2,371 times

  Netflix is on a tear, remaking virtually everything and now estimating that 85 percent of its total spending is going to original content, which would…

• Warren Buffett Bets Big On Driverless Cars

  Published 03 May 2018 | viewed 3,238 times

  He may be old, at 87, but no one can say he’s not hip: Warren Buffett, investor extraordinaire, isn’t afraid of change, and billionaires usually…

• The Next Step In Crypto’s Evolution: Consolidation

  Published 29 April 2018 | viewed 6,635 times

  The crypto market has been running on steroids, and like an adrenaline junkie, it risks seriously burning out or suffering a catastrophic heart attack. In…

• The Three Biggest Threats To Bitcoin

  Published 26 April 2018 | viewed 2,444 times

  Many hold that Bitcoin is simply the gateway token to a much different digital currency future, but until now, no one’s laid out the assassins…

• Is Bitcoin Cash Overbought?

  Published 23 April 2018 | viewed 2,493 times

  Bitcoin Cash has been soaring for a week, bringing it into bull territory with a hard fork coming up on May 15—but it may already…

• China's Economy Soars Despite Trade War Fears

  Published 17 April 2018 | viewed 3,951 times

  China’s economy grew 6.8 percent in the first quarter of this year, compared to the same quarter of 2017, but while the country is targeting…

• The SEC May Have Just Killed The World's Biggest Public ICO

  Published 12 April 2018 | viewed 5,066 times

  Amid rumors that secure messaging app giant and cryptocurrency chat darling Telegram might halt its $1.2-billion initial coin offering (ICO) to avoid potential regulatory hassles,…

• Amazon Bounces Back After Trump Tweetstorm

  Published 11 April 2018 | viewed 2,079 times

  President Trump is not a big fan of Amazon and rarely wastes a good opportunity to attack the company or its management, including recent rumors…

• Wall Street Billionaires Bet Big On Bitcoin

  Published 09 April 2018 | viewed 2,952 times

  Moves by two Wall Street whales to invest in bitcoin suggest that cryptocurrency is anything but a blip on the futuristic radar, and even if…

• PayPal On Edge As FinTech Startups Gain Momentum

  Published 06 April 2018 | viewed 2,361 times

  When the likes of Tesla CEO Elon Musk and renowned venture capitalist Peter Thiel founded PayPal back in 1998, they had pretty lofty goals. Chief…

• What Cars Do Smart People Drive?

  Published 04 April 2018 | viewed 36,118 times

  At one point back in the 1980s, Volvo and Saab were the definitive symbols of the successful intellectual, and the most popular cars for college…

• Are China’s Latest Tariffs Just The Beginning?

  Published 02 April 2018 | viewed 2,126 times

  Some $3 billion in U.S. exports of 128 products to China will be affected by Beijing’s retaliatory move against Trump’s $50-billion tariff threat. Effective today,…

• Chinese Tech Giant Launches $3B IPO On Nasdaq

  Published 29 March 2018 | viewed 2,564 times

  Bilibili, online entertainment platform for young generations in China, has raised $483 million in an IPO, putting its valuation at over US$3 billion, reports say.…

• Steven Seagal’s Mysterious $75M ICO Just Fell Apart

  Published 27 March 2018 | viewed 13,252 times

  Steven Seagal--actor, Zen master, musician, director, martial arts instructor and now crypto ambassador—has reportedly walked away from the Bitcoiin project, along with its anonymous founders,…

• Ford Flops In China As Rivals Gain Ground

  Published 26 March 2018 | viewed 5,992 times

  As its rivals enjoy strong gains in a burgeoning Chinese auto market, Ford Motor Co. is failing because it was late to this game.  Ford’s…