Jamie Redman
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Patrick Byrnes Battle With Stock Market Manipulation Continues
[TØ](https://www.t0.com/) is a new blockchain platform built to enable cryptographically secure markets, that can be used for real-time [short sales](http://www.investopedia.com/university/shortselling/shortselling1.asp), in full compliance with SEC regulations. The subsidiary of [Overstock](http://www.overstock.com/) recently completed a [production beta short sale](http://investors.overstock.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=131091&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2097753), secured by the Bitcoin blockchain.
Samsung Attack Highlights Bitcoin’s Advantages
[Samsung Pay](http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/13/samsung-launches-samsung-pay-in-the-u-s/) was recently released to the general public. On Oct 6, its centralized server LoopPay was breached by a group of Chinese hackers known as Codoso, or the [Sunshock group](http://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/07/new-york-times-digital-chinese-hackers-breached-looppay-a-contributor-to-samsung-pay.html), before the technology was even applied to the mobile processor.
Colored Coins: Bitcoin’s Everlasting Gobstoppers
Whenever I think of Bitcoin and the attributes that go along with its protocol I'm always reminded of Roald Dahl’s, [Charlie, and The Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory). It's a pretty cool feeling when you are first introduced to the 1.0 aspects of cryptocurrency, and it's caused a lot of people to research its many facets.
