GigaomUS Marshals’ second bitcoin auction only draws 11 bidders
The first time the U.S. Marshals auctioned off bitcoin, the price spiked six percent and Twitter lit up with rumors of who bid on the auction. This time? Barely a peep… Read more »
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Biz is the editorial assistant for Gigaom. Before starting at the San Francisco office in February 2014, she was an editorial fellow for Wired and spent a year as a designer for the Gannett Design Studio in Phoenix, Arizona. A 2012 graduate of Indiana University, she can be found passionately tweeting about Hoosier basketball alongside a mix of tech and science news. And before you even have to ask, her name is short for Elizabeth.
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