The founder of Dogecoin, a crypotcurrency enterprise now worth $9.1 billion, says the scheme was devised as a joke. (Adrian Black/Dreamstime.com/TNS)
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Imagine you’re the founder of a multibillion dollar enterprise. Got a big house? Check. Vacation on an exclusive Caribbean island? Keep the drinks coming. Fast cars? Yea, got to have those. How about a used Honda Civic instead? That’s what Billy Markus, the software engineer who created Dogecoin, the cryptocurrency based on the meme of a smiling Shiba Inu, bought when he cashed in his chips in ...
"The Fearless Girl" statue facing Charging Bull in Lower Manhattan, New York City on June 25, 2017. (Dreamstime/TNS)
Thousands of people are still out of work, many restaurants and retail stores are fighting for their lives and the service industry may never be the same. But the U.S. stock markets set records to finish 2020, despite volatility produced by the coronavirus pandemic. The S&P 500 Index is up about 70% from its March lows. The market performance could be a sign that the economy will improve over ...