Cambridge Analytica Was Behind Gambling Token Sale Dragon Coin
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 9:39 pm
Political data firm Cambridge Analytica is in the midst of a media firestorm again after The New York Times reported it was trying to get in on the blockchain and digital currency craze in recent months.
According to documents and emails obtained by the American newspaper, the London-based elections consultancy was one of the sponsors behind the casino cryptocurrency Dragon Coin and its initial coin offering (ICO).
The alleged involvement with Dragon Coin, which gives its buyers a cryptocurrency that can be exchanged for gambling chips in a yet-to-be-built casino, also associates the embattled voter-profiling firm with Wan Kuok-koi, a Macau ... (read more)