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Here's How Rich You Would Be If You Bought $1000 Worth of Bitcoin a Year Ago

For an asset often named in tandem with drug trafficking and the dark web just a few years ago, it's hard to imagine that optimism surrounding Bitcoin's potential legitimacy could take the asset to more than $11,000 in value as of Wednesday, writes Time.com

Bitcoin smashes new all-time high

The world's most popular cryptocurrency has surpassed $8,200 on Monday, setting another record high. Bitcoin is up almost 850 percent this year.

November has been an extremely volatile month for bitcoin. Earlier this month, the digital currency price fell to $5,500 after developers scrapped the SegWit2X update, leading some miners and investors to shift to offshoot bitcoin cash.

Barack Obama Appeared in Court after being Summoned for Jury Duty

Former US President Barack Obama was summoned by a court in Chicago after receiving a letter obliging him to become a jury in court for a case.

Obama, however, quickly left the courtroom after he was dismissed at random, as is the American practice, like many other potential jurors.

US company ONEX owned by Panos Xenokostas to buy Neorion shipyard

Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt stressed once more the importance of Greek-American strategic partnership and U.S. interest in investing in Greece.

U.S. interest in investing in Greece is growing fast and major American companies are ready to move in strategic sectors of Greek economy.

Trump's pre-election trip to Greece that never happened

Nothing in George Papadopoulos's posts on social media indicated what he had been up to in the past few months. There was no hint of his arrest in mid-July at Dulles Airport in Washington DC or how he collaborated with the FBI in its investigation into the Trump campaign's pre-election contacts with Russia.

Jlin | Athens | November 2

A rising proponent of the footwork genre of music and street dance that originated in Chicago during the 1990s, Indiana-based composer and producer Jlin is coming to Greece for the first time, for an appearance at St Paul's Anglican Church.

An Expulsion, A Message

His name has been deleted from the list of 8,400 members. The way the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has expelled film producer Harvey Weinstein over sexual assault claims is unprecedented. In its 90-year history, the Academy has expelled only two members.

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