Celebrity Cyber Report – Mike Tyson

Published On January 13, 2016 | By Tom Huskerson | Celebrity Cyber News

Iron MikeFormer heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson has jumped into the Bitcoin game. You might remember the mountains of money that boxing legend George Forman made by endorsing an electric grill? Well Iron Mike is using that strategy by endorsing an app based Bitcoin wallet and ATM.

Bitcoins are a digital currency that is created and held electronically. Unlike hard currency such as the dollar or Euro, there is no controlling authority and its completely untraceable. Bitcoins are produced by people, and by more and more businesses, running computers all around the world using software that solves mathematical problems. Solving these problems results in the creation of a Bitcoin. That’s Bitcoin in a nutshell. To learn more about Bitcoins check out this article.

Tyson is endorsing Bitcoin Direct, a subsidiary of Connexus Corporation. In a separate deal Tyson previously announced another partnership with this company  which is making Bitcoin ATMs more widely available.

This new app based digital wallet is designed to introduce Bitcoins to smartphones. Users of smartphones  will be able to buy and sell Bitcoins through the app. The app will set certain thresholds for minimum amounts, letting the user quickly confirm payments over the platform and reducing the risk of losing their Bitcoins through a glitch or hacking.

Tyson admits he is no expert on the digital currency and neither was George Foreman a chef. So Like George, Iron Mike is bringing his name, fame and facial tattoo to the company.

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Tom Huskerson Bio Born in Richmond Virginia Tom Huskerson is a military veteran who settled in California after his discharge. Tom attended Santa Barbara City College where he began his writing career as a campus reporter. He worked as an intern news reporter for the Santa Barbara News-Press writing feature stories before moving on to San Francisco. At San Francisco State University Tom studied broadcast communications and began to focus on the Internet. He completed his graduate thesis on Internet advertising. Tom was the first student to ever focus on the Internet as a graduate student at San Francisco State University. After graduation he went to work for Zona Research in California’s Silicone Valley. As a research associate Tom supported senior analyst writing on the latest developments in the Internet industry. During the dot com boom Tom worked for several web businesses as a market researcher and analyst. As a writer and researcher Tom has authored various technical works including a training program for Charles Schwab security. Other projects included professional presentations on workplace violence and hiring security contractors. Tom has also written both fiction and non-fiction works and blogging for a travel website. He has published two books of short stories and completed two novels. Tom is the owner of Scribe of Life Literature and EbonyCandle.com. Tom is not the chief editor for the OnTechStreet. com. A news and information blog that focuses on tech news for African-Americans. The blog is the result of his desire to inform the African American community of the dangers and benefits of the cyber age. In his blog Tom reports on information security, new and analysis, scams and hoaxes, legal happenings and various topics that arise from the age of information. Tom believes that technology is a necessary tool for black people and they should know what is happening. Tom writes believing that techno speak is for the professional and that valuable information can be communicated using plain language. As a result he has embraced the motto, Less Tech, More Knowledge.

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