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50 Cent: ‘I forgot’ taking 700 bitcoins for 2014 album; stake is now worth millions — NPR

By TechTaffy Desk

When 50 Cent agreed to accept bitcoin for purchases of his 2014 album, Animal Ambition, a unit of the cryptocurrency was already worth hundreds of dollars — but the value of those sales has since skyrocketed; NPR’s Bill Chappell writes.

Here is the link: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/24/580259163/50-cent-i-forgot-taking-700-bitcoins-for-2014-album-stake-is-now-worth-millions 

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