Viewpoint: Digital currency way of the future

Just months ago, it seemed that Bitcoin was about to become the next big online revolution. The digital currency, which used to be something only for those with a high level of technical know-how, was starting to catch the attention of those online and off. But as fast as you can say crypto-currency, Bitcoin went from looking like a new frontier in the way we look at money to some kind of scam.

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Contemporary pop art goes local

Local artist Betty Liang says it's hard to put a label on her art. She has an art show at Venus Envy until March 31. She says she landed her show at the sex shop and feminist bookstore by accident after shop owner Shelley Taylor saw posters advertising Liang’s show at La Petite Mort Gallery on Cumberland Street.

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