Artur Virgílio Alves Reis (Lisbon, 8 September 1896 – 9 July 1955) was a Portuguese criminal who perpetrated one of the largest frauds in history, against the Bank of Portugal in 1925, often called the Angola e Metrópole affair. At a point, he had duplicated 1% of the Portuguese GDP, leading to the collapse of the country's financial system. He was tried in May 1930, convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison, where he converted to Protestantism. He was released in May 1945, and died of a heart attack in 1955.

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These last few days have broken the trust in the bitcoin projects, and that’s a good thing. We’ve been way too trusting.

Open Source Hub is going to Asia.

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Bitcoin 2027 — Sound Money. Center Stage.

The Bitcoin Conference returns to Nashville July 15–17, 2027. Bitcoin 2027 is the world's largest Bitcoin event — three days of keynotes, build...

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