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Back to news homeTwitter Said to Consider Selling User Names to Boost Revenue
Twitter has considered selling user names to generate new revenue as its owner, Elon Musk, tries to resuscitate the company’s business, two people with knowledge of the plan said.Twitter employees […]
Custom 1951 Mercury Sells at Auction for $1.95 Million
A customized 1951 Mercury coupe astonished aficionados over the weekend, selling for $1.95 million at the Mecum collector car auction in Kissimmee, Fla., outpacing the vehicle’s presale estimate of up […]
A Custom Mercury, With a Batmobile in Its Family Tree, Heads to Auction
Nearly 70 years ago, a 21-year-old Navy veteran commissioned a custom Mercury, with a chopped-down roof, smoothed-out body panels, a lowered stance, novel chrome trim, two-tone paint and a meticulously […]
They Love Crypto. They’re Trying to Buy the Constitution.
“We’re going to stop it from going into more private hands and actually open-source it, make it a public good,” said Alice Ma, one of the organizers.In truth, ConstitutionDAO is […]
From the Charred Wreck of a Lamborghini, a D.I.Y. Supercar
PORTLAND, Ore. — Under the rear hood of Chris Steinbacher’s Lamborghini Huracán sits a Chevy engine. Sure, it’s a twin turbo, and, yes, it pumps a menacing 900 horsepower to […]
Buy This NFT Column on the Blockchain!
Foundation makes minting an NFT easy, but adding it to the Ethereum blockchain can be expensive. It requires paying a “gas fee” — a kind of congestion tax that is […]
How Car Collecting Powered Through the Pandemic
An eight-day Mecum auction in July in Indianapolis — previously postponed by the pandemic — notched record sales of $74 million. That figure included a highest-ever price of $3.85 million […]