Liberty Links 4/11/16

17 links today. Enjoy.

Goldman Sachs Will Pay $5B for Fraudulent Sales of Toxic Debt, No One Will Go to Jail (BoingBoing)

CIA’s Venture Capital Arm Is Funding Skin Care Products That Collect DNA (How cute, The Intercept)

“Real-time Facial Reenactment” (Mind-blowing video, YouTube)

Adobe Issues Emergency Update to Flash After Ransomware Attacks (Very important issue, Reuters)

OK, Panic—Newly Evolved Ransomware Is Bad News for Everyone (Must read, ArsTechnica)

London Luxury-Home Pipeline Would Cover Hyde Park Twice (Massive overbuild, Bloomberg)

Fink Warns Negative Rates Could Lead to `Dangerous’ Consequences (Ya think? Bloomberg)

Luxury NYC Condo Development Declares Bankruptcy (More evidence of the luxury real estate implosion, Wall Street Journal)

Startup Funding Deals Fall to Lowest Level in Four Years (Bloomberg)

Carville: Bernie’s Rise “Doesn’t Make Any Sense,” Why Would Party Nominate Someone Who “Isn’t Even A Democrat?” (Is this all they got? Real Clear Politics)

How a Cashless Society Could Embolden Big Brother (The Atlantic)

USDA Proposes Stricter Animal Welfare Rules for Organic Meat (AP)

China Citizens Protest ChemChina-Syngenta Deal Amid GMO Worries (Reuters)

It’s a Great Time to Buy a Diamond, But Fewer People Want One (Are people discovering diamonds aren’t rare? Bloomberg)

Cameron Accused of Hypocrisy Over Stake in Offshore Fund (Bloomberg)

Rise of Internet Enables Bitcoin to Compete With Fiat, Researchers Find (Coindesk)

Bitcoin Browser Brave Draws Fire from Major News Publishers (Coindesk)

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