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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/02/g3p4dtb077ypvq6maxdf.png?quality=75800450Remember “Long Blockchain”, or rather, the company formerly known as Long Island Iced Tea Corp. that saw its stock skyrocket after it changed its name to refer to the foundational technology behind the cryptocurrency boom and made a vague pivot to “globally scalable blockchain technology solutions”? Turns out that might not have been so smart!