article_snippet: O'Bryant said O'Bryant hired the teenager for the site, which covers BitCoin and other digital currencies, after being impressed by a chemistry paper slightly older man wrote.
article_snippet: O'Bryant 'had a really strong understanding of the technology behind digital currency in general and even more advanced systems,' O'Bryant said.
highlights_snippet: The teenager wrote about Bitcoin and other digital currencies for the site Coin Brief .
  
highlights_snippet: The site's founder said The site's founder'd hired the teen off of a chemistry research paper
highlights_snippet: The site's founder'd written and could not believe The site's founder was in communication with extremists .