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News: IOTA blackmail, Coinbase banking and lawsuit, ezBtc vanishes, Ross Ulbricht appeal fails, Wright motion denied, Butterfly Labs, TimiHealth

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Aug 15,2019
Comments: 0
Tags: algorand , anthony pompliano , australia , barclays , bellingcat , bitcoin cash , bitmain , bitmessage , bitmex , bitusd , brenna smith , butterfly labs , cas piancey , clearbank , coinbase , cosmos , craig wright , dash , david smilie , decred , deversifi , dwp , ethfinex , ezbtc , facebook , harmony , hmrc , ico , ifinex , iota , ira kleiman , irs , israel , jonathan warren , keywordcrypto , kik , kin , libra , links , malta , matic , nicholas weaver , ontology , paolo ardoino , reggie middleton , ross ulbricht , sarah jamie lewis , sec , silk road , smart contract , tether , timihealth , trail of bits , united kingdom , veritaseum , waves , will harborne , zcash

“I mean at a certain point as a lawyer you have to have a one word conversation with your client — ‘no.'”
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Peter McCormack responds to Craig Wright’s defamation claim — and it’s blistering

Craig Wright sued Bitcoin podcaster Peter McCormack for calling him a “fraud” on Twitter. McCormack’s lawyers responded on 9 August.
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News: QuadrigaCX claims process starts, Bitfinex/Tether letters, LedgerX doesn’t launch futures, BitTorrent Token is useless, Craig Wright loses defamation action, Bitcoin SV three-way split

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Aug 05,2019
Comments: 0
Tags: bitcoin cash , bitcoin sv , bitfinex , bittorrent , btt , cftc , craig wright , curtin university , ey , kodakone , ledgerx , links , mit media lab , new york , north korea , quadrigacx , roger ver , tether , tron

Is it just me, or has it been a quiet week in crypto?
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Greece: “Blockchain: Utopia or U-Turn?” videos are up

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Aug 04,2019
Comments: 0
Tags: greece , jaya klara brekke , jemima kelly

And in conclusion, Greece is awesome and you should always say “yes” if an offer of Greece comes up.
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News: Bitfinex/Tether v. New York, Facebook-only Libra, Justin Sun, IRS letters, unbanking the banked

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Jul 29,2019
Comments: 0
Tags: arca , arrington xrp capital , bczero , bitfinex , bitmarket , bitmex , bitmexrekt , bittorrent , bxrekt , canada , coinlaunch , craig wright , ecoreal , ft alphaville , ifinex , iota , irs , justin sun , kai sedgwick , leo , links , long blockchain , new york , osc , pocketful of quarters , reggie fowler , robinhood , sec , sergey ivancheglo , tether , visa

How to get through Bitfinex’s bulletproof Know Your Customer process — click the “Not a US Resident” button.
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Telegram’s $1.7 billion problem coming in October — KYC/AML on Gram tokens

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Jul 28,2019
Comments: 0
Tags: gram , ico , libra , telegram , ton

I wonder how Telegram’s regulatory efforts are going — given how much their GRAM plan looks like Facebook’s Libra.
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Kleiman v. Wright — international deposition and discovery requested from Craig Wright’s biographer, his wife and his boss

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Jul 24,2019
Comments: 0
Tags: andrew o'hagan , calvin ayre , craig wright , dave kleiman , ira kleiman , lynn wright , nchain , ramona watts , robert macgregor , stefan matthews

I wrote on my Patreon last night “Now I’m going to get on with book writing and hoping that no more amazing documents drop this week …”
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News: Facebook Libra in the House and Senate, CFTC investigates BitMEX, India to ban holding cryptos, Justin Sun’s kidney stones

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Jul 23,2019
Comments: 0
Tags: 7digital , anthony pompliano , arthur hayes , bitfunder , bitmex , blockchain , btc-e , cftc , china , coinbase , david marcus , dmitri vasilev , emusic , facebook , fca , hugh haney , ico , icox innovations , india , japan , jon montroll , justin sun , libra , links , new jersey , nouriel roubini , pocketinns , quickbit , sbetone , sec , silk road , tamir koch , united kingdom , united states , volodymyr kvashuk , wex

“Hey everyone. Is it normal and safe to buy bitcoin by mailing envelopes full of cash to someone? Let me know.”
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Bitfinex and Tether tell the New York AG they have nothing to do with New York

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Jul 23,2019
Comments: 2
Tags: bitfinex , ifinex , new york , tether

iFinex needs to deny that 2+2=4. Their strategy is to deny the existence of 2 and 2, and cast doubt on the concept of addition.
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Bitfinex/Tether response to NY AG — quick Twitter thread

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Jul 22,2019
Comments: 2
Tags: bitfinex , ifinex , new york , tether

Waiting all day for these documents to drop, furiously hitting F5 — and iFinex got them in right on the dot of 5:30pm New York time.
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