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Telegram responds to the SEC complaint about the Grams ICO

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Nov 13,2019
Comments: 2
Tags: gram , ico , saft , sec , telegram , ton

The Howey test is so vague, and cryptos are so new! Who could know anything, really? See you in court.
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Of course I’m spending hours fiddling with writing tools instead of writing, what else would I be doing. I fail to get along with Scrivener

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Nov 06,2019
Comments: 2
Tags: libreoffice , scrivener

With bonus taster from forthcoming Libra thing.
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News: Libra stumbles on, Bitmex leaks customer list, Crypto Capital Corp arrest and indictment, Tether appeal, Blockchain for China, Kleiman v. Wright settlement fails, Telegram tokens delayed, UK tax for cryptos

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Nov 04,2019
Comments: 0
Tags: advcash , binance , bis , bitfinex , bitmex , blockstack , calibra , cas piancey , cbdc , china , christian catalini , craig wright , crypto capital , daml , david marcus , digital asset , encyclosphere , everipedia , facebook , federal reserve , gram , gramvault , hmrc , initiative q , ira kleiman , ivan manuel molina lee , jack dorsey , james wilson , jihan wu , jp koning , kik , kin , lael brainard , larry sanger , libra , links , litecoin , long blockchain , mark zuckerberg , medialab , oz yosef , patrick mckenzie , ravid yosef , reggie middleton , sendgrid , sergey vasin , square , telegram , tether , twitter , united kingdom , veritaseum , xrp

“BITCONNECT SAID TO EXIT LIBRA CONSORTIUM FOR FEAR OF BAD PRESS”
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What I’m up to this week

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Oct 22,2019
Comments: 0
Tags: libra

I’ve taken a week off work specifically to write stuff — sit down, open laptop, don’t play Angry Birds. (Well, less Angry Birds.)
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Keyword: Crypto podcast — David Gerard: Bitcoin is Hilarious Trash

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Oct 19,2019
Comments: 1
Tags: keyword crypto , podcast

Yesterday I recorded an hour with Keyword: Crypto — and it’s already up!
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News: Tether sued, ether is a commodity, proof of work is still awful, IRS releases incomprehensible guidance

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Oct 16,2019
Comments: 2
Tags: alex de vries , alipay , beanie babies , binance , bitfinex , bitwise , blockchain , bundesbank , cftc , chainalysis , cls , cz , digiconomist , etf , ethereum , facebook , fca , hyperledger , irs , jennifer robertson , libra , links , martin walker , peter thiel , preston byrne , quadrigacx , roche freedman llp , sec , telegram , tether , tim swanson , ton , united kingdom , united states

If you’re going to do crimes, don’t do them on a permanent immutable public ledger of all transactions.
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Facebook and Libra’s terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad week — everybody’s left, Dave

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Oct 15,2019
Comments: 0
Tags: coinflex , dante disparte , europe , facebook , libra , openlibra , united states , valdis dombrovskis

“In a way it’s liberating” — David Marcus on almost all the payment companies leaving Libra.
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SEC blocks the Telegram ICO — what this means, and what happens now

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Oct 13,2019
Comments: 0
Tags: andrew rossow , gram , pavel durov , preston byrne , russia , saft , stephen palley , telegram , ton

Telegram’s whole scheme was to skin precisely the retail buyers who securities registration is meant to protect from being ripped off.
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Libra before Libra — the rise and fall of Facebook Credits

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Oct 08,2019
Comments: 0
Tags: facebook , libra , paypal , zynga

Libra wasn’t Facebook’s first foray into payment systems. A decade ago, it set up Facebook Credits — to cash in on pay-to-win games.
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News: EOS settles with SEC, PayPal dumps Libra, digitised gold, Coinbase triples fees, Bitcoin Foundation is dead

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Oct 04,2019
Comments: 0
Tags: apple , bitcoin foundation , bitfinex , block.one , coinbase , dante disparte , david marcus , dignity gold , eos , facebook , fca , karatbars , libra , links , nebulous , new york , ohio , paypal , sec , sia , siacoin , tether , tim cook , united kingdom , wework

PayPal “remains supportive of Libra’s mission” — so that’s nice.
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