News: India crypto ban, North Korea, BitMEX execs to appear, IBM Blockchain dead, more McAfee charges
“Bitcoin is Scientology with thetan resale value.”
Tether Leaks and Deltec Leaks: an unverified but interesting document dump
I’m treating it as unverified gossip for now, and you should too.
New York settles with Tether — a wrist-slap, with a strong leash
If anyone tells you Tether was “exonerated,” they don’t know what words mean. Read the settlement.
Number go up with Tether — Musk and Bitcoin set the world on fire
Bubbles grow until they pop. Timing the pop, that’s the tricky bit.
Facebook, WhatsApp Pay, Libra/Diem, CBDC news — Diem live in March?
There’s no evidence that Facebook’s cleared Diem with regulators in the US, the EU and Switzerland — as they pinky-swore they would absolutely do before launch. But I’m sure they wouldn’t go back on their word.
The SEC calls, DeFi Money Market shuts down — it begins
Here’s to this being the first of many to come.
Libra Shrugged — Chapter 6: Banking the unbanked
A book excerpt! Cryptocurrency promoters never detail how they’re actually going to “bank the unbanked.” What would they need to do?
Foreign Policy: Confused About Dogecoin? Here’s How It (Doesn’t) Work
I think James Palmer had way too much fun making the illustration.
Tether printer go brrrrr — cryptocurrency’s substitute dollar problem
I don’t know precisely what tiger iFinex and Tether are riding, but it clearly has teeth.
News: Craig Wright copyright claims, Grayscale, Mt. Gox, Reddit on Ethereum, the French Bitcoin neo-Nazi
News from before the Fall.