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News: Kraken trouble in Wyoming, Reggie Fowler plea deal, Australia clamps down on crypto exchanges

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Dec 22,2019
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And so this is Christmas — and it turns out that banking commissioners take allegations of sanctions violations seriously.
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News: Libra and stablecoins and FinCEN, China still hates crypto trading, Tether

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Nov 22,2019
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And I’m doing another Intelligence Squared on Thursday 5 December — and this one’s free!
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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
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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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News: Bitcoin’s $13,000 not-even-a-bubble, how Tether say Tether works, Craig Wright shows up in Florida, Facebook Libra

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Jun 30,2019
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Tags: australia , bitcoin , bitfinex , blockchain association , bruce reinhart , cftc , coinbase , craig wright , crypto briefing , david marcus , defend crypto , ethfinex , facebook , foreign policy , india , ira kleiman , kik , kin , koinex , ledgerx , libra , links , martin walker , robinhood , tether , world of money

I’d question even calling this a “bubble” — because there’s no evidence of an influx of retail get-rich-quick dreamers. The only visible cause is manipulation.
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News: LocalBitcoins less local, Cryptopia, QuadrigaCX, crypto banking, Telegram, Wirecard, EOS Voice, Kik and Defund Crypto, Wright gets a copyright competitor

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On Jun 03,2019
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Tags: amy castor , asx , australia , barclays , bundesbank , cftc , chainalysis , civil , coinbase , craig wright , cryptopia , defend crypto , deutsche boerse , eos , facebook , globalcoin , hodlcast , iota , jaguar , kik , links , localbitcoins , quadrigacx , ransomware , telegram , visa , voice , wei liu , wikipedia , wirecard

So much for the “business deals in parking lots” market.
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News: Bitfinex and Tether latest, Craig Wright: man of action, India to ban cryptos

by: David Gerard
In: Uncategorised
On May 03,2019
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Tags: australia , bitfinex , blockchain capital , brave , brock pierce , cftc , craig wright , dave kleiman , david rosenthal , india , internet archive , jersey , jimmy nguyen , kara haas , links , matthew edman , new york , peter mccormack , sec , tether , tron

Wright: “I was shot twice, and evidence of it is likely to still exist on the Internet for all my efforts to have destroyed it.” Which is why he posted it to Medium, where nobody will ever see it.
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