Tag:bitfinex

Bitfinex’s banking problems solved: SNITCHES GET STITCHES

Bitfinex have discovered a truly remarkable solution to their banking problems — but don’t tell anyone. ‘Cos snitches get stitches.
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Is Bitcoin going TO THE MOON? No, it’s Tether going down the plughole

If a dollar costs 85 cents … you have to wonder what’s up with that dollar.
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News: What’s wrong with Civil, Bitfinex deposits suspended, Liquid is live, Proof of Work must die

“Cryptos Drop Day After Summer Solstice = Occult Manipulation?” um, ok
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News: CBOE Ether futures, the invisible Petro, Civil and Associated Press, BitFi hacked worse

Plus good papers, opinion pieces and followups. And why surveys claiming amazing mainstream crypto uptake!! are made-up rubbish. Also, go hear Edmund Schuster and Angela Walch on Tuesday afternoon.
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News: WeChat ban, Virtual Commodity Association, MyHealthRecord and RMIT Blockchain, Venezuela, TRON guts BitTorrent, Inc., Bitfinex/Tether, Deloitte blockchain survey

The FOIA request denial from the CFTC over Bitfinex and Tether is particularly interesting.
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News: Exitscam.me, UK Treasury, IBM’s dollar-substitute token, Stripe, KodakCoin

And there’s a Wikipedia article on the Kodak KashMiner.
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News: Me at Intelligence Squared on Monday, darknet busts, Ross Ulbricht appeal rejected, Bitfinex/Tether, Expedia drops Bitcoin, GiveCrypto

No, there wasn’t a double-spend on Tether — just an exchange error. And the Lightning Network still doesn’t work. And don’t forget Intelligence Squared on Monday!
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News: Mt. Gox recovers, Bitcoin crashes, Bitfinex/Tether, Kaminska to Parliament, Hydro-Québec, TRON, EOS, Nano insecure keys

“I hate these extremely rare occurrences of crypto exchanges getting hacked once a week.”
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News: Rip Off Britain on Bitcoin, Tether in depth, Ethereum as non-security, blockchain not up to UK welfare, Apple kicks crypto apps, religion but on the blockchain

Trust the nice BBC ladies — don’t buy Bitcoin. My goodness, the news in the last couple of days. With lengthy writeups of the details.
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Explaining the Justice Department/CFTC criminal investigation into Bitcoin trading — and likely Bitfinex/Tether

A rundown of what market manipulations warrant a criminal investigation — and why Bitfinex/Tether are a likely focus.
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