Tag:ifinex

New York’s problem with Tether — as set out for the appeal judges

If you were having problems getting your head around this case, this is a good and useful summary. Plus — iFinex’s response!
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New York v. Bitfinex — “Fundamentally, Respondents misperceive the respective roles of the Attorney General and the Court.”

“Respondents’ contention that this proceeding should be dismissed because Petitioner failed to properly serve the April 24 Order is meritless.” This correctly translates as “don’t waste my time.”
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News: IOTA blackmail, Coinbase banking and lawsuit, ezBtc vanishes, Ross Ulbricht appeal fails, Wright motion denied, Butterfly Labs, TimiHealth

“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: Bitfinex/Tether v. New York, Facebook-only Libra, Justin Sun, IRS letters, unbanking the banked

How to get through Bitfinex’s bulletproof Know Your Customer process — click the “Not a US Resident” button.
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Bitfinex and Tether tell the New York AG they have nothing to do with New York

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

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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News: NY AG on Bitfinex/Tether’s New York ties, Craig Wright tries to move Kleiman v. Wright, IRS on criminal investigations into crypto, regulators still hate Facebook Libra, Trump vs Libra and Bitcoin, more crypto exchange hacks

Perhaps iFinex can argue that two plus two only appears to make four, when actually it makes three, or five, or six hundred and sixty-six.
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