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.
Tag: tether
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.
News: Craig Wright hearing transcript, US Congress staff unimpressed with Facebook Libra, Reggie Fowler court date, Ledger Wallet bad firmware, Roubini/Hayes debate
“Well, let me get this straight. A company you didn’t buy until 2014 is listed as a beneficiary of a trust document you claimed was formed in 2012?”
News: Bitcoin’s $13,000 not-even-a-bubble, how Tether say Tether works, Craig Wright shows up in Florida, Facebook Libra
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.
News: FATF money laundering regs on crypto exchanges, Binance cuts off the US, Tether big in China, Bitcoin energy consumption, unofficial Telegram public sale, Cathio, IPFS, Visa’s non-blockchain
And the FUDCon 2019 exploratory committee. With T-shirts for PTK:SV and PTK Classic.
News: Bitfinex/Tether v. New York, Cryptopia hack coins moving, HitBTC may be insolvent, Craig Wright copyright registration, SEC v. ICOs, money laundering is still illegal with Bitcoins
How much do you need to annoy a government agency that it starts a whole new press page just to refute your claims?
News: McAfee may be in US custody, NY AG v. Bitfinex/Tether, Cryptopia shuts, Quadriga money still gone, Tapscott busted
HOW DO THESE EXCHANGE HACKS KEEP HAPPENING, IT IS A MYSTERY FOR (checks stopwatch) THE AGES
Bitcoin is going through the roof! — it’s manipulation with Tethers, not organic demand
Number go up! This is totally organic market activity! People just really like Bitcoin 40% more than they did last week!
News: Number go up, Bitfinex/Tether/Crypto Capital latest, blockchain supply chains still bad, another crypto ETF
The important thing about the Bitcoin price is that both Makemake and Haumea are in Libra right now. Obviously.
Binance hacked — largest Tether exchange cuts off withdrawals for the next week
Crypto exchange hacks are incredibly rare, and only happen every month or so. Here’s hoping there’s no big Bitcoin price crash before withdrawals are back on!