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Tag: tether
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!
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.”
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.
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.
News: Bitcoin’s power consumption, Bing bans crypto ads, HoweyCoins, HTC’s blockchain phone, Whalepool vs Bitfinex
And how to research the Panama Papers yourself at home.
News: UK Parliament Inquiry Friday, Monero and Ethereum vs ASICs, Bitfinex and Poland, Ripple tries to buy XRP onto exchanges
Get your UK Parliamentary submission in without delay!
News: Petro and Russia, illegal porn on the blockchain, Tether, Mt. Gox, Twitter bans crypto ads, NSA scans Bitcoin, Kodak earnings call, Sierra Leone election not on the blockchain
Is it illegal to download a copy of the Bitcoin blockchain? Possibly.
Send in the Tether clones: TrueUSD, a “USD-backed stable cryptocurrency”
TrueUSD is a dollar-substitute cryptocurrency token that’s directly aiming itself at Tether’s user base.
News: Kraken loses Japanese banking, Marshall Islands issues crypto, Québec vs miners, UK Labour vs cryptos, failed ICOs, Bitcoin usage declines, BTC Global
“The traditional banking partners that Kraken needs to work with are not able to keep up with the demands of the growing Bitcoin economy” — not Roger Ver, but what Kraken actually just claimed.