{"id":26062,"date":"2023-10-30T20:54:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T20:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/?p=26062"},"modified":"2023-10-30T20:54:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T20:54:14","slug":"new-york-vs-dcg-genesis-and-gemini-kids-kids-youre-both-ugly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2023\/10\/30\/new-york-vs-dcg-genesis-and-gemini-kids-kids-youre-both-ugly\/","title":{"rendered":"New York vs DCG\/Genesis and Gemini: Kids, kids, you\u2019re both ugly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Attorney General is suing crypto investment fund Genesis, its parent company Digital Currency Group (DCG), and the Gemini crypto exchange for defrauding customers of Gemini Earn.<\/p>\n<p>New York is asking the court to stop all three companies\u2019 business in \u201csecurities or commodities\u201d in the state. That\u2019s all but a death sentence \u2014 bitcoin is a commodity in the US. The newspapers don&#8217;t seem to have noticed that bit.<\/p>\n<p>If you like a deep dive into a long filing, this is worth a read.<\/p>\n<p>This time, we&#8217;re over at Amy&#8217;s.\u00a0 [<a href=\"https:\/\/amycastor.com\/2023\/10\/30\/new-york-vs-dcg-genesis-and-gemini-kids-kids-youre-both-ugly\/\"><em>Amy Castor<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2023\/01\/06\/crypto-collapse-gemini-vs-dcg-new-york-charges-mashinsky-in-celsius-voyager-sale-troubles-silvergate-troubles-wintermute\/hot-dog-twins-header\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24503\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24503\" src=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/hot-dog-twins-header.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/hot-dog-twins-header.jpg 680w, https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/hot-dog-twins-header-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/hot-dog-twins-header-348x215.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<br><br><div align=\"center\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u=8420236\"><img src=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/become_a_patron_button.svg\" alt=\"Become a Patron!\" title=\"Become a Patron!\" width=217 height=51><\/a><br><p style=\"align:center;\" class=\"patreon-badge\"><i>Your subscriptions keep this site going. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u=8420236\">Sign up today!<\/a><\/i><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York wants to kick all three companies out of the state \u2014 a death sentence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1481,2031,652,2890,3397,594],"class_list":["post-26062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-barry-silbert","tag-dcg","tag-gemini","tag-genesis","tag-michael-moro","tag-new-york"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/hot-dog-twins-header.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26062"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26064,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26062\/revisions\/26064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}