{"id":5638,"date":"2018-03-14T23:06:27","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T23:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/?p=5638"},"modified":"2018-03-14T23:06:27","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T23:06:27","slug":"news-kleiman-v-wright-playboy-tv-sec-vs-crypto-hedge-funds-coinbase-gets-uk-banking-bitfinexed-hires-palley-mt-gox-the-movie-twitter-bans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2018\/03\/14\/news-kleiman-v-wright-playboy-tv-sec-vs-crypto-hedge-funds-coinbase-gets-uk-banking-bitfinexed-hires-palley-mt-gox-the-movie-twitter-bans\/","title":{"rendered":"News: Kleiman v. Wright, Playboy TV, SEC vs crypto hedge funds, Coinbase gets UK banking, Bitfinex&#8217;ed hires Palley, Mt. Gox the Movie, Twitter bans"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2018\/03\/01\/news-financial-times-uk-parliament-sec-overstock-gdpr-france-kleiman-vs-wright-lightning-network-iota\/\">lawsuit<\/a> brought against Craig Wright by the estate of Dave Kleiman continues. Here&#8217;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/6309656\/kleiman-v-wright\/\">Kleiman v. Wright court docket,<\/a> for your amusement.<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Playboy TV <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/playboy-enterprises-to-introduce-cryptocurrency-wallet-for-use-on-its-online-platforms-300613636.html\">signs up<\/a> to accept the VICE token, one of the zillion pornography ICOs.<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The SEC starts asking questions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-03-14\/hedge-funds-are-said-to-draw-sec-scrutiny-in-crackdown-on-crypto\">hedge funds buying cryptos.<\/a> At the <a href=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2018\/03\/01\/news-financial-times-uk-parliament-sec-overstock-gdpr-france-kleiman-vs-wright-lightning-network-iota\/\">Financial Times event<\/a> last month, the guy from eToro said that he had quite a lot of over-the-counter sales to hedge funds.<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Coinbase <em>finally<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-03-14\/coinbase-gets-a-u-k-money-license-and-reportedly-a-bank-account\">gets a UK bank account<\/a> that will deal in actual pounds.<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Your donations at work: in the face of <a href=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2017\/12\/05\/bitfinex-rattles-legal-sabres-at-critics-tether-fails-to-redeem-usdt-1m-for-dollars\/\">legal threats from Bitfinex<\/a> and continuing harassment, Bitfinex&#8217;ed has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/bitfinexed-strikes-back-lawyer-warns-bitfinex-threats-toward-blogger\/\">hired Stephen Palley as his lawyer,<\/a> who has put Bitfinex on notice concerning threats against Bitfinex&#8217;ed, should they have anything to do with them.<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Twitter&#8217;s algorithm is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitsonline.com\/twitter-banning-crypto-personalities-bot\/\">correctly detecting and banning crypto scammers.<\/a><\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Effortless French:<\/em> Mt. Gox and Bitcoin\u2019s roller coaster ride \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2018\/03\/effortless-french-mt-goxs-and-bitcoins-roller-coaster-ride\/\">the film<\/a> of how <a href=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2018\/03\/09\/mt-gox-crashes-bitcoin-a-second-time-and-theres-more-to-come\/\">Mark Karpel\u00e8s<\/a> did <a href=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2017\/09\/17\/kim-nilsson-of-wizsec-how-the-bitcoins-were-stolen-from-mt-gox\/\">nothing wrong<\/a> \u2014 is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mycanal.fr\/guide\/programme\/9592515-bitcoin-big-bang-l-epopee-improbable-de-mark-karpeles.html?diffusion=170688917\">available now in France.<\/a> (French title: <em>Bitcoin Big Bang: l&#8217;improbable \u00e9pop\u00e9e de Mark Karpel\u00e8s<\/em>.) Here&#8217;s the trailer:<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TRAILER EFFORTLESS FRENCH\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/255928290?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"735\" height=\"413\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I get quoted! Observer: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2018\/mar\/10\/blockchain-music-imogen-heap-provenance-finance-voting-amir-taaki\">&#8220;Does blockchain offer hype or hope?&#8221;<\/a> BBC News <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-43398410\">writes up<\/a> the Google <a href=\"https:\/\/davidgerard.co.uk\/blockchain\/2018\/03\/14\/google-bans-ads-for-dodgy-financial-products-including-cryptos\/\">ban on crypto ads,<\/a> with enthusiastically approving quote from me. Express (Croatia): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.hr\/tehno\/kriptovalute-banke-su-im-bile-zrtve-a-sad-ih-kopiraju-14684\">Kriptovalute \u2014 banke su im bile \u017ertve, a sad ih kopiraju<\/a> (\u201cCryptocurrency \u2014 banks were their targets, now they copy them\u201d).<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;My doctor told me I needed to diversify my diet so I started eating a variety of Doritos flavors instead of just spicy nacho. Can someone explain why I&#39;m not losing weight?&quot;&#8211;Salt Fish <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/osl6mh2Jf9\">pic.twitter.com\/osl6mh2Jf9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Buttcoin (@ButtCoin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ButtCoin\/status\/972806365306605568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/prestonjbyrne\/status\/972997621655760898<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZFxfZshMhn\">pic.twitter.com\/ZFxfZshMhn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Neeraj K. Agrawal (@NeerajKA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NeerajKA\/status\/973283821163630598?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If you think fiat is worthless &amp; created out of thin air, that only crypto is for real, you can arbitrage the system.<br \/>Create fiat out of thin air yourself by taking out a loan, and buy crypto. Any of the 100s of coins out there will do.<br \/>What will happen next will blow your mind.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trolly McTrollface (@Tr0llyTr0llFace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tr0llyTr0llFace\/status\/973874773301264384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Great to see ETH solidity devs hard at work writing code that matters <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t4LTvuis0z\">pic.twitter.com\/t4LTvuis0z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; irl \ud83d\ude18 (@DoubleupBarbie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DoubleupBarbie\/status\/973779325983121408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">get in on the ground floor of the exciting new ICO^H^H^H initial SAFT offering, nocoin, which is fully compliant* with Google&#39;s advertorial oppression<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Buttcoin (@ButtCoin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ButtCoin\/status\/973984427226345474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Guy is wearing a sweatshirt saying \u201cASK ME ABOUT BITCOIN.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I ask him about bitcoin. <\/p>\n<p>He responds, \u201cI smoke too much weed to give financial advice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I got owned.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ryan Mac \ud83d\ude43 (@RMac18) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RMac18\/status\/973606946740850688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">brb replacing all instances of &quot;cryptocurrency&quot; in my upcoming whitepaper with &quot;nonce cents&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;BMan<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Buttcoin (@ButtCoin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ButtCoin\/status\/973984580083560457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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>Featuring the trailer from <i>Effortless French,<\/i> a.k.a. 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