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Did Silvergate let FTX and Alameda share funds and bank accounts? Isnāt that illegal? Also, if one of the objectives of KYC and AML procedures is to stop money laundering, why didnāt Sam Bankman-Fried and companyās actions trigger alarms? They were allegedly doing egregious activities out in the open. Of course, the answer is that the rules are different for the rich and famous. However, after the FTX collapse, Silvergate might have to answer some questions.Ā
Letās start at the beginning, though. Credit where creditās due, a pseudonymous Twitter user that goes by the name of EventLongShort made the case.
According to a court document from the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation, bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network made “false and misleading claims” regarding its “financial health and compliance with securities laws”.
Celsius Was Ran Like A Ponzi Scheme
The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation said in a document supporting the Justice Department’s request to appoint an examiner in Celsius’ bankruptcy case that the company may have been paying yields using a Ponzi-like system.
With more good news is bad news jobs data, the worldās inflationary bear market is spelling trouble ahead.
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Yesterdayās initial jobless claims data release came in below expectations, signaling a stronger labor market which is another āgood news is bad newsā signpost.
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A seastead launched by an early bitcoin adopter off the coast of Thailand has run into trouble with local government. The Thai Navy boarded the structure Saturday, claiming it violates criminal law, which is punishable by death or life imprisonment. The owner claims that his floating home is located outside of Thailandās maritime boundaries.
Also read: Indian Supreme Court Postpones Crypto Case at Government’s Request
American early bitcoin adopter Chad Andrew Elwartowski and his Thai girlfriend, Suprenee Thepdet aka Nadia Summergirl, launched a seastead on Feb. 2 off the coast of Phuket, Thailand. However, the Thai Navy boarded the structure Saturday and accuses the couple of breaching the country’s Criminal Code, Section 119.
As the global pool of hashing power grows more liquid, arbitrageurs may see a financial incentive in “rent-a-miner” attacks.
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Apple has struggled to win over the Chinese mobile phone market as reports have suggested but Samsung is also having a similar issue. Samsung Electronics revealed that it recorded a 31 percent decline in net profit in the fourth quarter of 2018 as the operating profits of its mobile business plunged by nearly 33 percent. Samsung Sees Large Net Profit Declines Analysts at Samsung attributed the overall decline in profits to various geopolitical factors including the U.S.-China trade war. Due to macroeconomic uncertainties, the company said that its memory business will likely not strongly rebound until the second quarter of
By CCN.com: In the past 24 hours, the crypto market has experienced a slight decline in valuation from $ 224 billion to $ 219 billion as the Bitcoin price dropped to $ 3,500. Previously, traders said that a drop below the $ 3,500 mark could lead the price of Bitcoin to test key support levels in the low $ 3,000
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Following the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in Canada, the U.S. government has filed two criminal charges against Chinese nationals for allegedly stealing sensitive information from Western businesses, intensifying the trade war between the U.S. and China that may ultimately place more pressure on the falling Dow Jones. On December 21, Adam Segal, a
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Target and Tiffany are among the largest retailers in the U.S. stock market that are reportedly at risk of facing a 2008-level sell-off in the months to come. On average, 95 of the largest retailers in the global market listed on the S&P Index fell by around 17 percent in the past three months, with
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About a week since the seizure of what was to be the first Bitcoin ATM in India, one of the co-founders of the firm that installed the cryptocurrency vending machine, Unocoin, has speculated that the debacle could have been avoided with better branding. Speaking to Quartz India, the co-founder of Unocoin, Sathvik Vishwanath, has claimed
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Chart for ETH/USD (1W)
Ethereum (ETH) had been under a lot of heat from regulatory bodies over its status as a noncompliant security. While this debate may not have much weight in the case of other cryptocurrencies, it holds a lot of significance in the case of Ethereum (ETH) owing to a sale of 60 million ether tokens by The Ethereum Foundation in July 2014. This sale raised 31,000 Bitcoin (BTC) valued at around $ 18 million. As the sale can be deemed a speculative launch that could lead to an increase in the value of Ethereum (ETH), this deal can be classified as an instance of security offering.
Controversial cryptocurrency payment provider BitPay appeared to back Bitcoin over altcoins this week as its CCO told mainstream media the ICO token market was āin a lot of trouble.ā
Speaking to Bloomberg in an interviewĀ that also featured regular commentator Joe Weisenthal, Sonny Singh focused heavily on Bitcoin as the cryptoasset, which had a chance of upside while remaining silent on major altcoins such as Ether (ETH) 00.
āItās hard to say [if this is the bottom],ā he said about the current state of the market.
A Chinese household has been stealing electricity to mine bitcoin using 50 mobile phones and 15 improvised mining rigs. The home workshop has consumed almost 33,000 kWh of unbilled electricity. That should be enough for a couple of bitcoins, but using a smartphone for the job is not really an option. Ā
Also read: 80% of the 21 Million Bitcoins Have Been Mined Into Existence
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An update on the Tezos controversy. Tezos Founders Sued for Securities Fraud in Potential Class Action, which could lead to a wave of copycat attacks on ICOs.
The lawsuit involved Tezos founder Kathleen and Arthur Breitman and Johann Gevers.
And weāll do a daily check in on the progress towards the Segwit2x hard fork.
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