According to the New York Police Department, the number of people duped out of Bitcoin and other assets thanks to a telephone scam has soared in 2019. It estimates that a massive $2 million has been fraudulently obtained from residents of the city. The scam responsible apparently involves a cold call from either a real…
As Kenn Bosak mentions in the launch podcast we did together with Brittany Kaiser; you must have lived under a rock not to know who Brittany is. Her life story juxtaposes big data, blockchain, information security, Facebook, and now, art about it all to be tokenized. If we want protection, we need to start thinking…
Dataset from Foundry shows that four states in the U.S. have the highest Bitcoin hash rate distribution. The dataset shows that many Bitcoin miners are headed to New York, Kentucky, Georgia, and Texas. Foundry U.S. is the largest mining pool in North America and the fifth-largest globally. The hash rate is a measure of collective mining…
Federal prosecutors of the Southern District of New York overseeing the current case against Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder and former CEO of FTX, want the court to impose tighter bail conditions on the defendant. SBF Using Signal Based on their investigations, they discovered that Sam Bankman-Fried, also known as SBF, had messaged the general counsel of…
The United States is gradually becoming too hot for crypto firms to operate due to unclear and stringent regulatory approaches. For instance, a recent development that sparked an outcry was the proposal to impose a 30% excise tax on crypto-mining facilities. US President Joe Biden’s budget proposal presented a phased-in tax on the electricity used…
Metals came under pressure today as gold, silver, copper, and platinum all dropped before the New York session. Analyst Ian Cooper said gold was down 1.9%, silver lost 6%, copper fell 3.2%, and platinum declined 2.7% at the time of his update. However, Cooper warned that he does not fully trust early moves before New…
New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul have announced a lawsuit against Polymarket US. The state alleges the prediction platform is operating illegal, unlicensed gambling in New York. The lawsuit seeks to stop the activity and asks for fines, forfeiture of alleged illegal gains and restitution for users. **ID:** N25-03 **Site:** NewsBTC…
TL;DR: New York’s attorney general is seeking $1.3 billion in monetary relief in the NovaTech case and has announced nearly $6 million in promoter settlements. The larger sum is a request to the court, not money recovered for investors. New York’s effort to recover losses from the NovaTech cryptocurrency scheme has reached a new stage,…