Bitcoin (BTC) shed $4 billion after NY OAG sue iFinex Tether controversy force Bitcoin liquidation The OAG of New York is after iFinex, and from their documents, officials say the Hong-Kong based exchange, BitFinex are contravening NY Laws and therefore suing them. With additional evidence that the exchange “raided” Tether’s coffers and probably affecting the…
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…