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After crypto exchange FTX's bankruptcy proceedings revealed poor segregation of customer funds, the New York regulator is reminding service providers to keep clean records. origin »
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The regulatory body tasked with overseeing Celsius’ bankruptcy proceedings has asked a New York judge to deny the failed crypto lender’s recent motions to reopen customer withdrawals and sell off its $23 million in stablecoin holdings, calling the actions impulsive and premature.
2022-10-1 21:43 | |
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Embattled crypto lender Celsius Network told a New York bankruptcy court that it will pay back about 22% of funds to customers whose assets are valued at $48M. The post Celsius Network to Return Only 22% of Customer Funds appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-9-2 07:32 | |
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Liquidity-strapped crypto lender Celsius Network filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the Southern District of New York on Wednesday, more than a month after it halted customer withdrawals because of “extreme market conditions.”
2022-7-19 21:28 | |
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The order to shut down trading app Coinseed was given by New York's Supreme… The post Crypto trading app that converted customer funds into DOGE shut down appeared first on Coin Journal.
2021-9-14 14:32 | |
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Tether, a stablecoin tied to the dollar that is meant to mediate the volatility of other cryptocurrencies, is partly backed by bitcoin. As detailed in court documents obtained by The Block, Tether admitted to using some of the cash reserves meant to back its stablecoin to purchase bitcoin, among other assets.
2019-5-22 23:02 | |
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On the back of the most successful week for XRP, the second largest altcoin in the market has broken, what could be equated to the first inkling of the Bitcoin [BTC] bull run. Following Coinbase’s greenlight to its New York customer to engage in XRP trading, the altcoin shattered its 200-day moving average.
2019-5-20 00:30 | |
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Tether has taken a lot of heat for admitting it is running a fractional reserve. There’s no doubt that Tether’s unregulated nature makes this approach risky and that its lack of transparency is unsettling, but the entire modern banking system is architected on fractioned assets.
2019-5-13 16:37 | |
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Bitfinex is forging forward despite its ongoing row with the authorities, and it's looking for investors to support its efforts. Today, May 8, 2019, iFinex, the operator and parent company of the popular cryptocurrency exchange, released a private token sale white paper, putting to rest rumors of its Initial Exchange Offering (IEO).
2019-5-8 18:33 | |
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The crypto community has been laser focused on the current dilemma between Bitfinex exchange and New York prosecutors over the alleged loss of $850 million of co-mingled customer and corporate funds.
2019-5-7 22:15 | |
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New details are emerging about a planned $1 billion token sale to be held by iFinex, the parent company of Bitfinex and Tether, two cryptocurrency companies currently being sued by the state of New York for allegedly covering up a $850 million loss in customer funds.
2019-5-5 18:49 | |
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Bitfinex and Tether’s legal counsel has written a response to the New York Attorney General’s (NYAG) ex parte order, which claims that Bitifinex used Tether’s reserves to cover some $850 million in losses.
2019-5-1 01:22 | |
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The New York Office of the Attorney General (AG) wants to take a closer look into the business operations of Bitfinex and related stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT). According to a legal petition filed with the Supreme Court of New York, the NY Attorney General Office of Letitia James is applying for a court order to investigate Bitfinex’s suite of interrelated companies (including its umbrella firm iFinex and Tether Holdings Limited) for “ongoing fraud” to the tune of $850 million.
2019-4-27 01:30 | |
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Today it was not a good day for virtual currencies. Most of them are registering large losses after the scandal in which Bitfinex and Tether (USDT) are involved. The New York State Attorney General Letitia James explained that Bitfinex mismanaged customer’s funds, something that could have had very negative effects in the crypto market. Can […]
2019-4-27 00:33 | |
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The New York Attorney General Office in a statement on Thursday alleged that Bitfinex lost $850 million and as a coverup used customer and corporate funds from the USDT stablecoin operator Tether. “The issue is not printing tethers to manipulate bitcoin, but Bitfinex having funds “stolen” and then using Tether's funds,” said economist and crypto […]
2019-4-26 21:04 | |
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Following the New York Attorney General’s accusations of a $850M cover-up by Bitfinex, the company has issued its response. Binfinex refutes the claims as ‘riddled with false assertions’ and that the funds are not lost.
2019-4-26 10:00 | |
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Shirin Emami, executive deputy superintendent for banking at the New York State Department of Financial Services, breaks down why Bittrex was denied a BitLicense. Emami cites deficiencies in the areas of transaction monitoring, customer identification, and listing standards.
2019-4-19 00:27 | |
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“The biggest problem I could think of was distribution. How do you share and educate both consumers and merchants on the power of bitcoin? I learned how much consumers loved earning and why merchants make decisions to adopt new technology.
2019-3-19 23:06 | |
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It’s been over a year since the Cboe and CME listed the world’s first bitcoin futures contracts, the first ever bitcoin investment product to hit the legacy market.
2019-1-1 01:46 | |
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For nearly a decade, participants in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space have operated in a regulatory compliance gray zone. Recent developments — at both the federal and international levels — signal that the time for plausible deniability or unregulated freedom is coming to an end and more traditional regulations are moving to the forefront.
2018-12-3 19:20 | |
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At this year’s CryptoFrontiers Conference in New York City, digital currency exchange Huobi announced that it will begin offering derivatives contract trading. The service will be available via Huobi’s Derivative Market (Huobi DM) to customers of select countries and will allow them to open both short and long positions for a handful of coins.
2018-11-29 01:33 | |
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One of the largest crypto exchanges, Binance, which makes more than $1. 6 billion of crypto transactions in a day has announced that they are going to integrate know-your-customer (KYC) provided by Refinitiv.
2018-11-21 13:12 | |
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Some of the events in the crypto space will never seize to issue out wonder. Cryptocurrency revolution may soon be giving Wall Street signal and the regulatory body of global finance seems to be getting ready for this.
2018-10-25 02:27 | |
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Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has granted self-regulatory status to the country's cryptocurrency industry, giving the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA) authority to oversee the space, according to a Reuters report.
2018-10-25 21:29 | |
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A U. S. federal court has fined a New York firm and its chief executive officer over $2. 5 million in the first anti-fraud action involving bitcoin filed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
2018-10-21 11:15 | |
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Crypto-to-USD lender BlockFi has announced that it will support loans backed by both Litecoin and Gemini’s recent stablecoin token GUSD. This is the first time the company is expanding to accept collateral in one of the crypto industry’s top-10 assets besides bitcoin and ether.
2018-10-16 16:07 | |
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In a landmark case for the cryptocurrency industry, a federal judge has ruled that a cryptocurrency caught in the midst of a lawsuit is a commodity, court documents reveal.
2018-9-28 23:15 | |
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In this overview, we explore Kraken and its journey from a Mt. Gox alternative to soften the blow of bitcoin’s dependence on just one exchange to becoming one of the most respected cryptocurrency exchanges in the world.
2018-9-27 21:21 | |
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The New York State Attorney General published a new report titled “Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative” recently, in which it noted that several cryptocurrency exchanges are not interested in avoiding market manipulation and have lower standards for customer safety.
2018-9-24 14:19 | |
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An analysis published by the New York attorney general hones in on a number of exchanges, pointing out what it perceives as a lack of accountability and customer protection.
2018-9-20 23:41 | |
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Following a recent report of New York State’s Attorney General, an economist believes that the document confirms “zero” chances of a Bitcoin ETF approval in 2018. ‘Odds of Bitcoin ETF Approval in 2018 = 0’ A new report of the New York States Office of the Attorney General (OAG) Barbara D.
2018-9-19 20:00 | |
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Kin Ecosystem Foundation, the nonprofit governance organization for the Kin cryptocurrency, has announced the appointment of Matthew DiPietro as its chief marketing officer (CMO) today, September 18, 2018.
2018-9-18 19:38 | |
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This November, cryptocurrency users will be introduced to Bakkt, a new company designed to give millions of retail merchants the chance to buy, sell and trade digital currencies — and even buy a cup of coffee.
2018-8-4 00:38 | |
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The Labour government said the bill will give owners of bitcoin and other digital assets greater legal protection.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer appointed Tulip Siddiq as the City Minister, a role that oversees financial services including crypto.
Taiwan's crypto advocacy body, the Taiwan Virtual Asset Service Provider Association, has been formally established and the founding meeting held with 24 cryptocurrency-related entities.
The exchange could return as a FIU-registered firm after paying the fine, the report added.
This is the third test for the Province's new tool to combat money laundering.
The Federal Reserve continues to pilot a central bank digital currency, but will not issue one without executive branch and Congressional support, the report said.
India's most controversial crypto tax, the 1% TDS levy deducted at source, should be lowered to 0.01%, according to the findings of a new study.