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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the launch of the city's blockchain-powered “Excelsior Pass” vaccination passport on March 26.The passport is issued through a free and voluntary platform that verifies Covid-19 vaccinations or negative test results via a QR code for smartphone scanning or printing. The Excelsior Pass is intended
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In brief:The NY Attorney General’s office has settled with Bitfinex and TetherBitfinex and Tether will cease all operations in New YorkThey will also pay an $18.5 million fine alongside other requirements to increase transparencyThe New York Attorney General’s office has reached an $18.5 million settlement with Bitfinex and Tether for
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Coinseed Inc, an automated crypto investing app, is facing allegations of defrauding investors and breaking U.S. registration laws in a pair of legal actions brought Wednesday by the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission and the State of New York.The app-based service bilked investors of $1 million through hidden fees, false claims
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The Times' data included pay details for most of Coinbase’s roughly 830 employees at the end of 2018. Source
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San Francisco-based crypto exchange Coinbase may have had a problem with paying its employees fairly based on gender and race. According to a report from The New York Times journalist Nathaniel Popper, Coinbase paid salaried Black employees roughly 7% less than people in similar positions, based on payroll data from 2018. Across the
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Douglas Tuman, a crypto enthusiast and host of the Monero Talk podcast, has lost in his bid to represent New York’s 4th District in the U.S. Congress.According to election results from The Associated Press, Tuman, a Republican, received 134,243 votes to incumbent Democrat Kathleen Rice’s 147,580 in New York’s 4th
Read MoreUnited States Attorney General William Barr announced that President Trump will most likely task Jay Clayton as the legal enforcer for a chunk of New York — a state that has historically held a heavy-handed regulatory stance on crypto. Barr said in a June 19 statement from the Department of Justice,
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Rosie Perez appeared at Governor Cuomo’s latest press conference. The actress, along with comedian Chris Rock, was there to encourage New Yorkers to wear their masks. Despite criticism, Perez’s appearance shows what New Yorkers truly value: authenticity. Rosie Perez is an icon. On Thursday, she took time out of
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CryptoX isn't just hosting its Consensus: Distributed virtual conference this week – it's also raising money for COVID-19 relief, and doing so in an innovative way.The donation project makes use of quadratic funding, the fundraising model developed by Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin and Harvard researcher Zoë Hitzig. The method uses
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Cryptocurrency entities licensed under the New York’s Financial Services Law (FSL) should pay the costs of regulatory oversight, Governor Andrew Cuomo believes.The Democratic Governor purportedly wants the state authorities to amend the FSL in order to require virtual currency-related entities within the FSL jurisdiction to foot the bill for
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