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The New York Times’ latest report on Bitcoin (BTC) mining, titled “The Real-World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin,” has irked many BTC proponents — some of whom took to Twitter to call out certain aspects of the report, including saying it was “cherry-picking” data.The NYT article says Bitcoin
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Adrienne A. Harris, the superintendent of New York’s Department of Financial Services, has branded as “ludicrous” the claims that the closure of Signature Bank was related to its crypto business. Harris insisted that the bank’s “high percentage of uninsured deposits” and insufficient liquidity were some of the reasons why it
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In the hour after the 45th President was arrested Tuesday afternoon, the collection saw 30 sales, a 462% increase after a long period of token-holder dormancy. Original Source
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FDIC said that the deal between Signature and Flagstar would cost the Deposit Insurance Fund an estimated $2.5 billion. On Sunday, March 19, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced that Flagstar Bank, a subsidiary of the New York Community Bancorp, has entered an agreement with US regulators to secure the deposits
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The 40 former branches of Signature Bank will operate under New York Community Bancorp's Flagstar Bank, N.A., as of Monday. Source
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New York-based Signature Bank, another crypto-friendly bank, has been closed down by its state charter authority as of Mar. 12.The Federal Reserve explained in a Mar. 12 statement that the decision was made in conjunction with U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to protect the U.S. economy and strengthen public
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On March 9, 2023, New York attorney general Letitia James announced that her office had once again cracked down on crypto platforms by filing a lawsuit against the Seychelles-based crypto exchange Kucoin. Members of the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) were able to purchase crypto assets, despite the exchange
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In a press release, the NYAG’s office said, “The petition argues that ETH, just like LUNA and UST, is a speculative asset that relies on the efforts of third-party developers in order to provide profit to the holders of ETH. Because of that, KuCoin was required to register before selling
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New York Attorney General Letitia James has sued cryptocurrency exchange Coinex “for failing to register as a securities and commodities broker-dealer and for falsely representing itself as a crypto exchange.” The NY attorney general also stressed that Coinex is not registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) even
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Cryptocurrency exchange CoinEx has been sued by the New York Attorney General, Letitia James, alleging the firm falsely represented itself as an exchange due to failing to register as a securities and commodities broker-dealer in the state.A 38-page petition filed by James in the New York Supreme Court on Feb.
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