Science and Technology : Congressman Calls To Ban U.S. Dollar In Response To Plea For Bitcoin Ban

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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There is no capacity to kill bitcoin, congressman says

There is no capacity to kill bitcoin, congressman says

U.S Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), a ranking member of the Financial Services Committee, told CNBC's Squawk Box he thinks “there is no capacity to kill bitcoin.” According to McHenry, regulators have no ways of killing an open distributed ledger.The post There is no capacity to kill bitcoin...

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Carol Gaszcz
The Block

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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The system is always against us



U.S. Regulator Probing Crypto Exchange BitMEX Over Client Trades

U.S. Regulator Probing Crypto Exchange BitMEX Over Client Trades

(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is investigating crypto exchange BitMEX, according to people familiar with the matter, a platform that’s become wildly popular in Asia for letting people make big bets with little money down.The months-long CFTC probe is focused on whether

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Benjamin Robertson and Gregor Stuart Hunter
Bloomberg

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

Thank you. We're glad to be apart of the community. We were invested in Tron but since we're in a bear market again we go out. But we're still invested in bitcoin. We occasionally do some day trading of the alt coins on Binance. Actually, there's a black-owned bitcoin trading platform called Bitmex. Or at least one of the founders is black. https://www.bitmex.com/app/aboutUs

Crypto Exchange BitMEX Under CFTC Investigation Over US Users: Bloomberg

Crypto Exchange BitMEX Under CFTC Investigation Over US Users: Bloomberg

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CTFC) has launched an investigation against the cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX, Bloomberg reported today. Probe on US customers According to Bloomberg, BitMEX is not registered in the United States, and the CFTC is probing whether the Seychelles-based...

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Benjamin Vitáris
CCN

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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Australian Couple Loses $900K to Crypto Scam Despite Regulator’s Efforts

Australian Couple Loses $900K to Crypto Scam Despite Regulator’s Efforts

An Australian couple lost AUD $900,000 after “investing” in an elaborate cryptocurrency scam. Mike Taylor, 70, and his wife Karen told local station 7News that the losses represented the couple’s lifetime savings: “That was the whole of our superannuation – that’s now gone.” They did not explain...

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Jose Antonio Lanz
CCN

 

[ashleysummer]

OMG... I have had people tell me cryptocurrency should be banned because people use it to buy child porn and it's "anonymous". Do these people never consider that cash is far, far more anonymous than bitcoins, and used for far more nefarious activities?