Just now? Really?
Federal Investigators Probe Cryptocurrency Firm Tether
Anyone else remember when Kara Swisher aggressively defended her sponsor that promoted Bitcoin retirement funds?
Just finished watching Chinatown.
Never seen it before.
That was a good ass film.
I understand that non-competes can be used to impose undue hardship on certain categories of workers but have you considered how banning all of them undermines parties' freedom to contract?
*ducks*
#law #contracts
Whaaaaat? Even the shadows are making eclipses?!?
Online content created by generative AI is just so damn helpful... /s
And this is one of the top results from a DDG search (not a Google search)
Tomorrow is Chainsaw Day and I couldn't be more excited. Trees are on notice.
I’m not entirely clear as to what’s going on with Threads but it looks an awful like they’re basically setting up a vampire attack on any server that federates with them since the only way to fully participate is to move to Threads. Is that about right or am I missing something?
#Threads #Mastodon
Does anyone still use phrases such as “kind bud” anymore, or have those basically been rendered meaningless given the ready availability of high potency options at dispensaries nowadays?
What's happening in Nigeria is a great example/cautionary tale about the end goal of a lot of the hard-core libertarian crypto crowd...
Undermining the government's control over its own currency...
Allowing people to evade illicit finance laws...
And doing it in a way that makes it really difficult to stop or be held accountable for...
https://punchng.com/reps-summon-binance-boss-over-alleged-terrorism-financing/
nostr:npub1cqwfpu4znm2al0jksr5ah40vqcmdgf9gsvjh269k3pfdjrlllkks2jqsc0 You may be right but I'm not inclined to give OpenAI the benefit of the doubt for multiple reasons. 😎
Note to startup founders (because I keep seeing this issue pop up):
If you raise money using a SAFE or any other instrument you have to be aware of the requirements for filing a Form D with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and/or the filing requirements of the state blue sky laws in which the investor(s) reside.
#law #startups #SAFE #securities
I've said it before and I'll say it again: concerns about money laundering - and not securities law - are what's going to end up biting the cryptocurrency industry the hardest. Unless the industry can come up with better arguments than "it's just code, man," or whataboutism in re to traditional money laundering operations, things are going to get much worse for them across the board.
Today's example - a letter from "Campaign for Accountability" to U.S. Senators...
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24142841-cfa-senate-banking-11-9-23
#law
SafeMoon founders arrested and charged :blobcatcoffee:
Founders and Executives of Digital-Asset Company Charged in Multi-Million Dollar International Fraud Scheme
#news #crypto #law #crime
If someone hasn’t already started writing “FTX: The Musical” now would probably be a good time to start 😂
Posting and sharing anger-inducing hot takes on what’s happening in Israel without any suggestions on how to actually address the situation may be great for engagement but it’s not very useful.
Wait, you can edit messages in Signal now?!?
:pika:
nostr:npub1ssykzpx4e3sf8zjhrynfz43yl4mg4dv9075pzn849k0f0m3pnrvqv730t5 I'm glad I don't care about that stuff. 😎
60 Minutes has been a pro-crypto news outlet for years.
Prove me wrong.
Evidence:
Bitcoin's Wild Ride (2019)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bitcoins-wild-ride-60-minutes-2019-05-19/
Bitcoin Beach: How a town in El Salvador became a testing ground for bitcoin
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bitcoin-beach-el-salvador-60-minutes-2022-04-10/
And of course tonight's kid glove treatment of SBF...