Never a dull day
Write about miner centralization but make it punk 🤘
SCOOP: In an alert issued yesterday, FinCEN finds cryptocurrencies are not a preferred financing method for Hezbollah.
Who would have thought.
https://www.therage.co/fincen-alert-hezbollah-financing-cryptocurrencies/
Just when you thought US courts couldn't be any more retarded, a New York Judge just dismissed the defamation suit against Chainalysis because he says the software enjoys free speech protections.
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The Rage needs a social media person. Has to strike the right balance between writing nasty punchlines and not getting sued. DM me on Matrix.
Yesterday was the first hearing in a defamation suit filed against Chainalysis for describing a crypto project as the second largest scam of 2022.
But Chainalysis did not argue that its statements are true. Instead, it argued that the suit was designed to prevent the firm from public participation, seeking a dismissal on NY Anti-SLAPP laws – designed to protect free speech.
Full story:
https://www.therage.co/chainalysis-defamation-lawsuit-yieldnodes/
Today, we found that X should not be designated as a core platform service under the Digital Markets Act.
We concluded that X does not qualify given that our investigation revealed that X is not an important gateway for business users to reach end users.
We will continue to monitor the developments in the market concerning this service should any substantial changes arise.
More: https://europa.eu/!7GfFpY
#EU #DMA
So the nostr:npub18mmgvu4457x8yrsr3djhhnfp8uhp5swj6fed6jyrd3cpu0vwfcfs3mwg7n has managed to sign up to fucking NOSTR but still can't manage to build a fucking website that works. What a time to be alive
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TD Bank's plea is an interesting read for anyone who believes that justice has been served in the US banking industry.
If its “historic fine” tells us anything, it's that that crime pays when you're a banker.
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Last month, we followed up with the NCA on its extraordinary claims deeming crypto & E2EE a risk to UK national security - but the NCA continues to refuse to corroborate its claims.
Today we reported the NCA to the Information Commissioner‘s Office for violating the UK Freedom of Information Act. With Freddie New & Bitcoin Policy UK
https://www.therage.co/uk-nca-national-risk-assessment-2024/
nostr:npub1mznweuxrjm423au6gjtlaxmhmjthvv69ru72t335ugyxtygkv3as8q6mak how does the TD case square with samourai case?
Is there a double standard here?
You mean facing decades in prison vs paying a fine? Idk seems hard to tell. But the fine is def „historic“. Publishing a write up tomorrow.
SOUS LES PAVÉS, LA RAGE 
*screams in white supremacy*
Imagine two Klu Klux Klan white nationalists had access to your personally identifiable information for a "private investigation", handed to them on a silver platter by the government's financial surveillance database.
That's exactly what happened in Tennessee, and why the Bank Secrecy Act needs to be abolished.
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"Of all of the types of speech to consider [...], Storm’s Tornado Cash software actually seems the most likely to advance the values served by the First Amendment."
Updated article to include CoinCenter's analysis of Judge Failla's opinion to deny the dismissal of the Tornado Cash case:
https://www.therage.co/tornado-cash-code-not-speech-non-custodial-msbs-knowledge-not-required/
Are you losing your mind and business to the US’ regulation by enforcement approach?
The WEF is here to tell you not to worry. In its new report on digital asset regulation, it has found that industry players see the US’ “tough approach” a “positive for the industry”.
It also finds that the EU’s reserve requirements for stablecoins are too strict, and that we should all be using digital identities and the blockchain for AML/KYC.
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Now Hitlary Clingon wants to get rid of Section 230. Trump tried to get rid of Section 230 for much of his last presidency.
“We should be in my view, repealing something called Section 230, which gave platforms on the internet immunity … Whether it‘s Facebook or Twitter or X or Instagram, or TikTok, whatever they are, if they don‘t moderate & monitor the content we lose total control,” says Clinton.
Section 230 of the1996 Communications Decency Act is "a serious threat to our National Security & Election Integrity," says Trump.
They're the same picture.
