#cryptocurrency Timeline

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Kenya’s $19 billion crypto market draws Inkryptus, VALR and global digital asset firms to Africa Blockchain Festival 2026 https://www.byteseu.com/2397964/ #Crypto #CryptoCurrency

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2y

1. #Telegram's blockchain crashed again.

2. the #TON token that drives this chain (and is only usable when the chain has *not* crashed) has a market cap of ~$14 billion.

3. the chain crashed (again) because of a dog themed memecoin called #DOGS (again).

that is all.

#TonNetwork #PavelDurov #Durov #crypto #cryptocurrency #Memecoin

TON @ % @ton_blockchain Block production on TON experiencing further disruption Block production issues began at 19:19 UTC. The disruption appears to be due to heavy load attributed to DOGS token minting. TON Core is working on a solution. We will continue to update you on the situation as it evolves. User crypto assets are not at risk. 1:08 PM - Aug 28, 2024 - 34K Views

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2y

#InfluencerGate:

oh look the russian agents trying to influence the election are using #cryptocurrency (this is my not-shocked-at-all face)

also popular YouTube influencers Lauren Southern, Tim Pool, #LaurenChen, and one of Benny Johnson/Dave Rubin "unknowingly" agreed to work for Russia for large sums of money ($100,000 per youtube video or a few million/year): https://x.com/ariehkovler/status/1831413692409487766

in particular the russian agents seem to have moved money through #Lithuania and used #BitPay to buy domains. i wrote a bunch about the Lithuanian central bank's attempts to shut down Russian money last year; it's here (an US company Crypto[.]com is involved): https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/cryptocom-or-crypto-dot-con

DOJ affidavit: https://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-09/doppelganger_affidavit_9.4.24.pdf

taking bets on whether Virtual Currency Exchange 1 ("VCE-1") is #Binance or #CryptoCom

#crypto #russia #uspol #election2024 #2024election #Trump #DonaldTrump #Putin #ukraine #VladímirPutin #TimPool #BennyJohnson #LaurenSouthern #DaveRubin #ChangeNow #TenetMedia #Politics #MAGA

cryptocurrency by using services like ChangeNOW and cryptocurrency mixing algorithms to obfuscate the originating cryptocurrency wallet used in their transactions.

80. Based on the commercially available cryptocurrency analysis tools?’ and analysis by an FBI cryptocurrency subject matter expert, these personas’ cryptocurrency transactions with NameSilo and Namecheap show that the transactions originated with a cluster of cryptocurrency wallets. In this case, the FBI determined that the aforementioned cluster of wallets was funded by an account at a virtual currency exchange (“VCE-17).2

81. Records received from VCE-1 pursuant to legal process revealed that the funding account belonged to an individual referred to herein as “Konstantin”.?° Those records showed that Konstantin provided Russian identification documents to VCE-1 and only accessed his account at 7 While the identity of the address owner is generally anonymous, law enforcement may be able to ascertain information about the identity of the owner of a particular address by analyzing the Blockchain. The analysis can also reveal additional addresses controlled by the same individual or entity. For example, a user or business may create many addresses to receive payments from different customers. When the user wants to transact the cryptocurrency that it has received, it may group those addresses together to send a single transaction. Law enforcement uses sophisticated, commercial services offered by several

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2y

food for thought re: Pavel Durov and #Telegram from one of the world's more famously correct cynics

(not sure i or jim chanos believe this but it definitely deserves to be considered given the totality of the circumstances)

#PavelDurov #Toncoin #Ton #France #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #Ukraine #UkraineWar #Durov #FreeDurov #crypto #cryptocurrency

The other possibility is that Telegram was fully compromised by Western Intelligence some time ago, the Russians realized it, and Durov fled to be “arrested” for his own protection.
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I'm still puzzled why Durov went to France. He's a smart and paranoid guy. He knew there was a warrant for his arrest, only valid in 🇫🇷. So many other countries where he could've refueled. And this happens days after his potential meeting with Putin in Azerbaijan 🤔 1/X

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Europe’s Crypto Rulebook Faces Its Real Test This Month https://www.byteseu.com/2390619/ #Crypto #CryptoCurrency

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2y

#TheCryptocalypseChronicles: Of Tech Bros And Trumpers

The reason so many Silicon Valley billionaires suddenly decided to back #DonaldTrump is not the mystery the media is making it out to be.

tl;dr The billionaires backing #Trump are crypto bros and they want to continue profiting from committing various kinds of crimes.

This is a "follow the money" deep dive into how some of these bros profit by investing in companies like #Uniswap that create excellent tools for #NorthKorea to launder stolen money with a passing explanation of how #Coinbase facilitates the overall system.

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https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/of-tech-bros-and-trumpers

#a16z #MarcAndreessen #SequoiaCapital #BenHorowitz #crypto #COIN #Cryptocurrency #AndreessenHorowitz #ethereum #Sunswap #SwftSwap #LazarusGroup #moneylaundering #FinReg #FinCEN #sanctions #CryptoLobby #USpol #USpolitics #Republicans #politics #CraftVentures #GOP #TheNerdReich

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2y

Newsletter: As parts of the crypto industry scramble to court the Harris administration with events like “Crypto4Harris”, others insist it is Harris who must “bend the knee”.

https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-64/

#crypto #cryptocurrency #newsletter #CitationNeeded

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#TheCryptocalypseChronicles: Trump's Transition Team Is Tethered To Thievery (And Worse)

How is it that money managed by the chair of Trump's transition team keeps showing up in the hands of drug cartels, terrorists, and fraudsters?

This is a "follow the money" deep dive into how Howard Lutnick manages roughly $100 billion for #Tether. Together they've created an offshore legal fiction by which neither bears any responsibility if that money ends up in the hands of sanctioned countries like #Iran or #NorthKorea or international criminal organizations like #PigButchering frauds and weapons markets.

Which is exactly where it ends up pretty much constantly.

For bonus points $40 billion of those dollars came from Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX.

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https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/trumps-transition-team-is-tethered

#USpol #USpolitics #Trump #TenetMedia #Election2024 #2024Election #cantorfitzgerald #HowardLutnick #USDT #Terrorism #fraud #scams #Russia #Theft #cartels #DonaldTrump #SBF #crypto #cryptocurrency #bitcoin

#TheCryptocalypseChronicles: Trump's Transition Team Is Tethered To Thievery (And Worse)

Howard Lutnick manages a huge pile of money for Tether, a sketchy offshore company whose name appears frequently in criminal indictments. He also just became co-chair of the Trump transition team.

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#Tether, a company whose capital probably comes from #China and which earns 5% interest on ~$100 billion for doing nothing, has been branching out and investing in:

1. a chinese bitcoin transaction processor (some call them "miners") manufacturer #Bitdeer

2. random agriculture companies in argentina with a sub 3% ROI (less than Tether would get doing nothing and collecting 5%) https://t.co/R15JFCMRhD

3. #Satellogic, a manufacturer of spy satellites that is currently losing $30-50 million per year (much less than the guaranteed 5%)

to say this is shady would be an understatement but it is of a piece with some of Tether's other recent bailouts of allegedly fraudulent companies like #NorthernData

#crypto #stablecoins #stablecoin #cryptocurrency #bitcoin #bitcoinmining #argentina #SATL #Adecoagro #espionage #satellite #spy #Chinese #JihanWu

Tether has made significant investments in 2024, highlighting the purchase of a US $ 100 million stake in the mining company of Bitcoin Bitdeer, owned by Chinese billionaire Jihan Wu, with the option of acquiring an additional US $ 50 million in shares within one year.
Also, in April, Tether Investments Limited led a strategic investment of 30 million dollars in the Argentine Satellogic (SATL), through secured convertible notes, providing greater operational liquidity and financial flexibility for the company specialized in Earth observation.

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USDT issuer Tether has acquired a 9.8% stake in Latin American agricultural giant Adecoagro for $100 million to diversify its investments into the agriculture and food sectors. Adecoagro is a major milk producer in Argentina and manages more than 193,000 hectares of sugarcane crops in Brazil, producing refined sugar and ethanol. sec.gov/Archives/ edgar...

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2y

Apparently there's another slave uprising (literally) at a Cambodian scam compound in Bavet City. This is what cryptocurrency has wrought.

https://x.com/CyberScamWatch/status/1842186067304464402

#crypto #cryptocurrency #bitcoin #cambodia #vietnam #bavetCity #BTC #Tether #USDT

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https://www.europesays.com/3273432/ Outside View: Crypto doesn’t need a whole new set of laws #crypto #cryptocurrency

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9d

Bitcoin holds near $84,000 as rising bond yields offset regulatory progress https://www.byteseu.com/2399504/ #BondYields #Crypto #CryptoCurrency #InstitutionalDemand #RegulatoryDevelopments #USTreasury

JPMorgan says Apple delivered ’masterclass’ in managing geopolitics

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1y

I think it's wild that cryptocurrencies are also crashing along with the US stock market. I mean, I feel like they're doomed to crash generally but there legitimately seemed to be enthusiasm in that industry that Trump would make the line go up.

#TrumpRecession #TrumpCrash #crypto #cryptocurrency #bitcoin #USEconomy #USPol

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Representatives Demand Housing Agency Halt Any Cryptocurrency Experiments
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Following reporting by ProPublica, three Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee have warned HUD against using crypto, which they said could be “dangerous, speculative, and harmful to working families.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/hud-cryptocurrency-blockchain-democrats-maxine-waters?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Housing #Tech #Congress #Democrats #Crypto #Cryptocurrency

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287d

The US Democratic party has been abjectly failing in so many ways. This is such a sad and frustrating read on the failures with respect to cryptocurrency regulation: https://lpeproject.org/blog/inside-the-failure-to-regulate-stablecoins/

What was and still is at stake is the balance between technology and humanity struck by the US federal government. The same incoherence that led us to where we are with crypto is almost surely also at play with the apparent lack of movement around generative AI.

#USPol #democrats #DemocraticParty #crypto #cryptocurrency #StableCoins #ShadowBanking #regulation #AI #GenAI

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The full CBS interview with Trump about the pardon of Binance's Changpeng Zhao is shocking. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/read-full-transcript-norah-odonnell-60-minutes-interview-with-president-trump/

"Why did you pardon him?" "I have no idea who he is. I was told that he was a victim ... They sent him to jail and they really set him up. That's my opinion. I was told about it."

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol

NORAH O'DONNELL: Looked at this, the government at the time said that C.Z. had caused "significant harm to U.S. national security", essentially by allowing terrorist groups like Hamas to move millions of dollars around. Why did you pardon him? PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Okay, are you ready? I don't know who he is. I know he got a four-month sentence or something like that. And I heard it was a Biden witch hunt. And what I wanna do is see crypto, 'cause if we don't do it it's gonna go to China, it's gonna go to-- this is no different to me than AI. My sons are involved in crypto much more than I-- me. I-- I know very little about it, other than one thing. It's a huge industry. And if we're not gonna be the head of it, China, Japan, or someplace else is. So I am behind it 100%. This man was, in my opinion, from what I was told, this is, you know, a four-month sentence. But this man was treated really badly by the Biden administration. And he was given a jail term. He's highly respected. He's a very successful guy. They sent him to jail and they really set him up. That's my opinion. I was told about it. I said, "Eh, it may look bad if I do it. I have to do the right thing." I don't know the man at all. I don't think I ever met him. Maybe I did. Or, you know, somebody shook my hand or something. But I don't think I ever met him. I have no idea who he is. I was told that he was a v

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House Oversight Democrats have published a Web3 is Going Great-style “Trump Family Digital Grift” counter
https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/trump-family-corruption-tracker

This goes with their recent staff report, “Professionalized Corruption: How Donald Trump is abusing power and accepting digital kickbacks from foreign and criminal interests to cash in on the presidency like never before”

https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/imo/media/doc/12026cryptoreport.pdf

(The report cites my writing on Trump’s USD1 stablecoin, published here: https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-83/#trump-business-interests)

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpol #USpolitics