HNewsWire: Crypto Just Got Exponentially More Dangerous: Meet Fairshake By Pam Martens and Russ Martens, The first thing you need to know about crypto is that some of the smartest minds in investment and technology have studied crypto carefully and determined it’s a total sham. In July 2019, NYU Professor and economist Nouriel Roubini summed up…

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Here’s Where Grassroots Crypto Adoption Is Highest

BanksterCrime: by Tyler Durden Of 154 countries analyzed by blockchain data platform Chainalysis, India ranks the highest in grassroots crypto adoption by far. While countries with higher purchasing power would naturally score better when looking at transaction volumes, according to Chainalysis experts, the index measures where “average, everyday people are embracing crypto the most.” However, this…

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SEC Chief Unleashes Fury On Crypto Industry, Says It’s ‘Rife With Fraud’–US Gov. Won’t Let Crypto Success Play Out

BanksterCrime: Gary Gensler, the chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, continues to express deep concerns about the cryptocurrency sector and its lack of regulatory oversight. In an interview, Gensler once again criticized cryptocurrencies’ decentralized nature, making it a headache of sorts for the SEC to enforce regulations and protect investors effectively. Claim the…

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Cryptocurrencies Are the Next Frontier for the Surveillance State

Countries are launching digital currencies to rival Bitcoin—and opening up new ways to snoop on their citizens in the process. ILLUSTRATION BY DANIEL ZENDER At first, it might have sounded like manna from heaven. Chinese authorities announced they would be distributing more than $1 million to a select number of citizens, as part of a…

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IRS Classifies Crypto Staking Rewards As Taxable Income Upon Receipt

BanksterCrime: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has recently issued a ruling stating that United States cryptocurrency investors who receive rewards from staking services are required to include the value of those rewards in their gross income. On July 31, 2023, the IRS issued Revenue Ruling 2023-14, providing clarity on the tax implications for individuals engaging…

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U.S. SEC Sues Richard Heart, Hex, and PulseChain on Unregistered Securities and Fraud Allegations Heart Raised Over $1 Billion Across Three Different Unregistered Securities Offerings, the SEC Alleged

BanksterCrime: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued internet marketer Richard Schueler, known online as Richard Heart, and his projects Hex, PulseChain and PulseX, alleging he raised over $1 billion across three different unregistered securities offerings beginning in 2019. Heart also defrauded his investors, the SEC alleged in a lawsuit on Monday, by using…

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SEC v. Coinbase: Judge Questions SEC’s Ability to Protect Investors

Judge Katherine Polk Faila of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently held a pre-motion conference regarding the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) lawsuit against Coinbase. In their lawsuit filed in early June 2023, the regulator claims Coinbase violated securities laws by listing certain digital assets on its platform that they deem…

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Elon Musk ChatGPT Challenger Triggers Surge In AI-Backed Cryptocurrencies

Elon Musk recently introduced an artificial intelligence venture called xAI, aimed at revolutionizing the field of AI. This announcement has sparked a notable surge in the value of cryptocurrency tokens associated with AI. In an intriguing move, xAI has been established as an independent entity, separate from Musk’s prominent technology enterprise, X Corp. This strategic…

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Ex-Celsius CEO Arrested On Fraud Charges, Bankrupt Crypto Firm Sued By SEC

The U.S. SEC filed a lawsuit against the bankrupt crypto lender on July 13 followed by news reports about the arrest of the former CEO Alex Mashinsky. The SEC alleges that Celsius and Mashinsky “misrepresented Celsius’s central business model and the risks to investors by claiming that Celsius did not make uncollateralized loans, the company…

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