According to the SEC it might take years before the cryptospace will have regulatory clarity hehehe. It appears the SEC will continue harrassing exchanges and different projects in the cryptospace by using obscureness as a weapon because they can choose whatever projects they want to harrass based on uncle Gary's choosing.  Prominent crypto exchange Coinbase recently hit back at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] by submitting a petition requesting clarification on crypto regulations. However, Coinbase disclosed that the response received from the regulators was not favorable to the cryptocurrency industry.
According to recent court documents, the SEC suggested that it is under no obligation to deliver Coinbase’s requests presented in the petition. The SEC also contended that Coinbase’s proposal for comprehensive reforms and rule-making within a constrained timeframe is a complex task. The SEC stated in its filling
“Neither the securities laws nor the Administrative Procedure Act impose on the Securities and Exchange Commission an obligation to issue the broad new regulations regarding ‘digital assets’ Coinbase has requested.”Source https://watcher.guru/news/crypto-regulatory-clarity-may-take-years-sechttps://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca3.119939/gov.uscourts.ca3.119939.26.0_1.pdf |
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@big_daddy. Everyone should learn how to interact with the smart contract directly and should not depend on frontends that will certainly be collecting your ip address, your browser type, version, your operating system and other infromation about your computer. In any case, this address has been transferring coins to Tornado Cash for mixing. https://etherscan.io/address/0x59d779bed4db1e734d3fda3172d45bc3063ecd69According to social media, the address is owned by the hacker who stole funds from Uranium Finance. |
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I don't disagree with anything you have written there, and the people in this space calling for more regulations are crazy. But seeing Binance as some kind of bastion of hope against these regulations is also crazy. Binance have shown time and again that they do not care about bitcoin or their users in the slightest. They only care about their own profits. They will fight regulations which prevent them from operating in various jurisdictions, but they will do absolutely nothing against regulations which are actually damaging to the space. Thankfully, governments around the world can regulate centralized exchanges and centralized services as much as they want, and we can continue to use bitcoin freely in a peer to peer manner as intended. However, it is the government that forces centralized exchanges to comply under their rules and make them ask their users for KYC, to have no privacy, have full surveillance and complete governmental control. Exchanges were much better before 2017 when there was no compliance nightmare imposed by the government. Also, Binance as business should always care for their profits and should also be careful how they run the business or they become bankrupt similar to Bittrex. |
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Tapales deserves a big fight, and I hope he will get the opportunity to fight the winner of this fight, especially if the champion goes directly into a unification fight. The bantamweight division has been very competitive since Inoue left, and it's exciting to see that we don't know who will win the fights between champions. If Inoue were still in this division, it would be easy to predict the winner since he is a very dominant boxer.
Tapales isn't in the same division like both Moloney and Astrolabio, Tapales is super bantamweight division while both of Moloney and Astrolabio are in bantamweight division. The only one big fight for Tapales is the winner of either Inoue or Fulton, I think there's will be no politic in this fight because Inoue is really like a new challenge and Fulton seems not to be have a strict organizer. Yes, that's right! Tapales will have his big fight after winning the belt, if either Fulton or Inoue whoever will win from their upcoming fight will proceed and will try to unify the belts then it will be a big money fight for Tapales, he's the one who are in a good position right now he just needed to keep enhancing his skills as knowing the capability of both Fulton and Inoue both are really competitive and strong fighters who can face anyone. I agree that Tapales is in a good position to get a big money fight against the winner of Inoue vs. Fulton, however, I very much disagree that he is in a good position to unify the championships in the super bantamweight division. I am sorry to tell Tapales fans this but he might be the more unchallenging opponent for either Inuoe or Fulton. In any case, what are the latest news updates on Fulton or Inoue? The sportsbooks have removed their listing for the fight. I saw Stephen Fulton's odds was 3.05 in sportsbet.io. They are underestimating him, I reckon. |
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What is a major issue to me is that there is something in Bitcoin that could be taken advantage of by its adversaries to bring it down. And the attack is happening right now at the expense not just of Bitcoin's reputation, its adoption, but more so of the people who have relied on it one way or another.
I can quite agree that this is certainly what they are doing. It might also be the only reason and they do not really care which altcoin we use to replace bitcoin. BSV coin might only be a trick to make everyone assume that someone is scamming us. The real reason might be as straigthforward as they only want us to stop using bitcoin, however, we cannot see this. |
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I am quite certain none of us small minnows would like a fully regulated cryptospace. I'd rather not use bitcoin at all than use it exclusively via the rules and regulations that Binance enforce. Full KYC, zero privacy, zero security, full surveillance, permissioned, censored, complete governmental control. This is pretty much already the case if you use centralized exchanges. The government know everything you do, your coins don't actually belong to you, and you can be denied access to them at any point. That's not bitcoin - that's a bank. Remember when Binance attacked bitcoin by trying to roll back the chain to cover their own losses? Binance doesn't care about bitcoin, and I don't care if Binance gets taken down. Sure, there might be a short term price hit, but Bitcoin thrived before Binance, and it will thrive after Binance. Hehe Binance's rules will appear to not be that very strict compared to a fully regulated cryptospace according to the regulations of something the regulators want in America. I have discussed this and what it might appear like in this thread with @Abiky. It also appears not many people in the forum are paying much attention on this. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5447061.msg62196665#msg62196665 |
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i feel that Devin Haney is entering his prime. even though he is entering his prime, i do not trust his power yet, he still has a lot to prove.
I very much agree. This is why the odds for over 10.5 rounds is only 1.17 hehe. However, despite not having the power, Haney is faster, he has an improved philly shell defense and he is very intelligent. I reckon after his first fight vs. Kambosos in Australia, he also has shown that as a fighter, he is fully grown already. I am not certain if this will be a dominating performance for Haney but I would not be shocked if it ended with a dominant win him. In any case, Tank Davis should fight Haney hehehee. Tank has already left Mayweather's gym where he trained with Haney. Boxing experts say Haney loses vs. Tank in their sparring sessions. |
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@Z-tight. Binance is shady, I agree. However, it would be very much more helpful and beneficial for us if Binance is never taken down. You reckon if Binance is taken down, it would stop there? The government will never stop until the whole cryptospace is fully under their control and regulated. Binance's fight to stay online is by implication also the cryptospace's fight.
I am quite certain none of us small minnows would like a fully regulated cryptospace.
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@zasad@. Centers for cryptocurrencies in other countries. This does not solve the problem of regulatory inclarity for the people who want to invest and use the cryptospace in America. It also appears that it is not only the businesses that are focused on the cryptospace that want regulatory clarity. The US chamber of commerce has filed a brief questioning the SEC for acting unlawfully vs. Coinbase. The SEC’s actions are not just harmful policy; they are unlawful; and the consequences of the SEC’s continued delay are severe for that reason too.
The SEC’s unwillingness to announce the rules of the road ex ante, combined with its use of enforcement actions to impose or threaten liability ex post, conflicts with the Due Process Clause and basic principles of administrative law. And the SEC’s continued inaction on Coinbase’s rulemaking petition compounds these violations.Source https://www.uschamber.com/assets/documents/U.S.-Chamber-Amicus-Brief-In-re-Coinbase-Third-Circuit.pdfLet me tell you my opinion, if I'm wrong, then you tell me where I'm wrong. In the US, democracy, they do not have bribes, but there is lobbying. Binance in the US is declared a criminal and almost an accomplice of terrorists, so many officials are afraid to lobby for the interests of this company. The Coinbase exchange has a lobby, so they influence the SEC from different angles. This is how American democracy works. The argument is on regulatory clarity and how the SEC does not have a clear definition on what is an illegal security on much of the projects in the cryptospace. Also, you mention lobbying. Coinbase can lobby to influence the SEC, however, why is the SEC suing Coinbase based on accusations that cannot be backed because uncle Gary does not have the regulatory structure to bring these cases to completion? |
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A member of the royal family in Abu Dhabi is short selling stocks and has begun placing their billions in liquidity in bonds through his investment firm. However, there is good news. It appears that some of their billions might also be invested in the cryptospace. I am quite certain bitcoin will hold much of this in the beginning.
Where is the next support for bitcoin? I speculate it might occur very much similar to the pump on March 12 hehehehe.
An investment firm controlled by a top Abu Dhabi royal has built a short position worth billions of dollars in US stocks, people familiar with the matter said, in a bet that growing fears over a recession will pressure markets.
Royal Group turned more negative on equities at the start of the year and has shifted more of its portfolio into short-term US Treasuries, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private. The firm, chaired by United Arab Emirates National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, is also investing more in commodities and crypto, they said.
It's about time isn't it? They should have invested in billions when the price is like sitting at the bottom last year around $15,500. But hey, they are not late though, we are still far from the bull run that we all expecting and that is supposed to happen after the halving next year. And definitely this is a big boost to the market, and I think they are going to do in bunch? not just buying one time. So let's see how it goes, prices is going down as we speak, nonetheless, $25k might be still the biggest support that we have right now. Agreed, however, I speculate that the royal family from the middle east do not care on the timing of their investments because they have the funds to move their investments and make it appear that they have made the correct timing hehehe.  |
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@Darker45. A malicious intention is when someone spends much funds to spam and cause bitcoin's transaction fees to be high and also cause it to be unusable for much of the users who use it as a medium of exchange. It is very much similar to a denial of service attack.
If verified true that it is an attack, it is also very important to ask who is paying for this denial of service attack. Is it a competing project like BSV? Is it the government? Is it both of them working together?
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News update. It appears Tether might be the safest and the most stable of stablecoins hehehe. According to their latest attestation, they are earning yield on their assets which are backed by bonds, precious metals and bitcoin. Also, there are bitcoin maximalists who have presently become supporters of Tether? There are images of Samsung Mow wearing a shirt with a Tether logo.  Today, Tether Holdings Limited published its assurance opinion for Q1 of 2023 completed by BDO Italia, a top five-ranked global independent public accounting firm. The attestation re-affirms the accuracy of Tether’s Consolidated Reserves Report (CRR), which breaks down the assets held by the group as of March 31, 2023. The CRR provides for the first time, additional categories with the aim of increasing transparency into Tether’s reserves reporting. Physical gold, Overnight Repo, Corporate Bonds and Bitcoin ownership have been reported separately. It reveals an increase in Tether's excess of reserves reaching an all-time high of $2.44B up $1.48B for the first quarter of 2023.
Another excellent quarter for Tether under several aspects: $1.48B of net profit strengthening Tether’s reserves and an increase in the token in circulation of 20% which is a clear indicator of the trust of Tether’s customers which allows Tether to be very optimistic for the future.
Tether closed the first quarter 2023 with $81.8B in consolidated total assets. The majority of its reserves are invested in US Treasury Bills. It has also been working to take steps to reduce its reliance on pure bank deposits as a source of liquidity and instead leverage the Repo market as an additional measure to ensure higher standards of protection for its users by maintaining the required liquidity.Source https://tether.to/en/tethers-latest-q1-2023-assurance-report-shows-reserves-surplus-at-all-time-high-of-244b-up-148b-in-net-profit-new-categories-for-additional-transparency-reveals-bitcoin-and-gold-allocations/ |
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Does this imply that all of the other centralized crypto exchanges have also stopped their operations in Canada? I reckon they cannot stop small exchanges similar to Tradeogre. If CZ cannot lobby or bribe Canadian regulators, he should buy Tradeogre secretly heheheheh. Crypto exchange Binance has announced that it would cease operations in Canada, citing the challenging regulatory environment.
“We had high hopes for the rest of the Canadian blockchain industry,” the company said in a Friday tweet. “Unfortunately, new guidance related to stablecoins and investor limits provided to crypto exchanges makes the Canada market no longer tenable for Binance at this time.”Source https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/05/12/binance-announces-exit-from-canada-citing-regulatory-tensions/ |
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@tbct_mt2. I agree on we can brush this off if all of the activity and usage on Ordinals and the trading happening in their marketplace is a natural market occurrence. However, if the speculation that the BSV community and their developers are responsible for spamming bitcoin to make the fees very high are verified true, I reckon this can be considered an attack. I'm a bit surprised. So if the Bitcoin network has turned into a network for sending poor frog images and worthless jpegs and lewd photos and whatnot but in such a manner that the transactions are natural and not deliberately done to attack Bitcoin, it is perfectly all right? My point is that it is secondary that what's happening right now may be an attack by the BSV community and developers. There's not even an information which conclusively points at them as the culprit. The primary concern is that the Bitcoin network may end up filled to the brim of transactions that are not monetary in nature but ones which involve mere NFT-like collections. Would it not concern you that the main philosophy of Bitcoin as a financial technology will be compromised because of these garbage inscriptions? Can you simply brush it off because things happened naturally? Yes, if everything has happened in a natural and organic way, for me it would be okay. However, if there were malicious intentions, assuming that the information about the BSV developers and community are verified true, this should not be okay. Will it be okay for you? |
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@zasad@. Centers for cryptocurrencies in other countries. This does not solve the problem of regulatory inclarity for the people who want to invest and use the cryptospace in America. It also appears that it is not only the businesses that are focused on the cryptospace that want regulatory clarity. The US chamber of commerce has filed a brief questioning the SEC for acting unlawfully vs. Coinbase. The SEC’s actions are not just harmful policy; they are unlawful; and the consequences of the SEC’s continued delay are severe for that reason too.
The SEC’s unwillingness to announce the rules of the road ex ante, combined with its use of enforcement actions to impose or threaten liability ex post, conflicts with the Due Process Clause and basic principles of administrative law. And the SEC’s continued inaction on Coinbase’s rulemaking petition compounds these violations.Source https://www.uschamber.com/assets/documents/U.S.-Chamber-Amicus-Brief-In-re-Coinbase-Third-Circuit.pdf |
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@joniboini. Agreed and always read the terms and conditions of the service. I reckon much of them are there to legally protect the people behind the service instead of protecting their customers from financial loss hehehe. It might also be a time we should consider other options like DeFi. If all the risk is placed on the shoulders of the user, we should certainly not surrender the custody of our coins.  |
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A member of the royal family in Abu Dhabi is short selling stocks and has begun placing their billions in liquidity in bonds through his investment firm. However, there is good news. It appears that some of their billions might also be invested in the cryptospace. I am quite certain bitcoin will hold much of this in the beginning. Where is the next support for bitcoin? I speculate it might occur very much similar to the pump on March 12 hehehehe.  CZ dressing up as an ArabAn investment firm controlled by a top Abu Dhabi royal has built a short position worth billions of dollars in US stocks, people familiar with the matter said, in a bet that growing fears over a recession will pressure markets.
Royal Group turned more negative on equities at the start of the year and has shifted more of its portfolio into short-term US Treasuries, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private. The firm, chaired by United Arab Emirates National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, is also investing more in commodities and crypto, they said.Source https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-10/uae-s-royal-group-shorts-us-stocks-on-global-recession-fears |
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News update. It appears it has become official. A judge has declared that Blockfi depositors have given their legal rights to the ownership of their coins when they sent them under Blockfi's custody. According to this article, $292 million of user deposits are owned by BlockFi. Withdraw your coins from centralized exchanges and other services and read their terms and conditions.  BlockFi Inc. customers who tried to reclaim nearly $300 million in crypto after the company froze transfers last year don’t have a right to the digital assets, a judge ruled, handing potential losses to investors who held interest-bearing accounts.
US Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan sided with the company and dismissed the objections of a group of customers, who argued they retained rights to the coins even before they were moved into a secure, digital wallet.
About $292 million worth of assets were trapped on the platform because customers tried to move them after the Nov. 10 halt, BlockFi said in court papers. Those transactions can now be canceled by the company, Kaplan ruled.Source https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-11/blockfi-crypto-customers-lose-fight-over-disputed-coin-transfers |
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Hehe I reckon women's MMA is where the fights become more unpredictable the lower it is placed in the card. However, I agree on the bet. Jessica Rose Clark recently has lost only vs. grapplers and Tainara Lisboa appears to be a striker only who trained in Muay Thai. Also, this might be another more important reason why everyone will like Jessy Jess hehehee. I am quite certain @YuginKadoya would agree.    Jessica Rose Clark is a striker for sure but there are some cases she will lead to a submission when the perfect opportunity comes, but when Stephanie Egger Submits with an Armbar she doesn't have any answer to it at all and in another fight she has, maybe Julija Stoliarenko have watched the Stephanie Egger fight and goes to the Armbar again where Clark doesn't have any answer at all, and in this Armbar, I was like so many worries about my love Jessica Rose Clark, I then search her social media or news about her if she is doing alright, And just like bbc.reporter said I surely Agreed that Jessica Rose Clark was the Harley Quinn of the fighting Kitties here in the UFC despite her loss I will still support her, but surely I really wish she can learn from all that losses she got just like Alexa Grasso with her solid performance but despite that, I really can't get mad about her look that he pictures BBC have shared it was really magnificent, I could give you a merit right now but I can't because I don't have an S merit at the moment, YuginKadoya has interesting reputation in this topic  I suggest not to miss following fights during upcoming event: main event for sure, Smith vs Walker, Brown vs McGee. Damn, I still cant forget how Brown chopped Sanchez with elbow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDWsA6Pg6_w. Also cant wait for him to retire. Because all those strikes to head already start to cause him speech and memory problems, but he keep on participating. And Smith and Walker are always good to watch. Interesting indeed, well look at that picture are you not interested in it too TopTort777? Anyways there are so many great fights in this event right now and I was so surprised by the list, it was like the Main Event of the UFC or let's say it is a Mini Main Event, with collaboration with ABC 4 but sad to say the Mackenzie Dern vs. Angela Hill was rescheduled, Is it ok for him to have some alcohol with his mental condition? Lolol because you know 'Tony Ferguson is the type of guy who gives his corner team advice between rounds' or he's 'the type of guy who gives his coach a sip of water after each round'. Seriously tho, hope he's ok. Anyway here's another fight vid. Enjoy... UFC Free Fight: Almeida vs Turkaljhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhvrEBPNaG8Anybody else think Almeida can't easily just get a TD off of Roz? A lot of sharps seem to think so. Roz is around 30 lbs heavier than Almeida. I really think he can drink a sip but if he is not stable at all he shouldn't drink that much, for Tony Ferguson drinking in moderation is for him and not getting into some crazy stuff like this, but you are correct I also hope he is doing OK Cant wait for @YuginKadoya to comment on his kitten reputation About Aljo - he is on 9 win streak, fights after a neck surgery, wikipedia says he has most wins in his weight class, already defended his belt 3 times (yes, he has got that belt in a weird way, but no one so far managed to take it back from him), he has beaten 3 former bantamweight champs (T.J. Cejudo, Yan). People make laugh of him, as he isnt a true champ, but I think it is time we give him some respect. The Fighting Kittens are so Fluffy! Well, I was just busy at work finishing things, but yeah this is the longest post I ever made in my opinion, just replying to you guys! I was really laughing to my heart's content Thanks to both of you that was really appreciating and for the Love of those FIGHTING KITTENS!!! I Say AWOOOOOOO!!!!!Hehehehe, @kittieswatchers, there might be a big problem for this fight. Tainara Lisboa is a striker without much skills in grappling and in wrestling. This implies that the fight might not go to the ground hehe. However if this will go to the ground, I predict on the 3rd round it might be rear naked victory for Jessy Jess.  |
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