USA | ForkLog - Part 153

ForkLog 26 06.07.2021

New York residents accuse Greenidge Generation of environmental violations

Residents of Dresden, in northern New York, have accused the Greenidge Generation mining company of environmental harm, NBC reports.

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ForkLog 14 05.07.2021

Northern District of Ohio has obtained more than $19 million from the sale of confiscated bitcoins

The Northern District of Ohio has obtained more than $19 million from the sale of bitcoins seized in a fraud case.

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ForkLog 13 05.07.2021

Chinese developers outpace the United States in an international smart-city competition

Tech giants Alibaba and Baidu won the AI City Challenge, beating competitors from 38 countries. Chinese firms or universities took first and second places in all five categories, Wired reports.

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ForkLog 16 05.07.2021

Wyoming recognises the first DAO in the United States

The American CryptoFed, the first decentralised autonomous organization (DAO) in the United States, has been granted legal entity status. The governor's office in Wyoming issued the corresponding order.

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ForkLog 11 04.07.2021

Dropil founders agree to plead guilty to $1.9 million ICO fraud

The U.S. Department of Justice said that two men from California agreed to plead guilty to securities fraud in connection with an ICO worth about $1.9 million.

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ForkLog 21 02.07.2021

Greenidge Generation to launch new ‘green’ data centre for Bitcoin mining

New York-based Bitcoin mining company Greenidge Generation announced plans to launch a new Bitcoin mining facility in South Carolina.

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ForkLog 23 01.07.2021

El Salvador warned of the need for ‘effective regulation’ of Bitcoin

Deputy Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland discussed the law passed by El Salvador recognizing Bitcoin as legal tender with President Nayib Bukele.

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ForkLog 44 01.07.2021

Robinhood to pay record FINRA settlement fine

Crypto-friendly broker Robinhood will pay $70 million to settle a dispute with the U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). This is the largest fine ever imposed by the regulator.

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ForkLog 19 30.06.2021

US firm raises $25 million to expand bitcoin-mining business

Blockware Mining raised $25 million in its second financing round, oversubscribed.

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ForkLog 16 30.06.2021

Complaints by US users about bitcoin exchanges rise

From June 2020 to June 2021, the number of complaints by US residents about the operation of cryptocurrency exchanges rose markedly from a year earlier. The data come from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's database.

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ForkLog 17 30.06.2021

Fed vice-chair urges not to fear stablecoins and questions the case for a CBDC

US authorities must find ways to integrate stablecoins into the financial system. With this statement, Randall Quarles, vice chair of the Federal Reserve System (Fed), spoke.

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ForkLog 19 30.06.2021

Study finds U.S. federal agencies lax in facial-recognition use

The U.S. GAO found an almost complete lack of accountability by federal agencies in their use of private facial-recognition systems such as Clearview AI.

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