USA | ForkLog - Part 81

ForkLog 17 22.05.2023

Employee of CoinDeal investment project charged with $45 million fraud.

A 57-year-old Brian Li from Las Vegas was charged in connection with the CoinDeal investment-fraud scheme, with losses exceeding $45 million.

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ForkLog 12 22.05.2023

U.S. presidential candidates begin accepting Bitcoin donations.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nephew of the 35th President of the United States, began accepting donations in bitcoin for his campaign.

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ForkLog 15 22.05.2023

Tornado Cash token holders likened to terrorists

In early May, during a court case regarding the legality of blocking the Ethereum mixer Tornado Cash, the U.S. Treasury compared holders of TORN tokens to terrorists.

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ForkLog 8 19.05.2023

Texas proposes requiring cryptocurrency exchanges to prove reserves

Cryptocurrency exchanges intending to do business in Texas will have to maintain adequate reserves to meet all obligations to their clients.

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ForkLog 11 19.05.2023

Marathon CEO forecasts exodus of miners amid rising US taxes

The proposed Biden administration crypto-mining tax would push the industry offshore, says Marathon Digital CEO Fred Thiel.

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ForkLog 19 19.05.2023

Coin Cafe to pay $4.3m to settle with NY AG over investor deception

The cryptocurrency platform Coin Cafe, accused of deceiving investors through fees, will pay $4.3 million under an agreement with the New York State Attorney General's Office.

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ForkLog 14 19.05.2023

Supreme Court sides with YouTube and Twitter in terrorism-case liability dispute

The US Supreme Court has sided with the tech giants in a case over the liability of YouTube and Twitter's recommendation systems in propagating terrorism.

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ForkLog 22 18.05.2023

American students stripped of diplomas over ChatGPT use

A professor at Texas A&M University in Commerce accused students of cheating using AI to write essays.

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ForkLog 49 18.05.2023

61% of Americans say AI threatens humanity

Most Americans believe the rapid development of AI technologies could threaten humanity's future.

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ForkLog 10 17.05.2023

France invites crypto firms that left the United States to set up in the country

Cryptocurrency companies that decided to exit the US market amid tighter regulation will be welcomed in France. The AMF's secretary-general Benoît de Juvigny told CoinDesk.

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ForkLog 15 17.05.2023

Sam Altman urges the US to regulate artificial intelligence

OpenAI chief Sam Altman testified before the US Congress, urging the government to regulate the use and development of artificial intelligence.

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ForkLog 12 15.05.2023

Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith loses export privileges

The U.S. Department of Commerce has revoked export privileges for ten years for former Ethereum Foundation researcher Virgil Griffith.

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