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USPTO To Review Blockchain IP Used To 'Troll' Crypto Firms
by Gunnar Larson 08 Jan '24

08 Jan '24

Has the USPTO had time to question if Meta's logo trolls the Moscow Exchange's logo? Asking for Brody. ---- USPTO To Review Blockchain IP Used To 'Troll' Crypto Firms <https://www.law360.com/fintech/articles/1782816?nl_pk=d2b3e7ef-ab62-4a62-80…> By Jared Foretek The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has agreed to take up a challenge to a 2018 blockchain patent that a group of crypto advocates says is inhibiting innovation in decentralized finance and cryptocurrency. 2 documents attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/fintech/articles/1782816?nl_pk=d2b3e7ef-ab62-4a62-80…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/fintech/articles/1782816?nl_pk=d2b3e7ef-ab62-4a62-80…>

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Jump Trading Beats Claims Stablecoin Wasn't Stable, For Now
by Gunnar Larson 08 Jan '24

08 Jan '24

If I am not mistaken, I think HOOD aka Robinhood lost around 90% of its value at one time from the IPO? ---- Jump Trading Beats Claims Stablecoin Wasn't Stable, For Now <https://www.law360.com/fintech/articles/1782828?nl_pk=d2b3e7ef-ab62-4a62-80…> By Dorothy Atkins A California federal judge has refused to send to arbitration a putative class action alleging cryptocurrency company Jump Trading duped investors to fund Terraform's stablecoins, which lost more than 90% of their value within weeks, but he tossed the complaint, with leave to amend, for failing to sufficiently allege securities fraud. Order attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/fintech/articles/1782828?nl_pk=d2b3e7ef-ab62-4a62-80…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/fintech/articles/1782828?nl_pk=d2b3e7ef-ab62-4a62-80…>

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NY Judge Faces Removal Over Contracting Conflict Of Interest
by Gunnar Larson 08 Jan '24

08 Jan '24

NY Judge Faces Removal Over Contracting Conflict Of Interest <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1782756?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…> By Andrea Keckley A New York judge accused of awarding himself a state-funded contract and overbilling for his services should be removed from office for misconduct, the state judicial ethics watchdog said last week. 1 document attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1782756?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1782756?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…>

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Avenatti Jury Pushed To 'Rat Out' Holdout Juror, Atty Says
by Gunnar Larson 08 Jan '24

08 Jan '24

Avenatti Jury Pushed To 'Rat Out' Holdout Juror, Atty Says <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1782739?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…> By Pete Brush The trial judge who presided over disbarred lawyer Michael Avenatti's conviction for pilfering money from his then-client, porn star Stormy Daniels, improperly prodded jurors to "rat out" a holdout who didn't want to convict, Avenatti's lawyer told the Second Circuit Friday. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1782739?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1782739?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…>

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NRA Chief Announces Resignation On Eve Of NY Fraud Trial
by Gunnar Larson 08 Jan '24

08 Jan '24

NRA Chief Announces Resignation On Eve Of NY Fraud Trial <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1782947?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…> By Lauren Berg Wayne LaPierre on Friday announced his intention to step down as CEO of the National Rifle Association at the end of January, just ahead of a trial set to begin Monday in the New York attorney general's lawsuit alleging he spent millions of the pro-gun group's nonprofit dollars on himself. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1782947?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1782947?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…>

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NY AG Seeks $370M From Trump After Valuation Fraud Trial
by Gunnar Larson 08 Jan '24

08 Jan '24

Mr. Trump, if you are listening, you should sue for access to the Robinhood records. ----- NY AG Seeks $370M From Trump After Valuation Fraud Trial <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1782698?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…> By Frank G. Runyeon New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a state judge Friday to claw back $370 million, plus interest, from former President Donald Trump for what she called an "outrageous" conspiracy to defraud banks and insurers by inflating his wealth on financial statements. 5 documents attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1782698?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1782698?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…>

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Veteran Skadden White Collar Pro Calls It Quits
by Gunnar Larson 08 Jan '24

08 Jan '24

Veteran Skadden White Collar Pro Calls It Quits <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1782605?nl_pk=a94fc…> By Christopher Crosby A veteran Skadden white collar lawyer with an extensive career working on corporate crime investigations has called it quits after more than two decades working for City law firms. Read full article » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1782605?nl_pk=a94fc…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1782605?nl_pk=a94fc…>

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Russian-Owned Bank Nationalized By Ukraine Seeks $1B
by Gunnar Larson 08 Jan '24

08 Jan '24

Russian-Owned Bank Nationalized By Ukraine Seeks $1B <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1782751?nl_pk=a94fc…> By Anna Bongardino A Luxembourg-based banking group, which is partially owned by a Russian oligarch, has filed a more than $1 billion claim against Ukraine in the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes in an attempt to recoup the loss it allegedly incurred when Ukraine took control of a bank it owned. Read full article » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1782751?nl_pk=a94fc…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1782751?nl_pk=a94fc…>

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Cryptocurrency: US Lawfare, KYC/AML, Intentional Creeping Criminalization via Inflation Theft, WarOnCash, WarOnCrypto, Maxi Lies
by grarpamp 08 Jan '24

08 Jan '24

https://x.com/CryptoLawUS https://x.com/JohnEDeaton1 https://x.com/JerryBrito https://x.com/BTCPolicyOrg https://x.com/CoinCenter https://x.com/CryptoTaxGuyETH https://x.com/Valkenburgh https://x.com/NeerajKA https://x.com/DigitalChamber https://x.com/PerianneDC @matthew_pines Jan 4 In 1945, Treasury Secretary Morgenthau set a cash reporting threshold of $10,000 to combat black marketeering during WW2. This threshold was codified & broadened in the Bank Secrecy Act in 1972 & never changed. W/ inflation, that $10K would equate to a ~$175K threshold today. https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/bpi-submits-comment-to-fincen-on-cvc-mix… @BetterMarkets Kelleher files FUD and nonsense about Crypto. India revokes largest denomination banknotes. USA refuses to print larger than their worthless $100 banknote. USA Executive Order 6102 being rewritten as draft for BTC confiscation. Lebanon steals 90% of wealth. UN, BIS, WEF, IMF plan Global CBDC rollout. Banks and Police execute Civil Forfeiture against cash and property without cause. Govt Bank Corp cancel fianancial accounts of Major Politicians and Dissent Voices. FinCEN et al to ban coin mixing. Those celebrating ETF issuers paying Core Devs will start to regret it once they start pushing for an ESG/AML bitcoin fork. Good people disobey bad laws. Maxi's foolishly discard Game Theorists as Conspiracy Theorists, even though they know that every Conspiracy Theory contains elements of both Truth and Possibility. Be skeptical of the Maxi position, especially when the future data on the wall is not leaning in their favor. Bruce Fenton @brucefenton 25 Jul 2023 It’s time to scrap AML / KYC entirely. The idea that politicians should know how citizens spend their money is a new and deeply flawed idea. An entire generation has been fooled into thinking this is a necessary part of finance and the world continues to double down on an unworkable system. Only 30 years ago when I started my career as a stockbroker/ financial advisor I could call you on the phone and sell you MSFT or IBM stock and I did not need your DOB or your social security number. You didn’t even need to have money in the account. The 1990s to the post 9-11 Patriot Act (which was a horrible law) saw a radical increase in AML /KYC requirements. These seem to get worse every year. In my office when we were first required to take a drivers license, the older brokers were incredulous: “What do you mean we need an ID for someone buying stocks?!? What’s next, you need an ID to buy gas or groceries?” Now, just 25 years later an entire generation thinks this is normal or how it should be. Worse yet, some think the system won’t work without it. The opposite is true — the compliance gums up the works and adds friction where it should not exist. While the regulator class arrogantly acts as if AML KYC is their birthright and ending it is some sort of untouchable rail, the justifications are weak. Why do we have these regimes? To stop “money laundering”? What is that? Who is the victim? Is it to stop “human trafficking” or “terrorism”? If so, how? Is it to “stop” the 12,000 entities on the OFAC list by messing with the 2,000,000,000 people not on the list? Are major criminals somehow stopped by this? Has it stopped crime? Even if it did, is it worth burdening millions of firms and billions of people with paperwork and procedures that slow down commerce? Shouldn’t efforts be made to go after the actual criminals rather than encumbering the entire world with an inefficient compliance regime? Money must be able to flow and move. People must be able to take risks and make investments as they choose. This is the lifeblood of a solid economy and the jobs, growth, prosperity and peace that comes with it. The US (and by extension much of the world due to our influence) is sacrificing jobs, innovation and opportunities by chasing an extremely ineffective and indirect compliance regime. The entire idea belongs back in the dumpster of history. Let the investigators chase terrorists & human traffickers for those actual crimes and let the other billions of us use and move our money as we wish. Despite her call for stricter #crypto laws, Senator Warren remains silent on the world's biggest crypto criminal. It's puzzling why she isn't urging the government to vigorously enforce existing laws against SBF. Perianne @PerianneDC 31 Dec 2023 .@SenWarren’s SILENCE on the gov not pursuing a second trial against the biggest #crypto fraud in history is all you need to know about Warren and her corrupt crusade against the industry. to support the Keep Innovation in America Act. Chamber of Digital Commerce @DigitalChamber Jan 5 You just sent $10,000 USD worth of #crypto. And 15 days later, you're charged with a felony? Congress needs to fix this ASAP. We wrote a letter proposing the critical need to consider H.R. 1414, the Keep Innovation in America Act, which stops the law and studies the implications.

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Re: location proof of
by Karl Semich 07 Jan '24

07 Jan '24

peter sent me this On Sun, Jan 7, 2024 at 9:27 AM Peter Fairbrother <peter(a)tsto.co.uk> wrote: > > On 07/01/2024 13:49, Karl Semich wrote: > > hi Peter ! > > > > Sorry for sending to the list when I am confused. The link was sent > > under such conditions, as is this email. > > > > I installed a device recently that hopes to perform proof of location > > (haven't checked if it's implemented, but it sends a lot of metadata). > > > > I'm curious if you have opinions or values around proof-of-location; > > why do you say "Barf"? > > 'cos the paper is so bad it made me want to vomit I glanced at the paper a little more and it doesn't seem bad in the writing to me, but it is barfy in that it is a medium article that looks like a paper, and it is from 2018. here are the links and papers from the image in it. helium's paper only fetched for me via cleartext HTTP. i had to find platin's paper on scribd as their domain expired years ago. https://www.foam.space/publicAssets/FOAM_Whitepaper.pdf http://whitepaper.helium.com/ https://platin.io/ -> https://scribd.com/document/404637122/Platin-Whitepaper-v2-1-pdf https://docs.xyo.network/XYO-White-Paper.pdf

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