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First, some vocab. Carding refers to when you buy stolen credit cards on the darknet, and buy shit or whatever. I'm not going to go into the details, and if you go to the darknet, you'll be able to find some forums for this topic with nice handy guides.
Anyways, back to the topic at hand. In my senior year of college, as a CS major, worried about the grueling interview horror stories and outsourcing, a friend and I got together and explored the darknet. He wanted to sell drugs - as a joke - and during our exploration, he dipped once he saw places advertising weird shit and guns. I kept going and ended up with carding.
At first, I made only a tiny bit, enough to cover some daily expenses. I didn't want to get caught. I read the tips on how to cover your tracks, and followed them to the T. But by my third year, now 3 years out of college and living in my uncle's home (given to me after he went back to Bulgaria, my home country), I started rolling in the money - it was not uncommon for me to make $5,000 on a good month. I just spent all my time carding.
My parents had no idea what I was doing. They assumed I was some NEET waste and told me to get a minimum wage job, and stop mooching off their paychecks.
So that's what I did. Whenever I paid for something in the US, it came out of my legit paycheck. I never spent a single cent of my dirty money. It just piled up under my bed, or in my bitcoin wallet.
At this point, I wanted a tech upgrade - multiple monitors, a new smartphone, the whole deal - but my minimum wage job wouldn't cut it. It would, however, cut a round trip to Bulgaria.
So I packed around 7,500 USD from my carding and made my way to my uncle's home. I handed him the money and told him to deal with it. I have no idea what he did with the taxes side, but he converted enough of it into Bulgarian levs to buy me the setup. I shipped it back home, spent a couple more days in Bulgaria, and left.
This was now a routine. Now, I'm in my sixth year carding. No one from the feds ever came to visit me. Every year I travel back to Bulgaria, carrying about 7.5k to buy shit.
So, uh, yeah, that's it...that's how I make my income. I'll probably forget about this account in a few weeks. But in that time, I'll stick around to answer your questions.
I must say, it's terribly lonely like this. I'm an introvert and even I feel really lonely. You can't be flashy - it wouldn't make sense with my minimum wage job. I spend most of my free time watching anime or playing paradox games. Not a fat neckbeard though - I do exercise, and have to maintain appearances for my job.
Hi! I am following this guide https://blog.thestever.net/2019/02/26/upgrading-electrum-on-tails-to-3-3-4/
The first thing i do is log in as a administrator in tails by setting up a simple password. I also have a persistent storage with the following being saved Personal data, GnuPG, Bitcoin Client and Dotfiles.
After adding and verifying the PGP-key i download the Appimage binary and the signature and Everything is fine.
The first problem i encounter is when i put the followin in the terminal:
sudo mkdir -p /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles/.local/share/applications sudo chown -R 1000:1000 /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles/ mkdir -p /home/amnesia/Persistent/bin/ mkdir -p /home/amnesia/Persistent/conf/electrum/
the sudo command asks for a password( administator) and gives me a "wrong password" Before i print anything. I somehow get passed this.
The next big issue is when i am supposed to save a specifik command into gedit. After pressing save i get the following error message.
" Could not save the file /live/persistence/TailsD...ications/electrum.desktop
Sevral people have complained about this and other things in the comments if the guide. Please help if you can.
tldr: Getting stuck on saving the following text in a gedit:
[Desktop Entry] Comment=Lightweight Bitcoin Client Exec=/home/amnesia/Persistent/bin/electrum.AppImage -D /home/amnesia/Persistent/conf/electrum/ GenericName[en_US]=Bitcoin Wallet GenericName=Bitcoin Wallet Icon=electrum Name[en_US]=Electrum Bitcoin Wallet Name=Electrum Bitcoin Wallet Categories=Finance;Network; StartupNotify=false Terminal=false Type=Application MimeType=x-scheme-handler/bitcoin; Actions=Testnet;
error message: Could not save the file /live/persistence/TailsD...ications/electrum.desktop
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Hiya folks! Starting today and over the next 10-12 days, I'll attempt to catch up on all the pending weekly updates. Seeing how much goes on in Parachute + partnerverse in a week, this is going to be a humongous challenge. Let's see how it goes. Wish me luck! Our good friends at Uptrennd, did a shoutout to a previous weekly update. You guys rock! And this is why making these updates is so worthwhile. This week's post is easily going to be the biggest one yet. Here's your week at Parachute (29 March to 4 April):
Parenas were aplenty this week. Starting with the weekly Parena which Alexis won to take home a lion’s share from the 200k PAR pot. Alexis also picked the Metallica theme Parena spoils by beating Kamo in a quick finale battle and claimed his rightful share from the 100k PAR pool. And finally, we had a WED Parena after a long time. Chris sponsored 1M WED for the Parena pot, and almost won the winner’s share if not for Clinton whose Zebra beat Chris’ Mink to claim top spot. Damn! That’s a ton of PAR and WED given away in a single week in Parenas. Jason hosted the first ever Parachute-based trivia instead of the normal Gamee games for the week. It’s been a fun ride with even Cap and Ice getting stumped by one of the questions.
3-2-1, Kamo goes down! Alexis is victorious!
We are also starting to see multiple Parachute partners collaborating with each other. Zachary from BOMB joined Jeff from Uptrennd for a live stream chat on what the future holds for the crypto market. In other BOMB news, the BOMB puzzle stayed unsolved. 1000 BOMB tokens were burned as a result. The riddle was about Vitalik Buterin’s death hoax. To prove that he was alive, Vitalik had uploaded a picture of the latest block size. The answer could be reached by hashing together the block reward and parent block and finally adding gas at the end. ETHOS followed up its BOMB listing with a featured article explaining what the project was all about. Folks who haven’t had the chance to read up on BOMB yet, check it out. Did you know that ETHOS has been acknowledging good conversations in their Telegram channel using ParJar for quite some time now? Read here about it and join in! The latest updates to the dev diary and dashboard were made this week. Also, if you aren’t on Uptrennd yet, check out this article on MrBTC to find out what you’re missing out. “Uptrennd currently share around 80% of the websites revenue with their users”. Boom!
In Cryzen-world, all Free accounts participating in the Battle of the Bots #1 Competition were upgraded to Starter accounts for the month of April. Simulation sharing is now live on the Cryzen Code Studio thanks to Robin. Any backtest can now be shared with the world using a link. Click here to check the test run of Shuvro’s Mean Reversal algorithm. Once there, you will be able to use the Share button and social links on top to share the backtest with friends. Plus, the algo-of-the-week would have to be Shuvro’s Mean Reversal bot live trading ETC on Binance netting an ROI of ~16%. Pretty neat!
This beauty looks like a contender for the Battle of the Bots
Matthew sat down for a tete-a-tete with Ben (Ethfinex) to talk about the aXpire project. While AXPR didn’t make it to Ethfinex in the vote (more on that in the next update), the greatest takeaway was the community and influencer support that came along the way. Roger Ver, J.D. Salbego, That Martini Guy and Crypto Mobster (Ash Davidson) were some of the well known personalities that got behind aXpire. Oh Hey Matty’s review of AXPR also came out this week. And there’s not enough that could be said of the awesomeness of the aXpire community. They came out in numbers to back up the project and vote. In the next update, we will share how the community gave exceptional support during the voting phase. On a lighter note, this was also April Fool’s week. aXpire’s prank turned out to be so believable that some folks got stumped. The team had to change the headline and add an “EDIT” to emphasise that it was a joke. Haha! Remember, aXpire’s visit to SOS Children’s Village in India? Here’s some pictures from the visit. The monthly AXPR burn was also this week. 110k AXPR gone forever. Congratulations to the Telegram contest winners for snagging 100 USD worth of AXPR each! And finally, click here and here for a sneak peek at the MatchBX redesign. Stay tuned for more! Below is a big picture view of how aXpire is building adoptable blockchain infrastructure for all:
The aXpire ecosystem has both enterprise and consumer products
2gether co-founders Ramon and Salva were invited this week by KPMG as part of their KPMGTalks Series. Click here and here for pictures from the event. As chosen by the community through a vote, this video is now the official intro for 2gether. Also check out the presale trailer which features the intro. If you’re participating in the presale, make sure to go through the product roadmap and fund use plan. And if you’re travelling to the FinTech Unconference in Madrid in May, you can catch a moment with Salva who will be speaking there.
Intended Use of Funds from 2gether presale
HYDRO fans, check out the latest community update for a lowdown on all things HYDRO. Some of the highlights from the update are – addition of ParJar (covered in our last update), listing of HYDRO on ETHOS, making it to the final Ethfinex list for community vote (like aXpire). The Hydrogen Molecule security token investment platform is under development. For a demo, you can get in touch with the team. Hydrogen co-founder Mike was in Istanbul this week to speak on “APIs and Cloud” as part of the Istanbul Fintech Week. Click here for pics from the event. Plus, HYDRO is now part of Binance Info’s Transparency Initiative. As a result, the project received the V label (like Fantom did). The V label means that the project team is itself providing relevant information on Binance Info. As part of the Ethfinex voting process, Ben interviewed Mark Anstead, Hydrogen head of BD. Hydro will be BUIDLing a Bitfinex/Ethfinex/NEC centred dApp if they make it to the top 3 in the votes. In more BUIDL news, the upcoming Hydro dAppStore could look like the following:
Blockport fans will know that social trading is a key upcoming feature of the project. In this detailed piece, founder Kai explains the details of this feature and what it holds for the future of Blockport. In Switch news, the first fee airdrop to ESH and SDEX holders was done this week. As part of distribution, 300k ESH and more than 3k USD in ETH was given out. A few more quick updates can be found in this article. Here’s John McAfee speaking on the importance of DEX’es and why SwitchDEX is a promising project. If you haven’t read up on SwitchDEX yet, this article lays bare the details of the Dex and its token (SDEX). Bounty payouts with Bounty chocolate bars was enabled by Bounty0x on 1st April (notice the date :p). Wonder if anybody tried a payout. The BNTY roadmap was updated recently. Check it out here. Plus, if you are participating in any bounty on the platform, the weekly distribution report will be of interest. Opacity enthusiasts, check out the March update from Jason. Some key takeaways from the update would be on the development-front. Opacity is also one of the few projects in the crypto-space that share finance updates. Below is 2019 expense forecasting for Opacity:
Actual expenses for March, forecasts for others
And finally, a quick summary of updates from some of the other partners. District0x is calling on meme lords to be prepared with their dankest memes for the MemeFactory0x launch day. The weekly District update and biweekly Dev update share the latest progress in District Registry and Ethlance among others. Fantomites, check out the monthly recap of the project for March. Another FTM fundamental analysis dropped this week. This time by FundaMint. Check out the analysis report here. Fantom’s CIO Michael Kong sat down for an AMA this week to answer questions from the community. His reverts can be found here. Dutch followers of Fantom, make sure to mark your calendars for an AMA on 25th June. That Martini Guy’s video mentioned in the aXpire update above also covered FTM as one of his picks for Q2 2019. Woot! Horizon State Token (HST) is now available for trading on Easy Crypto for folks in both Australia and New Zealand. The latest version of the Gem app (v0.17.4) with significant performance upgrades is now live on the App Store and PlayStore. The WednesdayClub dApp is now searchable on dappradar and state of the dapps.
That’s it for this week! Have a great weekend folks. Don’t forget to listen to this super chill soundtrack recommendation from Cap. Until next time. Ciao.
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So I made 20k this year by catfishing -which is really good for a 14year old- using my sister's pictures. https://gyazo.com/82eec7242cd25595cfdd307751974baf R/catfishhq Heres a better detailed guide(YOINKED TriHard 7) 1. What is E-Whoring?
E-Whoring is an art. You can't master it, but you can learn it. Every E-Whore learns, even the most experienced ones. E-Whoring is the art of pretending to be a girl to sell your body. Making your victim/customer believe that you are real, to make him buy your pics.
2. Rules of E-Whoring
There are no "rules" in e-whoring. But some "rules" are vital to improve earnings for everyone. The first rule that every slightly experienced e-whore will never do, is scamming. Don't scam, just don't. You wouldn't like to get your money stolen in a store either. Provide what they paid for, so everyone is happy. Rule number 2; Never, I repeat, NEVER, send a nude preview. There are alot of people out there that search for ewhores like you to just get a freebie(free nude). Make your customers want you, don't give out what your trying to sell. And rule number 3; Milk all your customers as much as possible. Get every last dime out of them, without scamming ofcrouse. And when your done, start over with a new account and message that same guy, and milk him again! Go for it!
3. E-whoring types
There are several methods where you can apply e-whoring. The most used one is kik. Kik is a messenger on iOS and android. Strangers can request to talk to you whenever they want, so that's where we strike. A new upcoming type is snapchat, it's a bit more complex compared to kik, but i'm sure it'll give you a good paycheck! And one of the most "old" methods is camming. Going into a chatroom with a vcw, pretending to be the girl behind the webcam. It's hard to find a good pack fitting the profile, but if it does, oh man. $$ Let's go in more depth for each method.
3.1 Kik method
The kik method, the method everyone is using right now. Using this method is traffic the most important. You create a profile on kik, nice profile picture of your ewhore, put your names on some sites, and wait for the flood of desperate guys wanting your pics. You're going to encounter alot of timewasters, don't put your time in it, block and remove. Look for the big fishes. The "sugar daddies". If you find one of these, you're set. They will give you money whenever you want it, or they want it. Aslong as you provide. They most likely will ask for a preview before buying, don't send a nude as stated above. Send a pic that shows alot of skin, no boobs, no vaggy. Cover them up, send one in a sexy bikini or covering everything with your arm, and make them want you.
3.2 Snapchat method
The snapchat method. it's becoming more popular these time due to kik having more security against fakecam. And it's easier to "prove" that you're real. Because everyone thinks, if it's a snap, it has to be live right? Well, take advantage of that. Use it to gain buyers, sugar daddies. Personally, I didn't ewhore alot on snapchat, but it gave me some cash indeed. The only thing you need is a good pack, with alot of normal pics, pics from google, and good traffic. Post daily snaps on your story, makes you more "real". And then start selling, easy peasy.
3.3 Camwhore method
The camhore method, i've never done this, so not an expert. But i've read alot about it, wich makes sense. This method is a bit more delicate. You need a good vcw with a good pack, and always be alert. A vcw is a program that can control certain videos to smoothly bridge over eachother. For example, your girl is just sitting there, looking around, you can make her wave(If you have the required videos of it ofcourse).
4. Setting up your workspace
You have 2 choices when setting up everything for ewhoring. You can ewhore on your PC/laptop, or on your phone. I personally ewhore on the phone, it's easier for me. I only use my pc to send live pics to my ewhore account to forward it. Now, if you wanna ewhore on PC, you'll need an emulator. Best choices are bluestacks or MEmu. I personally use bluestacks, easier to setup. Once you have that, it's time to install the required apps, such as kik, fakecamera and/or snapchat. If you wanna ewhore on your phone it's kinda the same, kinda. If you are using iOS, you'll need to send the fake live pics to your ewhore account via your pc. Also, if you wanna ewhore on snapchat, you'll need to download the tutu app, wich will then be used to download snapchat++. Android is the same as pc, you'll need kik, fakecamera and/or snapchat/phantom. Once you have all of that, it's time for the next step.
5. Getting started
So, you're done installing everything needed to start ewhoring? Are you ready to go now? Absolutely not. You'll need a pack, identity and some social engineering skills(SE). Let's start from the beginning.
5.1 Identity
To start ewhoring, you'll need an identity, that means;
[]A name []Where you are from []How old you are []Why do you need the money? []Why not working? []Family? [*]Studying? College?
These are the most vital things you'll need to know. ALWAYS use the same info, as some people tend to check you with a second account. Get it fixed in your brain before starting out.
5.2 Picture pack
A picture pack is very important. Using saturated packs is good to start learning your SE skills. Learning how it works and how to identify timewasters. When you're through all of that, it's time for the real thing. A premium pack, you can buy one here on the forums or make one yourself, but that's a bit harder if you don't know where to start. i've bought a pack from Oedipus, he has great packs, check them out. Ofcourse there are alot of other sellers on here, wich all sell amazing packs. The thing that you'll be looking for in a pack is verifications. Alot. Various pics, starting from holding up fingers, to paper verifications.
5.3 Social Engineering (SE'ing)
This is an art. The art of manipulating people in your favor. Getting out of every tight sittuation. Coming up with straight up answers on things, imagination. This can't be tought, this must be learned.
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6. Traffic Traffic
is the only thing that will get the buyers to you. You have 2 types of traffic, saturated and unsaturated traffic. Saturated traffic can be found everywhere, they will get you buyers, because there will always be new people joining them who don't have a clue how things work on kik or those apps/sites. The unsaturated traffic won't be easily found. Nobody on HF will give our there source of HQ traffic. You'll need to find it for yourself. It's most of the time a goldmine, but you'll probably need a custom pack for it, but it's worth it. A quick search on the appstore or internet will give you thousands of sites and apps to post on.
7. Payment methods
These are used to get paid. To earn the money. Paypal and amazon are the most popular payment methods. But watch out for paypal, when they're in the mood, they'll take everythig you have from you. I suggest you buy a verified paypal to send all the money to after earning it on another paypal. I'm not encouraging this, since it's against paypals TOS. Amazon is a different story. You get paid with giftcards, wich can be used by you on amazon, or sold on here for paypal or bitcoin. I still prefer bitcoin over paypal. Altough paypal is easy for buying things online, they will fuck you. Choose wisely how you will take the money.
8. Getting shit done
8.1 How to talk to your victims
First rule in this, don't overreact. Don't be like "Im horny baby xxxxxxx <3<3<3<3". You see that for yourself, you wouldn't believe that either. I've never seen a girl talk like this. Girls are shy, friendly. They won't act like this. Have a normal conversation. You could take over a "talkstyle" of a girl you know, learn how they talk. Just, don't overreact.
8.2 Closing the deal
So, you've conviced your victim to buy your pictures, you proceed to the payment. You ask him, "How would you like to pay? I accept paypal and amazon", for example. He choses the payment method, he pays. Don't send anything before you've checked your balance. Never. They're trying out new things every day by pretending they have paid, by showing you a screenshot of a fake email from paypal or amazon. e it untill you see it for yourself. Then proceed to asking how he would like to get the pics. I most of the time send them a link to a dropboxlink or just sending the pics to his email. Easy peasy! Don't scam!
8.3 After the deal
So, both are happy. You got your money to spend, he has pics to jerk off too. Perfectly. Don't just block him, what alot of people do. Write his name in an excel file, the amount he paid, where he came from(wich app or site) and his username. Tell him after the deal; "Hmu when you want more", and he will if he likes the pics. You can delete the chat and you can still check your excel file if the guy that's texting you has bought or not.
9. Methods that will help you increase your income
There are a ton of methods out there to use to gain more money of your victims. Or methods that will make it easier to ewhore. For example, shortcuts on your keyboard, can be used on pc and phone. just look it up how to do it. For example on the phone, if you type "mes1", it will autocorrect to somthing like this "Hey there, how are you? Interested in buying some pics? ;)". This will make the process alot easier and faster. A double dip method is handy when you can perform it without the buyer to notice it. I have a great guide on this, it's 99% undetected atm. Only one guy noticed it in the process, but i improved it, and untill now, nobody noticed it.! If you are using iOS, you'll need to send the fake live pics to your ewhore account via your pc. Also, if you wanna ewhore on snapchat, you'll need to download the tutu app, wich will then be used to download snapchat++. Android is the same as pc, you'll need kik, fakecamera and/or snapchat/phantom. Once you have all of that, it's time for the next step.
There are a ton of methods out there to use to gain more money of your victims. Or methods that will make it easier to ewhore. For example, shortcuts on your keyboard, can be used on pc and phone. just look it up how to do it. For example on the phone, if you type "mes1", it will autocorrect to somthing like this "Hey there, how are you? Interested in buying some pics? ;)". This will make the process alot easier and faster. A double dip method is handy when you can perform it without the buyer to notice it. I have a great guide on this, it's 99% undetected atm. Only one guy noticed it in the process, but i improved it, and untill now, nobody noticed it.
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A new bill introduced on April 24 in the American state of Ohio’s House of Representatives would, if passed, allow the state government and other government entities to implement blockchain solutions in the exercise of their authority.
According to the official website of the Ohio state legislature, the bill, titled House Bill 220, has been sponsored by the Republican Party’s State Representative Rick Carfagna, who represents Ohio’s 68th District in the House.
As Northeast Ohio media agency Cleveland.com reported on April 25, the bill would prospectively legalize government blockchain applications such as recording car titles or hunting licenses online, where they could be accessible by authorized agencies on a secure distributed ledger.
Earlier this week, Ohio Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted and Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish had reportedly participated in an event devoted to the cooperation between civic-minded start-ups and government, which included a panel covering the use of blockchain for government purposes.
As previously reported, the state of Ohio has made a bid to position itself at the fore of blockchain and cryptocurrency adoption, becoming the reported first state to accept bitcoin (BTC) for tax payments in November 2018.
This February, Ohio’s state treasurer confirmed that two Ohio businesses had used the crypto tax solution, underscoring that the state itself receives the fiat equivalent from the original crypto payments.
The same month, the County Auditors’ Association of Ohio announced the formation of a working group to study the use of blockchain for the effective transfer of property deeds.
In December 2018, a total of seven Ohio funds pledged to invest over $300 million into blockchain startups through 2021.
Earlier that year, Ohio House of Representatives Speaker Ryan Smith had convened a group of lawmakers, industry and academic figures to discuss positioning the state as a pro-innovation hub for blockchain.
Alongside Ohio, Cleveland.com notes that around ten other states have introduced or passedblockchain and crypto-related legislation, most prolifically Wyoming, as Cointelegraph has reported.
On April 24, 2019 Societe Generale Subsidiary Issues $112 Million Covered Bond As Security Token.
Tokens like these should be tradable on Binance and other exchanges. There should be dedicated sections for security tokens (bond tokens, equity tokens, etc...).
The medium of exchange for these tokens needs to be in Bitcoin. Not USDT or any other stable coin which is backed by a central corporation. We see with the Tether news why this cannot be allowed. We can't have a multi trillion dollar industry and all the trading liquidity unravel because of events like these.
This is the future of crypto and I hope the major exchanges take the appropriate steps to make it happen.
On April 24, 2019 Societe Generale Subsidiary Issues $112 Million Covered Bond As Security Token.
Tokens like these should be tradable on Binance and other exchanges. There should be dedicated sections for security tokens (bond tokens, equity tokens, etc...).
The medium of exchange for these tokens needs to be in Bitcoin. Not USDT or any other stable coin which is backed by a central corporation. We see with the Tether news why this cannot be allowed. We can't have a multi trillion dollar industry and all the trading liquidity unravel because of events like these. It will set the industry back to the stone age, its a huge risk.
This is the future of crypto and I hope the major exchanges take the appropriate steps to make it happen.
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HorseChain is the world’s largest Equine services provider based on blockchain. Since the equine industry has been facing lots of problems in the previous decade because of the offline system and lack of global platform, the Horse Chain Foundation has developed a decentralized solution to all these problems. HorseChain provides an online platform for the equine industry, where users can purchase or buy horses, post an ad, check the medical reports, organize online events, etc. To do all these tasks, the users will need HRS tokens because the HRS tokens are the medium of exchange in the HorseChain app. Therefore, using HRS tokens users can buy horses take part in the racing competitions and can do many more things.
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This post will break down the Office of Attorney General of New York State's (OAG) court filing so that investors and traders can understand what is going on in the market. As an avid day trader and educator with Voodoo Crypto, my goal is to provide the tools and information traders need to be as effective as possible.
TL:DR - OAG has submitted a report describing their investigation into Bitfinex and Tether for securities fraud and that they intend to pursue civil or criminal convictions against the business and its owners.
Bitfinex has experienced significant banking problems including potential theft, loss, or embezzlement of over $850 million and has engaged in ethically and legally dubious inter-company loans. Critically, the OAG is requesting an absurd amount of documentation from Bitfinex/Tether about their business dealings, clients, customers, and anyone who has used Bitfinex or hodls Tether who might be from the United States. (Including KYC documents!)
The document in its entirety can be found here. Bitfinex has since posted a response to the allegations, linked here.
Tons of legal jargon at the start of the report, but the critical pieces are as follows. First, the OAG begins its report introducing itself [SUPER 1] and stating its intention to “commence action against [Bitfinex] pursuant to the Martin Act, GBL § 352 et seq.” From Wikipedia,
The Martin Act [...] is a New York anti-fraud law, widely considered to be the most severe blue sky law in the country. Passed in 1921, it grants the Attorney General of New York expansive law enforcement powers to conduct investigations of securities fraud and bring civil or criminal actions against alleged violators of the Act.
The next section, paragraphs 7 through 17 weave a complicated web of who actually owns Bitfinex/Tether, which really would have been better described with a picture.
Paragraphs 18 through 25 explain for the less technologically savvy in the room what Bitfinex as a crypto exchange is, and specifically notes that people from the state of New York have used Bitfinex and its services.
One gem that can’t be overlooked is the following quote:
Bitfinex is one of the relatively few virtual currency trading platforms that allows traders to deposit and withdraw so-called "fiat" currency, including U.S. dollars, euros, pounds, and yen. Personally, I’m going to ignore the context of that quote and choose to believe that the OAG was throwing serious shade at fiat and not our wonderful community’s jargon..
Paragraphs 26 through 31 introduce Tether to the mix by defining USDT as a stablecoin and highlighted Tether’s statements that tether is always backed 1 to 1 by USD. Web archive.
Paragraph 32 describes how Tether updated their website to read: Web Archive.
Every tether is always 100% backed by our reserves, which include traditional currency and cash equivalents and, from time to time, may include other assets and receivables from loans made by Tether to third parties, which may include affiliated entities (collectively, “reserves”). Every tether is also 1-to-1 pegged to the dollar, so 1 USD? is always valued by Tether at 1 USD.
This change caused individuals to question if Tether engaging in fractional reserve banking - meaning that only a fraction of the funds backing USDT were in fact held by Tether but instead that Tether was using those funds for loans and other purposes. Others questioned if some of the assets backing tether are cryptocurrencies, and further pondered the implications of a dramatic drop in value of those underlying assets that could cause Tether to become insolvent should people attempt to redeem tethers for USD en masse.
Paragraphs 33 through 39 describe how individuals acquire, trade, and redeem tethers. Notably, paragraph 37 ties these individuals back to residents of New York to defend their assumed jurisdiction over the case.
Paragraphs 40 through 47 comment on the initiation of the investigation and the first communications with the Bitfinex/Tether legal teams, the first subpoenas, and the planning of a face to face meeting held on February 21st 2019.
Starting with paragraph 48, the report outlines the challenges Bitfinex has faced maintaining relationships with banks. Before 2017 Bitfinex used wire transfers out of Taiwan, using Wells Fargo as the correspondent bank. Wells Fargo then pulled the rug out from under them in March 2017.50 Bitfinex filed51 and quickly withdrew52 a lawsuit against Well’s Fargo, and instead switched to Noble Bank, based in Puerto Rico.53
Paragraph 54 continues to describe that Bitfinex stopped using Noble in October 2018, apparently “due to low-interest rates and a lack of capacity to process a high volume of wire transfers to clients”. Interestingly, as of early 2019 Noble is not in operation.55
The relationship between Tether and Noble is a curious one in and of itself. Apparently the CEO of Noble, John Betts, “has a previous professional relationship with Tether co-founder Brock Pierce, stemming from a failed bit to take over now-defunct Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox.” Source.
Paragraph 56 notes that starting in November 2018, Tether formed a relationship with Deltec Bank & Trust Limited, as well as quoting Tether reaffirming its USD backing claim.
This is where it starts to get interesting, and where new information is presented.
Paragraph 57 makes it clear that Bitfinex uses “third party ‘payment processors’ to handle client withdrawals,” and that Bitfinex has not disclosed that they are doing so or who they are.
Bitfinex’s lawyers told the OAG that they use a "Panamanian entity called Crypto Capital to act as one of their 'payment processors'" with which they "had placed over one billion dollars of co-mingled customer and corporate funds".58 Followed by freely stating that "no contract or similar written agreement was ever entered into between Crypto Capital and Bitfinex or Tether."59
This was followed with another bombshell revelation, that “Bitfinex [...] used a number of "third party payment processors" [...] including [...] companies owned by Bitfinex/Tether executives and "other friends of Bitfinex - meaning, human being friends of Bitfinex employees that were willing to use their bank accounts to transfer money to Bitfinex clients who had requested withdrawals."60
Paragraphs 61 and 62 transition to a discussion about Bitfinex’s difficulty honoring withdrawals because Crypto Capital was refusing to process them or return funds to Bitfinex, followed by a specific example provided in paragraph 63: a chatlog from Bitfinex exec “Merlin” to Crypto Capital “Oz”. imgur
Paragraphs 64 through 67 describe this coming to a head in the public’s eye in October, with statements from Bitfinex saying withdrawals are proceeding without interruptions and several additional chatlogs submitted as evidence that claim is untrue. imgur
Crypto Capital told senior Bitfinex execs that their “funds were seized by governmental authorities in Portugal, Poland, and the United States.” which apparently the Bitfinex executives did not believe.68 Regardless, those funds are inaccessible to Bitfnex69 and Bitfinex has not publicly disclosed that fact.70
At the meeting with the OAG on February 21st, Bitfinex’s lawyers said they were “contemplating” raiding the Tether reserves to make up that shortfall on an as needed basis72 and to the tune of up to $700 million.73
After the meeting, the OAG sent out requests for further information78 followed by Tether missing deadlines and sending information that the OAG deemed useless or irrelevant.81-84
Finally, on March 29th Bitfinex sent the OAG a letter described the following sequence of events. In November 2018, Tether transferred $625 million from its account holding Tether reserves at Deltec into Bitfinex’s account. In return, Bitfinex “transferred” the corresponding $625 million from its account with Crypto Capital into Tether’s account with Crypto Capital, even though Crypto Capital stated that those funds were “seized” or otherwise unavailable. Furthermore, Bitfinex opened up a line of credit with Tether for an additional $900 million from its tether backing reserves using collateral in the form of 60,000,000 shares of iFinex (the company and owner of the subsidiaries that are collectively “Bitfinex”) that were owned by DigFinex, which is also owned by the same two people that own Bitfinex and Tether.86 Link...
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This post will break down the Office of Attorney General of New York State's (OAG) court filing so that investors and traders can understand what is going on in the market. As an avid day trader and educator with Voodoo Crypto, my goal is to provide the tools and information traders need to be as effective as possible.
TL:DR - OAG has submitted a report describing their investigation into Bitfinex and Tether for securities fraud and that they intend to pursue civil or criminal convictions against the business and its owners.
Bitfinex has experienced significant banking problems including potential theft, loss, or embezzlement of over $850 million and has engaged in ethically and legally dubious inter-company loans. Critically, the OAG is requesting an absurd amount of documentation from Bitfinex/Tether about their business dealings, clients, customers, and anyone who has used Bitfinex or hodls Tether who might be from the United States. (Including KYC documents!)
The document in its entirety can be found here. Bitfinex has since posted a response to the allegations, linked here.
Tons of legal jargon at the start of the report, but the critical pieces are as follows. First, the OAG begins its report introducing itself [SUPER 1] and stating its intention to “commence action against [Bitfinex] pursuant to the Martin Act, GBL § 352 et seq.” From Wikipedia,
The Martin Act [...] is a New York anti-fraud law, widely considered to be the most severe blue sky law in the country. Passed in 1921, it grants the Attorney General of New York expansive law enforcement powers to conduct investigations of securities fraud and bring civil or criminal actions against alleged violators of the Act.
The next section, paragraphs 7 through 17 weave a complicated web of who actually owns Bitfinex/Tether, which really would have been better described with a picture.
Paragraphs 18 through 25 explain for the less technologically savvy in the room what Bitfinex as a crypto exchange is, and specifically notes that people from the state of New York have used Bitfinex and its services.
One gem that can’t be overlooked is the following quote:
Bitfinex is one of the relatively few virtual currency trading platforms that allows traders to deposit and withdraw so-called "fiat" currency, including U.S. dollars, euros, pounds, and yen. Personally, I’m going to ignore the context of that quote and choose to believe that the OAG was throwing serious shade at fiat and not our wonderful community’s jargon..
Paragraphs 26 through 31 introduce Tether to the mix by defining USDT as a stablecoin and highlighted Tether’s statements that tether is always backed 1 to 1 by USD. Web archive.
Paragraph 32 describes how Tether updated their website to read: Web Archive.
Every tether is always 100% backed by our reserves, which include traditional currency and cash equivalents and, from time to time, may include other assets and receivables from loans made by Tether to third parties, which may include affiliated entities (collectively, “reserves”). Every tether is also 1-to-1 pegged to the dollar, so 1 USD₮ is always valued by Tether at 1 USD.
This change caused individuals to question if Tether engaging in fractional reserve banking - meaning that only a fraction of the funds backing USDT were in fact held by Tether but instead that Tether was using those funds for loans and other purposes. Others questioned if some of the assets backing tether are cryptocurrencies, and further pondered the implications of a dramatic drop in value of those underlying assets that could cause Tether to become insolvent should people attempt to redeem tethers for USD en masse.
Paragraphs 33 through 39 describe how individuals acquire, trade, and redeem tethers. Notably, paragraph 37 ties these individuals back to residents of New York to defend their assumed jurisdiction over the case.
Paragraphs 40 through 47 comment on the initiation of the investigation and the first communications with the Bitfinex/Tether legal teams, the first subpoenas, and the planning of a face to face meeting held on February 21st 2019.
Starting with paragraph 48, the report outlines the challenges Bitfinex has faced maintaining relationships with banks. Before 2017 Bitfinex used wire transfers out of Taiwan, using Wells Fargo as the correspondent bank. Wells Fargo then pulled the rug out from under them in March 2017.50 Bitfinex filed51 and quickly withdrew52 a lawsuit against Well’s Fargo, and instead switched to Noble Bank, based in Puerto Rico.53
Paragraph 54 continues to describe that Bitfinex stopped using Noble in October 2018, apparently “due to low-interest rates and a lack of capacity to process a high volume of wire transfers to clients”. Interestingly, as of early 2019 Noble is not in operation.55
The relationship between Tether and Noble is a curious one in and of itself. Apparently the CEO of Noble, John Betts, “has a previous professional relationship with Tether co-founder Brock Pierce, stemming from a failed bit to take over now-defunct Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox.” Source.
Paragraph 56 notes that starting in November 2018, Tether formed a relationship with Deltec Bank & Trust Limited, as well as quoting Tether reaffirming its USD backing claim.
This is where it starts to get interesting, and where new information is presented.
Paragraph 57 makes it clear that Bitfinex uses “third party ‘payment processors’ to handle client withdrawals,” and that Bitfinex has not disclosed that they are doing so or who they are.
Bitfinex’s lawyers told the OAG that they use a "Panamanian entity called Crypto Capital to act as one of their 'payment processors'" with which they "had placed over one billion dollars of co-mingled customer and corporate funds".58 Followed by freely stating that "no contract or similar written agreement was ever entered into between Crypto Capital and Bitfinex or Tether."59
This was followed with another bombshell revelation, that “Bitfinex [...] used a number of "third party payment processors" [...] including [...] companies owned by Bitfinex/Tether executives and "other friends of Bitfinex - meaning, human being friends of Bitfinex employees that were willing to use their bank accounts to transfer money to Bitfinex clients who had requested withdrawals."60
Paragraphs 61 and 62 transition to a discussion about Bitfinex’s difficulty honoring withdrawals because Crypto Capital was refusing to process them or return funds to Bitfinex, followed by a specific example provided in paragraph 63: a chatlog from Bitfinex exec “Merlin” to Crypto Capital “Oz”. imgur
Paragraphs 64 through 67 describe this coming to a head in the public’s eye in October, with statements from Bitfinex saying withdrawals are proceeding without interruptions and several additional chatlogs submitted as evidence that claim is untrue. imgur
Crypto Capital told senior Bitfinex execs that their “funds were seized by governmental authorities in Portugal, Poland, and the United States.” which apparently the Bitfinex executives did not believe.68 Regardless, those funds are inaccessible to Bitfnex69 and Bitfinex has not publicly disclosed that fact.70
At the meeting with the OAG on February 21st, Bitfinex’s lawyers said they were “contemplating” raiding the Tether reserves to make up that shortfall on an as needed basis72 and to the tune of up to $700 million.73
After the meeting, the OAG sent out requests for further information78 followed by Tether missing deadlines and sending information that the OAG deemed useless or irrelevant.81-84
Finally, on March 29th Bitfinex sent the OAG a letter described the following sequence of events. In November 2018, Tether transferred $625 million from its account holding Tether reserves at Deltec into Bitfinex’s account. In return, Bitfinex “transferred” the corresponding $625 million from its account with Crypto Capital into Tether’s account with Crypto Capital, even though Crypto Capital stated that those funds were “seized” or otherwise unavailable. Furthermore, Bitfinex opened up a line of credit with Tether for an additional $900 million from its tether backing reserves using collateral in the form of 60,000,000 shares of iFinex (the company and owner of the subsidiaries that are collectively “Bitfinex”) that were owned by DigFinex, which is also owned by the same two people that own Bitfinex and Tether.86 Link to the letter. imgur
The OAG then proceeds to request a mind boggling amount of documentation and other information from Bitfinex and Tether. The request every piece of information that Bitfinex or Tether have on anyone who might be residing or doing business in the United States that:
The OAG report then finishes by requesting an injunction to ensure that Bitfinex maintains the status quo of operations until the case is concluded to protect investors and traders.
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