Tag: Packed

The Second FTX Asset Recovery Report Is Packed With Bombshells

Two notes before diving in: First, all of the following are allegations made by the FTX liquidators. The claims may or may not surface or be confirmed in the separate criminal trial against Sam Bankman-Fried, currently scheduled to begin in October. And second, for clarity, I’ll be referring throughout to “customer funds” interchangeably with “commingled funds,” because by their nature, the vast majority of commingled funds would likely have been customer funds. Source

Cointelegraph afterparty delivers a ‘packed house’ and other notable events

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In this episode of Decentralize with Cointelegraph, United States policy reporter Turner Wright and opinion editor Rudy Takala speak to listeners about their experiences at the ETHDenver conference from Feb. 24 to March 5. Wright arrived in time to interview industry experts, check out a “hacker house” and watch developers go through the BUIDLWeek. Takala talks about the highlights of ETHDenver and how it compared, in his opinion, to better-organized conferences. The topics discussed by Wright and Takala include the logistics of traveling between different venues at ETHDenver and other…

Packed your Bitcoin? A BTC holiday in Costa Rica goes fiat free

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Passport, sunglasses, beach towel, Bitcoin (BTC)? A BTC enthusiast on vacation demonstrated that the world’s largest cryptocurrency could soon become a holiday essential. Eugenio, a Costa Rican Bitcoin maximalist, paid his way on holiday with just Bitcoin in his wallet during a long weekend on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast. A hotspot for Bitcoin adoption and real-life whale spotting, the towns of Uvita, Dominical and Ojochal are home to Bitcoin Jungle, a Bitcoin-beach-inspired project, as well as a budding community of Bitcoin-friendly merchants. Eugenio documented his entire Bitcoin holiday to the…

R3’s CordaCon Event Sees Big News, Packed Talks and Blockchain Converts

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If R3 really is struggling, as rumored in recent months, you wouldn’t know it from the crowd at CordaCon 2018. The annual London gathering hosted by R3 to celebrate everything happening on the Corda platform and its developer community, appeared to be in rude health this year with standing room only in many of the presentations. The event saw some 1,150 registrations over the two days – exponential growth from last year, noted R3 CEO David Rutter, adding: “At this rate I should be addressing you from a packed O2…