Places New York

CryptoSlate recently had the opportunity to chat with Rosh Singh, the CEO and Co-Founder of Quadency, a New York-based technology startup building digital asset trading and portfolio management tools for retail and institutional investors. Singh is a seasoned technology entrepreneur experienced in creating innovation fintech products for FX and crypto markets. In the interview, we […]

iFinex, the parent company of crypto exchange Bitfinex and Tether, is facing a lawsuit accusing them of manipulating the market. Five traders claiming class members suffered $1.4 trillion in damages filed the lawsuit, which Bitfinex called “meritless and mercenary.” Bitfinex catches another case Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, the sister company of stablecoin issuer Tether, is on […]

Binance announced that it will begin listing the NYDFS-approved BUSD. The exchange said the stablecoin, jointly launched by Paxos and Binance, will begin trading on Sep. 16, while early purchases on Paxos’ platform will start on Sep. 12. Paxos and Binance’s stablecoin beginning trading next week Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the […]

We interviewed Gabriel Anderson, the Managing Director of Tachyon, an accelerator for startups utilizing blockchain and web 3.0 technologies, funded by ConsenSys. Tachyon is a 12-week program that helps founders rapidly validate and grow their businesses. Prior to that, Anderson held various roles as founder/co-founder of several real estate tech and fintech startups, lead growth for VaynerRSE […]

A New York judge ruled Bitfinex must face the fraud suit and impending investigation set against it in April by New York attorney general Letitia James, denying the company’s request for the case to be dismissed due to lack of jurisdiction, Bloomberg reported. Justice Joel M. Cohen said Monday that iFinex Inc., the Hong Kong-based […]

iFinex, the company that owns and operates Tether and Bitfinex, said that the claims made by the New York Attorney General’s office that the companies served New York residents throughout last year were “misleading.” The company’s latest legal filing asserts that the alleged “New York customers” were foreign ECPs who worked through New York-based traders. […]

ConsenSys founder and Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin was summoned to court in a $13 million lawsuit connected to failed ConsenSys spinout Token Foundry. Charges levied against Lubin by the startup’s former CEO, Harrison Hines, include fraud, unjust enrichment, and breach of contract. Joseph Lubin appeared in court this month, according to a court summons filed […]

Grayscale Investments, a New York-based digital currency asset management firm, released its investment report for Q2 2019. The company’s assets under management (AUM), primarily held in its Bitcoin and Ethereum trusts, have almost tripled in the past few months. The growth was largely fueled by institutional demand. According to the Digital Currency Group (DCG) subsidiary, […]

Recently released court filings from the New York Attorney General’s Office (NYAG) showed that Bitfinex and Tether both operated in New York from 2017 to early 2019, despite claiming they had ceased all operations in the state. As such, the NYAG likely has jurisdiction over iFinex allowing proceedings to continue. Latest court filings accuse iFinex […]

As part of his winning $4.6 million bid for lunch with Warren Buffett, TRON CEO Justin Sun has the opportunity to invite up to seven guests to accompany him. His preliminary picks—Vitalik Buterin from Ethereum, Charlie Lee of Litecoin, and Changpeng Zhao (CZ) of Binance. After an agonizing week of teasers, Justin Sun revealed that […]

Grayscale, a New York-based asset management company, received approval from FINRA to list its Grayscale Ethereum Trust shares on OTC markets which will become the first publicly-quoted Ethereum-based securities. Ethereum Trust receives FINRA approval for public quotation Grayscale Investments, a New York-based digital asset management company, made history today for being the first company to […]

A new website, Got Satoshi, claims to know the true identity of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto. The reveal is scheduled to happen today, on May 14, during the annual Consensus conference in New York. Probably created as a publicity stunt, the person behind the website got more than he bargained for when the wrath and […]

Bakkt, an institutional cryptocurrency trading platform led by the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), expects their bitcoin futures to be listed on federally regulated futures exchanges in July. The institutional crypto trading platform Bakkt will be conducting the first user tests of its bitcoin futures live on federally regulated futures exchanges. “We’ll be working with our customers […]

eBay could be about to enter the crypto world. If advertisements at the Consensus conference in New York are true, the e-commerce giant could be adopting crypto payments in the immediate future. “Virtual Currency. It’s happening on eBay” Although there has not been an official announcement, the news would allow eBay’s 180 million active buyers […]

In 2013, cryptocurrency investors, enthusiasts, financial regulators and the crypto community witnessed the largest bitcoin exchange in the world, Mt. Gox, collapse. New York regulators decided they needed to step in and ensure that kind of thing did not happen in their state. Two years later, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) […]

Following a probe which revealed the apparent loss of $850 million in funds, the attorney general of the State of New York obtained a court order against iFinex Inc., which operates Bitfinex and owns Tether Ltd., ordering them to cease further dissipation of the US dollar assets which back the USDT stablecoin. A $850 Million Cover Up […]

On Apr. 25, the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James alleged iFinex, the company behind Bitfinex and Tether, of misusing $900 million of Tether’s cash reserves to hide an $850 million loss. Immediately thereafter, the bitcoin price plunged by seven percent against the U.S. dollar. On Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, the […]

Regardless of how cryptocurrency prices are performing in the open marketplace, there is much going on behind the scenes. Whether its interest from innovative startups, blue-chip companies or national regulators–the blockchain industry is as hot as ever. As such, this year is once again going to be jam-packed with top-grade cryptocurrency and blockchain technology conferences. […]