slappyjoe

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Re:Number barely go up–has Litecoin’s halvening had the intended effect? on Monday August 05, 2019 @11:52AM (#20615101)

I'd still like to hear from the planb guy.

Re:Sued for billions, Facebook is accused of killing crypto businesses on Friday July 26, 2019 @01:01PM (#20536276)

OK, but $500 BILLION? Come on. Maybe that's Aussie dollars.

Re:Co-owner of shuttered Polish cryptocurrency exchange Bitmarket foun... on Friday July 26, 2019 @01:00PM (#20536269)

Does sound more like suicide...

Re:Facebook's Libra Blasted in Congress on Tuesday July 16, 2019 @05:07PM (#20453924)

Fairly hilarious.

Re:Federal Reserve: Facebook Libra “cannot go forward” without address... on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @01:55PM (#20404521)

Golly, I wonder why all governments hate this thing.

Re:Tether loaned USDT to investors and illegally traded in New York, s... on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @09:55AM (#20391731)

I still don't see how the State of New York can claim jurisdiction. I mean, it can "claim it" but good luck getting Bitfinex and Tether to comply.

Re:Congress Declares War on Libra on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @07:10PM (#20340202)

Waters has hated this from the start.

88% of trades on top crypto exchanges are fake

Posted by slappyjoe on Monday March 11, 2019 @07:43PM
from the self-post dept.

88% of the volume on exchanges is fake, mostly wash trading. A new group of analysts publishes their fraud-spotting algo on GitHub. https://decryptmedia.com/5822/new-report-says-88-of-trades-on-top-crypto-exchanges-is-fake

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Re:Spy miners are quietly stealing from Ethereum on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @11:13AM (#18122408)

Interesting story. I'm glad to see places like Alethio providing reliable data so that other places (like Decrypt) can make sense of what's going on. Well done.