New York Times – DIGIT INFO

Bitcoin is a competitor to gold, not the US dollar, reiterates Fed’s Powell

DIGIT — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 01:09:38 +0000

US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell also dismissed the idea that people see Bitcoin as a symbol of a lack of faith in the US dollar.

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Cornell Professor Warns of Growing Crypto Risks Amid Misleading Promises and Hype

DIGIT — Sun, 11 Aug 2024 02:46:04 +0000

A professor at Cornell University’s Dyson School, Eswar Prasad, has raised concerns about the increasing risks in the cryptocurrency market, pointing to regulatory gaps and centralization as key issues. “If anything, crypto today presents even greater risks to its investors and to our financial institutions than it did before,” he said. Cornell Professor’s Crypto Warning […]

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Appeals court rejects Sam Bankman-Fried’s bid for release

DIGIT — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 00:01:12 +0000

The court cited Sam Bankman-Fried’s alleged witness tampering as the main grounds for rejecting his release bid.

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Stop the Presses: Criticism Against the New York Times Mounts as Newspaper Is Accused of Killing 59 Million Trees Annually

DIGIT — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 04:30:13 +0000

After the New York Times (NYT) published an editorial about bitcoin mining, claiming the industry is harmful to the environment, an organization called Stop the Presses took issue with the Times’ paper usage. Stop the Presses launched a social media campaign against the NYT’s newspaper production. The organization’s website, nytimesup.org, alleges that the company “kills […]

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Economist and Political Scientist Refute Claims of US Dollar’s Demise Despite Trend of De-Dollarization News

DIGIT — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 22:35:04 +0000

This year, there has been a flurry of news reports and opinion editorials discussing an alleged de-dollarization trend amid a wave of disclosures associated with the BRICS bloc. In a recent article, the American political scientist and author Ian Bremmer insisted that claims of the U.S. dollar dying are overblown. In addition to Bremmer’s comments, […]

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Bitcoin Proponents Accuse the New York Times of Publishing One-Sided ‘Hit Piece’ on Bitcoin Mining

DIGIT — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 19:34:58 +0000

After the New York Times was accused of writing favorable pieces about disgraced FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried and inviting him to speak at the news outlet’s Dealbook Summit, it is once again being criticized for publishing a “hit piece” about bitcoin mining. The article’s authors claim that bitcoin mining is harmful to the environment, while […]

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Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison Reportedly Spotted at a Coffee Shop in Manhattan With FTX Dog ‘Gopher’

DIGIT — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 23:00:33 +0000

On Dec. 4, 2022, the Twitter account and citizen journalist called Autism Capital shared two pictures of a woman that closely resembles the Alameda Research CEO, Caroline Ellison. The pictures were taken at a coffee and sandwich shop in Manhattan at 8:15 a.m. (ET). Citizen Journalist Reportedly Spots Alameda’s Caroline Ellison in New York According […]

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While the FTX Co-Founder Claims He ‘Wasn’t Running Alameda,’ SBF Is Asked Why He Threw Caroline Ellison ‘Under the Bus’

DIGIT — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 20:30:40 +0000

While the former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) has done numerous interviews, during these discussions he’s explained on numerous occasions that as far as Alameda Research is concerned, he “wasn’t running Alameda.” SBF wasn’t the CEO of the trading firm Alameda Research as the job was handled by Caroline Ellison, a former Jane Street trader […]

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Despite the Former FTX CEO’s Media Tour Many Unanswered Questions Remain

DIGIT — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 18:30:35 +0000

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) has been talking a lot more since his exchange collapsed a few weeks ago, as he’s spoken at the New York Times Dealbook Summit, sat down with Good Morning America host George Stephanopoulos, and recently conducted an interview with New York Magazine. While doing all of these interviews, SBF […]

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Former FTX Boss Speaks at Dealbook Event, Says He ‘Didn’t Knowingly Co-Mingle Funds’

DIGIT — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 10:00:26 +0000

On Nov. 30, 2022, the former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) discussed FTX’s collapse at the New York Times’ Dealbook Summit with Andrew Ross Sorkin in his first live-appearance interview since the crypto exchange’s downfall. SBF told the Dealbook Summit host that he was “deeply sorry about what happened” and further stressed that he “didn’t […]

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