In disputing the New York State Attorney General’s claim that embattled cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and stablecoin-issuer Tether have lost $850 million, the CEO of the two firms’ parent company has raised a bigger question: why have four governments, including the U.S. and U.K., seized its money?
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Bloomberg host hilariously tears into blockchain fans, gets blocked on Twitter by CEO
Joe Weisenthal ridicules investor Naval Ravikant and other blockchain enthusiasts in a tweetstorm
Don’t expect AngelList CEO Naval Ravikant to appear on Bloomberg’s “What’d You Miss?” any time soon. That’s because the show’s co-host, Joe Weisenthal, took to Twitter to rip into Ravikant’s lofty pronouncements about blockchain technology. Here’s how it went down: It all began in Sunday morning from a tweet by from Shane Parish, the founder of something called Farnam Street. For those unfamiliar with it (we were on that list), the site’s “About” section says: “We address such topics as mental models, decision making, learning, reading, and the art of living.” According to Parish, he has “helped millions of people master the best of what other people have already figured…