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Bitfinex isn't an American company. This is ridiculous
by rtrdea 6y ago
Bitfinex isn't an American company. This is ridiculous
- Spooky23 6y agoWhat’s ridiculous? That the company’s home jurisdiction allowed them to defraud the public?
- robjan 6y agoIt's not even clear where the company is physically located. It's a Hong Kong company but all of the addresses here are just virtual offices and shell companies.
- bonzini 6y agoThe full title ends with "Illegal Activities in New York", not sure why it was removed.
- dgellow 6y agoBecause it's too long for HN (I instead replaced "Attorney General" by "NYAG", not ideal but an ok compromise IMHO)
- im3w1l 6y ago"Bitfinex banned from New York." Edit: I'm getting downvoted but I went soft on him. You know what, I'll say it. The choice of which words to retain (virtual currency trading platform??) and which to drop (in New York) is really bad and veering into suspicious, seems like it's trying to stir up panic.
- dgellow 6y agoIt's the title of the linked press release, with a minor change to fit the maximum length required for HN submissions.
- im3w1l 6y agoYou make it sound like they have been taken down globally. That's not a "minor change".
- dgellow 6y agoHow would the New York attorney general shut down the company globally? That doesn't make sense. But feel free to contact dang or other moderators and ask for a change of the title if you think that can be improved.
- im3w1l 6y agoPeople here are from every part of the world. Many wont know what a "NYAG" is or what powers they have, in fact I bet quite a few Americans don't know either. Oh well.. the new title is good.
- kasey_junk 6y agoNote the headline should add “in New York” or the like.
- GavinMcG 6y agoDo you expect to get away with illegal activity when you travel abroad?
- jobigoud 6y agoA lot of people do. For example driving over the speed limit because they can't be fined.