NikMorgan

Freelancer on 🇹🇷 & 🇷🇺 to business/crypto reporter | Bylines: @Ahval_en @New_Europe @diplomatnews @FeniksPolitik | @newmarkjschool | @decryptmedia

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[NikMorgan @NikMorgan10]

Want to know how #Russia invading #Ukraine may affect #Turkey?

Check out my latest analysis.

https://t.co/CHE1Eur8SJ

[NikMorgan @NikMorgan10]

Late but always so proud of my @newmarkjschool family!

[Newmark J-School @newmarkjschool]

We're celebrating some fantastic news. 🏆

ICYMI: The 2023 George Polk Awards in Journalism features one of our alumna — and one of our faculty.

https://t.co/OlKGsfo1m7 #NewmarkJ

[International Center for Journalists @ICFJ]

ICFJ Jim Hoge Fellow @PhilipObaji of Nigeria has been reporting on the Russia-funded Wagner group and their crimes in Africa for over 2 years. Learn about his work, from a recent ICFJ event: https://t.co/QkrFffKZRK

[Newmark J-School @newmarkjschool]

@NikMorgan10 reported for @decryptmedia and his highlight was a collab with '22 alum @andrebeganski — we love to see it 🙌
https://t.co/2zSYDWanum

[Carnegie Politika @CEIP_Politika]

Ever since the annexation of Crimea, Russia has been integrating members of local Ukrainian elites into its power structures. There's no way back for these people: their only option is to find a place in Russian politics, but that's easier said than done.

https://t.co/BApFkOkjJE

[NikMorgan @NikMorgan10]

Interestingly, @SECGov listed about a dozen tokens in the actual lawsuit against @coinbase (SOL, Polygon, Cardano...), rather than mention the 100+ tokens traded on its platform.

[NikMorgan @NikMorgan10]

Taking this backdrop into account alongside what Armstrong has said recently, it does look like it adds more credibility to arguments that the SEC is perhaps looking to carve out jurisdiction in very, very broadstrokes.

[NikMorgan @NikMorgan10]

@coinbase's Brian Armstrong saying the @SECGov wanted COIN to delist every token, but BTC reminds me of what legal experts have been telling me for weeks in the context of the #Ripple case:

Win or lose, that outcome was not going to chasten the SEC for long.

[NikMorgan @NikMorgan10]

The wildcard, in my personal view, is the fact we have a new bill working its way through Congress that sets out definitions for digital assets on top of specifications for when one counts as a commodity vs a security.

[NikMorgan @NikMorgan10]

@jasonnelson It still says "Tweet your reply" and Twitter's still the url, so they're still thinking through verbs that start with X.

[Jason Nelson @jasonnelson]

So we’re going from a bird to a fish? “X is derived from the Phoenician letter samekh, meaning “fish.” #X #history #archaeology #Twitter #TwitterX https://t.co/J50Xh7V8EL

[Forbes Crypto @ForbesCrypto]

This Startup Wants To Deanonymize Blockchain. Privacy Advocates Are Furious: by @ninabambysheva https://t.co/357gtpUOmX

[Justin Slaughter @JBSDC]

Here’s all the major changes to the big digital assets bill versus the June discussion draft, in the opinion of the drafters.

Devil is in the details, but the changes appear generally technical (which explains how the bill grew by 50 pages).

[CoinShares @CoinSharesCo]

Will #AI revolutionise the #blockchain?
Perhaps not as fast as you might think.

🔎In his latest essay, Max Shannon (@cornMaxy) highlights the limitations & challenges of the intersection between Artificial Intelligence & blockchain in terms of costs, computing power, philosophy…

🔗 https://t.co/2Jn3TBSdpO

[Eric Balchunas @EricBalchunas]

Gensler was asked today in a webinar about Coinbase being at center of ETF filings. He couldn't comment on the filings but went pretty negative on crypto exchanges saying they operate "conflicting services" and have "limited risk monitoring" Here's full quote via @TheBlock__

[James Seyffart @JSeyff]

UPDATE: There they are -- SEC just acknowledged the #Bitcoin ETF applications for @BlackRock, @vaneck_us, @InvescoUS/@GalaxyDigital, @Fidelity, & @WisdomTreeFunds. We're off to the races.

Keep in mind @ARKInvest/@21Shares already beyond this point. @bitwise was yesterday.

[Decrypt @DecryptMedia]

@stacyannj breaks it down: https://t.co/Jjvg43fDhN

[NikMorgan @NikMorgan10]

Kasparov saying "total support" is a bit of an exaggeration. If it was, we wouldn't be talking about the fallout from the summit where #Ukraine wasn't offered membership.

[Matt Duss @mattduss]

Consider the absolutely astonishing amount of diplomatic, economic, and military aid that the Biden administration has marshaled in support of Ukraine, and he’s out here prepping a stab in the back narrative.

[MIT Technology Review @techreview]

If you feel overwhelmed or uncertain about what the heck people are talking about when it comes to AI, don’t worry. We've got you. https://t.co/TQLinFwNd6