Activity tagged "crypto"

Molly White

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Caroline Ellison: A woman with agency or a helpless pawn?

A black and white photo of Caroline Ellison, with a larger B&W photo of Sam Bankman-Fried looming behind her, both superimposed atop stormclouds

Why did the former Alameda Research CEO receive only two years imprisonment for her role in the FTX collapse?

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got some sunnier photos of my little friends

A sticker created from an illustration of Mothman, standing behind text that says “Anti Crypto Cryptid Club” in the style of the Anti Social Social Club

An oval, black linocut ink print with a raccoon baring its teeth in the center, and “ignore all previous instructions” written in angular capitals around the border

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every time someone calls me "anti-crypto" i think this

anyway these are in the store now lol

Three separate stickers: An illustration of Bigfoot, wavy serif text reading "Anti Crypto Cryptid Club" in the style of "Anti Social Social Club", and an illustration of Mothman

Two stickers, one each combining Bigfoot and Mothman with the "Anti Crypto Cryptid Club" design

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Issue 67 – Bug out bitcoin

A sheet of lined paper with a “bug out” list, and a photo of a rucksack hanging from a tree branch

Crypto resurfaces on the campaign trail and the FTX fallout continues to unfold. Also, merch!

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Issue 66 – Pretensions to relevance

A collage of a Stratios ship from Eve Online, the Flappy Bird bird, and Hamster Kombot tokens

FTX fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried says he wants a do-over, and some more ill-received blockchain games suggest “GameFi” has an uncertain future.

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As headlines about the Trump family’s “World Liberty Financial” crypto project appear in outlets like the New York Times, a scam website spoofing the project remains on the front page of Google search results. Blockchain data show people actively purchasing the token.

A page of Google search results with headlines about the project in The New York Times, CNBC, Wired, and others. The ninth result is a website for a crypto project called “World Liberty”, using the WLF branding and photos of Donald Trump, but it is a scam version. The result is highlighted, and the text “SCAM” is overlaid.

This is the same scam URL and token address promoted by the hackers who compromised Twitter accounts belonging to Lara and Tiffany Trump two weeks ago.

Quote tweet by Eric Trump: This is a scam!! @LaraLeaTrump and @TiffanyATrump’s Twitter profiles have been compromised!!
Quoted tweet by Lara Trump: “These are the only official channels for World Liberty ($WL)
Contract address: 5EXtQy...
Website: worldlibertyfinance.org
Telegram:
Be safe and be aware! 🫶

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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has just appealed his conviction. He argues, among other things, that the judge didn't like him.

These observations are borne out by the record. As explained in this brief, many of the judge’s rulings were not just erroneous but unbalanced—repeatedly putting a thumb on the scale to help the government and thwart the defense. But that is not all. The judge continually ridiculed Bankman-Fried during trial, repeatedly criticized his demeanor, and signaled his disbelief of Bankman-Fried’s testimony. See supra at 17-18. Equally troubling, he repeatedly mocked defense counsel and discredited their cross-examinations in front of the jury. E.g., A-756 (“let’s stop that, please”; “What part of ‘let’s stop that’ was obscure?”); A-745 (“Could we get to the point.”); A-879 (“This is not an exam for new eyeglasses. I assume he can read it just as well as everybody in the jury box can read it…You can ask him who Johnny Podres was. Let’s move along. He pitched for the Brooklyn Dodgers.”).

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69143697/28/united-states-of-america-v-bankman-fried/

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FTX executive Caroline Ellison is seeking a sentence of time served for her guilty plea on seven charges pertaining to the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange. Her sentencing submission paints her as someone whose “moral compass [was] warped” by Sam Bankman-Fried.

The probation department is also recommending time served, with three years of supervised release. Like Sam Bankman-Fried, she’s hit the maximum of 43 points on the sentencing guidelines, which would equate to a life sentence.

Exhibits include more of her diary entries to support the story that she was deeply unhappy and self-medicating with Adderall, and desperate for Sam Bankman-Fried’s approval and affection.

“I think a good night’s sleep is probably equivalent in productivity to about 7.5mg adderall, with a much nicer side effect profile”

Sentencing memo, exhibits

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Issue 65 – World Liberty Fiasco

Even the most pro-Trump crypto faithful think Trump’s new crypto scheme is a terrible idea. Also, an FTX crypto executive earns some benefit of the doubt, and a lawsuit accuses “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli of disrespecting the Wu-Tang Clan.

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"The rise and fall of OpenSea".

Ben Weiss in The Verge. Published August 28, 2024.

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