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FTX: Sam Bankman-Fried out on bail, Ellison and Wang cop pleas
Caroline realised the other guy in the prisoner’s dilemma was Sam, and mashed the “betray” button as hard and fast as was humanly possible.
Crypto collapse: Regulatory altruism at FTX — Sam Bankman-Fried arrested
The nuanced ingredient is crime.
Regulatory clarity: doomed US crypto bills, Nigeria’s CBDC lacks repeat users, central banks don’t like crypto either
At least the Agriculture Committee has a lot of experience with cowboys and bull manure.
Proof-of-Stake is better than Proof-of-Work — but Ethereum’s Merge won’t fix any other problem with cryptocurrency
Proof-of-stake will still be a vast improvement over proof-of-work. In all other senses, none of this matters.
News: Starbucks NFTs, Reddit karma points on the blockchain, Saylor fired, Telegram ICO slight return
“I couldn’t stand to market to such a deranged group of individuals and the toxic web3 workplace.”
News: El Salvador volcano bonds to sell for tethers, Bitcoin didn’t cause Kazakhstan riots, lawsuits on the blockchain, MobileCoin live on Signal, Craig Wright sued again
Bitfinex Securities will not charge a fee for this. They’re just being nice, see.
Tether’s bad month: CFTC, Bloomberg, Reggie Fowler
Large crypto traders stick by Tether because there’s nowhere else for them to go — Tether is the only game in town.
The CFTC settlement with Tether and Bitfinex: $42.5 million in fines
Clearing down the backlog. There’s plenty more Tether here to come …
News: Compound threatens to dox its own users, El Salvador Chivo numbers, China hates crypto, Twitter tips, Tether class action proceeds
“Libertarian” is when I take your money, it’s different if you take mine.