⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>oh look, another <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fintech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fintech</span></a> bankruptcy involving Evolve Bank & Trust.</p><p>some other fun places Evolve has popped up:</p><p>1. issuer of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BlockFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlockFi</span></a> debit cards (before those companies blew up and customers lost all their money)<br>2. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GeorgeSantos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeSantos</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AndyOgles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndyOgles</span></a> held their campaign money at Evolve<br>3. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Synapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Synapse</span></a> bankruptcy which cost customers of a bunch of fintech "banks" like <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Yotta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yotta</span></a> most if not all of their money<br>4. Partnered with "anti-woke" fintech <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GloriFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GloriFi</span></a><br>5. Got hacked by Russia midway through Synapse bankruptcy proceedings<br>6. Anonymous crypto debit card issuer for <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ZELF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZELF</span></a><br>7. Frequently found to be the bank used by <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pigbutchering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pigbutchering</span></a> fraudsters<br>8. Sanctioned by federal reserve for <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/moneylaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moneylaundering</span></a></p><p>The fact that Evolve has not been shut down is insane. Banking system cannot survive if these kinds of bad actors roam free like the wind.</p><p>* more on Evolve: <a href="https://fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com/p/evolves-problematic-partners-bankruptcies" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fintechbusinessweekly.substack</span><span class="invisible">.com/p/evolves-problematic-partners-bankruptcies</span></a><br>* even more: <a href="https://fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com/p/evolve-hit-with-fed-enforcement-action" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fintechbusinessweekly.substack</span><span class="invisible">.com/p/evolve-hit-with-fed-enforcement-action</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EvolveBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EvolveBank</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EvolveBankAndTrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EvolveBankAndTrust</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/finreg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finreg</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Banking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Banking</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AML</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BaaS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BaaS</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>putin</span></a></p>
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Michael Smith (Neo)<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wuffs.org/@Ninji" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Ninji</span></a></span> sounds like <a href="https://social.hacktheplanet.be/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a>.</p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>GOP Majority Whip <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TomEmmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TomEmmer</span></a>, the man who wrote angry letters to the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> demanding that they stop bothering an innovative company like <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a> back in 2022, believes that the US government will be buying 1 million bitcoins for a price equivalent to 10-20% of the US defense budget for the “<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/StrategicBitcoinReserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StrategicBitcoinReserve</span></a>” before the end of this session of Congress.</p><p>Here he is kissing Sam Bankman-Fried's ass on the floor of the US <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> a few years ago: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpIPlb7mYTE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=MpIPlb7mYT</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DigitalAssetsStockpile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalAssetsStockpile</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/StrategicCryptoReserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StrategicCryptoReserve</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/blockchain8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blockchain8</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TuckerCarlson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TuckerCarlson</span></a> just released an interview with <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a>'s Sam Bankman-Fried (<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a>) from federal prison (somehow).</p><p>Pardon incoming...</p><p><a href="https://x.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1897709140535132442" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/TuckerCarlson/status/189</span><span class="invisible">7709140535132442</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>Sam Bankman-Fried from <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a> is back on Twitter from federal prison and yes, he's <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> now (in particular he loves <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>).</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SBF_FTX/status/1894204086754709951" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/SBF_FTX/status/189420408</span><span class="invisible">6754709951</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>dude who waited 2.5 years to get his <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a> money only to deposit it into <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bybit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bybit</span></a> an hour before that company was hit with the largest hack/theft in human history is basically the crypto industry in a nutshell.</p>
Ecologia Digital<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://snac.lx.oliva.nom.br/lxo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lxo</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@mudaste" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mudaste</span></a></span> </p><p>"Povolotski: This isn't $20. This is not $100 million. This is like 200 to— this is <a href="https://mato.social/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a> type of shit.<br> Chow: Fucking hell, man. I feel sick… This is, this is, this is, this is <a href="https://mato.social/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a> level, man.<br>Later in the call, Povolotski reiterates: “This is in the multi-millions with a president, two presidents, one with his wife and the other is a president. Like, this is... I don't know anyone higher.” <br><a href="https://mato.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://mato.social/tags/cryptoscam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptoscam</span></a> <a href="https://mato.social/tags/Milei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Milei</span></a> <a href="https://mato.social/tags/Argentina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Argentina</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-77/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">citationneeded.news/issue-77/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>dug up this video of my avatar on earth talking about <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DanielleSassoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanielleSassoon</span></a>'s performance during the SBF trial, years before Ms. Sassoon defied Trump and resigned yesterday rather than corruptly drop charges against <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://x.com/Cryptadamist/status/1719213245423116571" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/Cryptadamist/status/1719</span><span class="invisible">213245423116571</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nypol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nypol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ny</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/newyork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newyork</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/newyorkcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newyorkcity</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AG</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PamBondi</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jab01701mid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jab01701mid</span></a></span> yeah i'm surprised that they agreed to turn over the notes, but i suspect there's a lot more to the story behind that footnote that we will learn in due time.</p><p>as someone who had the pleasure of observing <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DanielleSassoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanielleSassoon</span></a> in action live and and in person during the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a> / <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a> trial i can attest to the fact that she is an *incredibly* effective communicator. read any of the press about the trial and you will see everyone who watched it observed this to be true. "holy shit that DA Sassoon is fucking crushing this" was like 70% of all discussion during breaks in the trial over in the journalists' section.</p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>darling of the FTX trial <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DanielleSassoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanielleSassoon</span></a> (she handled the cross examination of Sam Bankman-Fried) has apparently resigned rather than drop the corruption charges against <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a>.</p><p>I had a lot to say about Ms. Sassoon on my threads about the SBF trial, which I flew to New York to attend: <a href="https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/the-sam-bankman-fried-trial-and-the" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cryptadamus.substack.com/p/the</span><span class="invisible">-sam-bankman-fried-trial-and-the</span></a></p><p>tl;dr she was a very, very effective prosecutor.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NYPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYPol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NewYorkCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorkCity</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/KleptocracyIsComing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KleptocracyIsComing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>Trump's regime = Meritocracy or Plutocracy? </p><p>"Stanford Law School Professors Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried had meetings in recent weeks with lawyers and other figures considered to be in Trump’s orbit about clemency for their 32-year-old son, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for fraud, the person said. It’s unclear if outreach has been made to the White House.</p><p>Bankman and Fried declined to comment. A lawyer for Bankman-Fried, who’s also filed a legal appeal of his 2023 conviction on charges tied to the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. The White House declined to comment.</p><p>The president’s swift use of his pardon power, including for Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, has encouraged a rush among white-collar defendants eager to put their case before Trump.<br>In seeking Trump’s mercy, Bankman-Fried — who went from industry darling to villain overnight — would be appealing to a man who went from crypto skeptic to booster. The crypto industry and the libertarian movement strongly advocated for a pardon for Ulbricht, who was serving a life sentence for drug-trafficking and money-laundering that occurred on his site."</p><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-30/sam-bankman-fried-s-parents-explore-seeking-trump-pardon-for-son" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">25-01-30/sam-bankman-fried-s-parents-explore-seeking-trump-pardon-for-son</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crypto</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@MarkBrigham" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MarkBrigham</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/markbrigham.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>markbrigham.bsky.social</span></a></span> </p><p>Rep. Tom Emmer to Sam Bankman-Fried (the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a> scammer) on the floor of the Congress below. Dude's slavishly corrupt even by republican standards.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/MpIPlb7mYTE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/MpIPlb7mYTE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TomEmmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TomEmmer</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> the crypto bros are big mad about the collapse of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Silvergate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Silvergate</span></a> and Signature banks (AKA "the big crypto banks"). the conspiracy theory they have about the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FDIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDIC</span></a> is called "Operation Chokepoint 2.0" if you want to look into it.</p><p>(the reality is that Silvergate and Signature banks were massive money laundering hubs, moving literally trillions of dollars a year in untracked funds outside of all money laundering regulations. they were both intimately connected to <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a>)</p><p>cc <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toad.social/@KimPerales" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>KimPerales</span></a></span> ICYMI </p><p>i published this 4 months before Signature Bank collapsed: <a href="https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/signature-bank-ftx-and-trueusd-a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cryptadamus.substack.com/p/sig</span><span class="invisible">nature-bank-ftx-and-trueusd-a</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SBNY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBNY</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SI</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SignatureBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignatureBank</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crypto</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/OperationChokepoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OperationChokepoint</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/OperationChokepoint2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OperationChokepoint2</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Perhaps nobody has spent more to buy a break from public scrutiny than the <a href="https://c.im/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> industry. </p><p>“The crypto guys are just blowing it out,” an anonymous Trump advisor told Axios. <br>“It used to be $1 million was a big number. Now we’re looking at some folks giving like $10 [million] or $20 million.” </p><p>They want a friendly Securities and Exchange Commission. </p><p>Venture capitalist and PayPal Mafioso David <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sacks</span></a> has already been named as a “crypto czar.” </p><p>And there’s a pending executive order to name crypto <br>“a national imperative or priority <br>— strategic wording intended to guide government agencies to work with the industry,” according to Bloomberg. </p><p>We may even be about to witness our very first presidential meme coin pump-and-dump. </p><p>Crypto is good for little besides crime and gambling -- and less regulation means more chances for people to get scammed by the next <a href="https://c.im/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a>. </p><p>(Speaking of gambling, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Robinhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Robinhood</span></a> donated $2 million to the Trump inaugural fund.) </p><p>On top of that, the executive order means a higher likelihood of crypto getting shoveled into new government projects — whether it’s useful or not. </p><p>Crypto capture could even extend to soft-pedaling enforcement of the assorted criminal industries that rely on it.</p><p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/20/24346317/trump-gangster-tech-regulation-corruption-grift" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/2025/1/20/2434631</span><span class="invisible">7/trump-gangster-tech-regulation-corruption-grift</span></a></p>
LilMikeSF<p>ex-Orlando Magic and <a href="https://c.im/tags/NBA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NBA</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Lakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lakers</span></a> star, Shaquille O’Neal, will pay $11 million in a <a href="https://c.im/tags/settlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>settlement</span></a> to end claims brought by investors who purchased an <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ass</span></a> load of Astrals <a href="https://c.im/tags/NFT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NFT</span></a>. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Shaq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shaq</span></a> is linked to the bunk <a href="https://c.im/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scam</span></a> that he promoted prior to the <a href="https://c.im/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/cryptocollapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocollapse</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://buff.ly/3Wk5tF1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/3Wk5tF1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@todwest" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>todwest</span></a></span> actual tweets by an actual bro before and after <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a> collapsed:</p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"In the span of only a few days in November 2024, the FTX bankruptcy estate filed over thirty adversary cases.1 Several target political action committees and non-profits that received hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars from FTX as part of the company’s political influence campaigns and reputation polishing efforts. Others target other cryptocurrency exchanges where Alameda Research or affiliated entities were trading — sometimes secretly — and where account balances haven’t been released back to the bankruptcy estate. Some target FTX customers engaged in criminal behavior. And some target employees, contractors, or business associates of FTX and its entities."</p><p><a href="https://www.citationneeded.news/not-just-one-bad-apple/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">citationneeded.news/not-just-o</span><span class="invisible">ne-bad-apple/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crypto</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/CryptoCurrencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoCurrencies</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AlamedaResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlamedaResearch</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/PonziScheme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PonziScheme</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>molly0xfff</span></a></span> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GenesisBlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenesisBlock</span></a> is the cash for crypto <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a> subsidiary outside of whose <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HongKong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HongKong</span></a> office people were lining up with garbage bags full of cash every day for years according to reporting in The Financial Times.</p><p>connect the dots: it's the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/triads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>triads</span></a> (AKA "the chinese mafias") converting exfiltrated chinese flight capital into the $38 billion worth of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tether</span></a> that <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a> minted on <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JustinSun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JustinSun</span></a>'s <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tron</span></a> blockchain.</p><p><a href="https://x.com/Cryptadamist/status/1844602365833330875" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/Cryptadamist/status/1844</span><span class="invisible">602365833330875</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FT</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Alphaville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alphaville</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BTC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PRC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USDT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDT</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TronBlockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TronBlockchain</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tronscan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tronscan</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/moneylaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moneylaundering</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>All of this and more in the last Citation Needed issue of the year.</p><p>If you like my writing and want to support my work, please consider signing up for a pay-what-you-want subscription! It really helps me to keep doing this.</p><p><a href="https://www.citationneeded.news/signup" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">citationneeded.news/signup</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>Troublingly, the conditions that enabled FTX’s fraud remain unchanged today. With the same red flags waving across today’s cryptocurrency industry, it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that similar frauds have only yet to be discovered.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a></p>
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