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Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: Perd Hapley on November 21, 2022, 05:26:17 PM
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Here's what the kids call an "explainer" about all this talk of FTXs and cryptocurrencies and such.
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/
An MIT physics grad, SBF [Sam Bankman-Fraud] honed his trading skills at renowned quant shop Jane Street Capital before launching a successful firm of his own, Alameda Research. In 2019 he founded crypto exchange FTX, hailed by some as the best derivatives platform ever built.
As recently as September, FTX was believed to be worth $32 billion. In addition to running the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Bankman-Fried continued to run Alameda Research. This is like having the same person running the New York Stock Exchange and Bridgewater Associates, to pick a market and a hedge fund that are familiar to most people.
Here's a quotation from someone who is apparently a finance janitor, who makes his living cleaning up unholy finance messes:
Never in my career have I seen such a complete failure of corporate controls and such a complete absence of trustworthy financial information as occurred here. From compromised systems integrity and faulty regulatory oversight abroad, to the concentration of control in the hands of a very small group of inexperienced, unsophisticated and potentially compromised individuals, this situation is unprecedented.
And a little color:
“Employees of the FTX Group submitted payment requests through an on-line ‘chat’ platform where a disparate group of supervisors approved disbursements by responding with personalized emojis.”
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For those with an aversion to reading:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20BEJouWBgY
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... and this seems a bit odd:
https://www.foxbusiness.com/sports/golden-state-warriors-sued-ftx-customer-crypto-exchanges-collapse
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The whole ball of wax is odd, and democrats and Ukraine are neck deep in it.
I also saw that FTX was a, if not the, major donor into research that put the kibosh on ivermectin, while investing heavily in other drug developments for covid.
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The Strange Morality of the Billionaire Left:
https://amgreatness.com/2022/11/20/the-strange-morality-of-the-bay-area-billionaire-left/
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Sam Bankman-Fried did not kill himself
BTW: Dashes in names bug me.
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BTW: Dashes in names bug me.
Like Ocasio-Cortez?
Or Rodham-Clinton?
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Like Ocasio-Cortez?
Or Rodham-Clinton?
Notice a pattern?
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SBF has been arrested:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-sec-announces-it-has-authorized-charges-against-ftx-founder-sam-bankman-fried-hours-after-his-arrest-in-the-bahamas/ar-AA15cNmW
We'll see if all his bribes campaign contributions make a difference.
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She just wanted to date him
AOC ‘disappointed’ Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested a day before she could question him
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2022/12/12/aoc-disappointed-sam-bankman-fried-was-arrested-a-day-before-she-could-question-him/
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Arrested a day before congressional testimony. How convenient (for certain dems). Maxine Waters wasn't even hiding her bias in statements she made.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FjaCWEdWIAQtuEG?format=jpg&name=small)
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https://babylonbee.com/news/lawmakers-prosecute-sam-bankman-fried-for-running-out-of-bribery-money
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Bets on him hanging "himself", the cameras not working, and the guard(s) just so happened to take an extended break that night.
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Epstein SBF didn’t kill himself.
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They probably need to have hearings all over again in 2023, after Waters is demoted or removed from her committee.
https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2022/12/14/guess-maxine-waters-forgot-the-rules-because-she-tried-to-end-ftx-hearing-before-gop-rep-could-inquire/
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Well, I guess this dude is off the hook.
https://twitchy.com/gordon-kushner/2023/07/27/sam-bankman-fried-charges-dropped-n2385776
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Still facing a bunch of charges that could put him in prison for a long, long time.
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Still facing a bunch of charges that could put him in prison for a long, long time.
25 years
Sam Bankman-Fried sentencing: Sam Bankman Fried is jailed for 25 YEARS for $8bn crypto fraud, as FTX scammer ignores grim-faced parents in court and judge slams him for perjury
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13248579/SBF-Sam-Bankman-Fried-court-FTX-setencing-prison-hearing-case.html