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FTX hearing: Senate edition
A recap of the Senate hearing on "Crypto Crash: Why the FTX Bubble Burst and the Harm to Consumers", which featured witnesses both advocating for and critical of crypto.
Molly White
Molly White is a researcher, software engineer, and prominent critic of cryptocurrencies and blockchain-based projects.
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The charges against Sam Bankman-Fried and the first FTX Congressional hearing
An overview of the charges filed against SBF from three agencies today, and a recap of the Congressional hearing that featured four hours of testimony from FTX's new CEO.
Crypto recaps
Issue 13 – Don't threaten me with a good time
Sam Bankman-Fried tells me he doesn't think he'll be arrested several hours before he is arrested. Also, Decentraland introduces landlords.
Crypto recaps
Issue 12 – Destablecoins destabilize
Bankruptcies pile up, Orthogonal Trading goes pear-shaped, and crypto exchanges perform layoffs... again.
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Everything Sam Bankman-Fried is doing is in singular pursuit of not going to jail
And it is critical that we all keep that at the forefronts of our minds.
Crypto recaps
Issue 11 – A different sort of animal
Many, many companies look for a bailout in the wake of the FTX collapse while a group of Elon Musk stans take sycophancy to new heights.
Crypto recaps
Issue 10 – Speedrunning the evolution of modern finance
The FTX dumpster fire rages on, Crypto.com had a quiet $400 million+ oopsie a month ago, and Binance comes up with a novel idea to add stability to a financial system.
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The FTX collapse: the latest revelations (part three)
Bankruptcy filings, private messages, and leaked balance sheets reveal some of the chaos at FTX. Here's what we know now.
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The Sam Bankman-Fried empire crumbled. What does it mean? (part two)
Hold on to your butts.
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The Sam Bankman-Fried empire crumbled. What happened? (part one)
Shorter title: SBF, FTX, WTF?
Crypto recaps
Issue 9 – How the mighty are falling
FTX goes from rescuer to rescuee, stolen Bitcoin is seized ten years after the theft, and a "whitehat" hack may not be so whitehat
Crypto recaps
Issue 8 – French fry fiascos
A fast food franchise DAO apparently exists, and Hodlnaut tries to hodl on.
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A shift to Substack
And some programming changes
Crypto recaps
Issue 7 – Stoppable domains
In the courts The judge overseeing the Voyager bankruptcy has allowed Voyager to move forward with the first steps of a deal in which FTX will buy Voyager's assets for $1.422 billion. This is despite an objection from Texas regulators, who disclosed in a filing that they
Crypto recaps
Issue 6 – Vanity is often the unseen spur
Four hacks in one day, Gary Gensler v. Kim Kardashian, and a CNN rug pull
Crypto recaps
Issue 5 – For thousands of years men dreamed of pacts with demons
The $160 million Wintermute hack, the fall of a young Crypto King, and the (possible) destruction of priceless art