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Ben McKenzie

@ben_mckenzie
85 posts
2024-04-19
The first but certainly not the last.
2024-04-19 View on X
Axios

A US jury finds Avraham Eisenberg, a crypto trader who stole $110M on the Mango Markets exchange in 2022, guilty of fraud despite his “code is law” claim

but the outcome could also help protect it. By @Michael_Bodley 🗞️ Read more:... [image] @newyorkfbi : In the Justice Department's first cryptocurrency open-market manipulation case...

2024-04-06
It took a jury less than two hours to find Do and his co liable for the Ponzi he ran. It took another jury less than 5 hrs to convict SBF. These cases are open and shut. If the crypto industry wants to survive, it must follow the law. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2024-04-06 View on X
Bloomberg

A US jury finds Terraform Labs and Do Kwon liable for fraud in a US SEC lawsuit, boosting SEC's efforts to assert greater control over the crypto industry

- Terraform 2022 failure wiped out $40 billion in investor funds  — Kwon criminal trial on hold over extradition from Montenegro

2024-02-19
Great article by ⁦@ZekeFaux⁩ shedding some light on how the Tether/FTX/Alameda relationship worked. As I testified to ⁦@SenateBanking⁩ the day after Sam's arrest, Sam was the biggest customer of ⁦⁦@Tether_to⁩ ... https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2024-02-19 View on X
Bloomberg

A Florida court filing accuses the Bahamas-based Deltec Bank of giving Alameda Research a short-term line of credit worth billions of dollars to buy Tether

Zeke Faux / Bloomberg :

Sam gets sentenced next month. CZ's sentencing was pushed to April. I'm sure these guys would never turn on each other.
2024-02-19 View on X
Bloomberg

A Florida court filing accuses the Bahamas-based Deltec Bank of giving Alameda Research a short-term line of credit worth billions of dollars to buy Tether

Zeke Faux / Bloomberg :

2023-11-04
SBF's conviction on all counts is a pivotal moment for crypto, but there is more to come. Sam's company Alameda Research was the biggest client of @Tether_to. @cz of Binance was one of FTX's first investors. Good luck to the players still seated at the table.
2023-11-04 View on X
TechCrunch

A jury finds Sam Bankman-Fried guilty on all seven counts of fraud and money laundering in the FTX trial; the judge sets SBF's sentencing for March 28, 2024

and what comes next Qadir AK / Coinpedia Fintech News : DOJ Cracks Down: Binance and Tether Face Terrorism Financing Charges PC Gamer : ‘The king of crypto’ found guilty of fraud, ...

2023-11-03
SBF's conviction on all counts is a pivotal moment for crypto, but there is more to come. Sam's company Alameda Research was the biggest client of @Tether_to. @cz of Binance was one of FTX's first investors. Good luck to the players still seated at the table.
2023-11-03 View on X
TechCrunch

A jury finds Sam Bankman-Fried guilty on all seven counts of fraud and conspiracy in the FTX trial; the judge sets SBF's sentencing for March 28, 2024

Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder and former CEO of crypto exchange FTX and trading firm Alameda Research, has been found guilty …

2023-09-07
A great ⁦@ZekeFaux⁩ piece in ⁦@NYMag⁩. Giving me flashbacks! https://nymag.com/...
2023-09-07 View on X
New York Magazine

An excerpt from the book Number Go Up details an April 2022 FTX conference in the Bahamas, where writer Michael Lewis lavished Sam Bankman-Fried with praise

Three years ago, nobody knew who you were.  And now you're sitting on the cover of magazines.  And you're a gazillionaire.

2023-09-01
“Users are encouraged to convert their BUSD assets into other available assets on Binance prior to February 2024. Users may trade their BUSD balances for FDUSD at zero trading fees, or convert their BUSD balances to FDUSD at 1:1.” Hilarious. https://www.binance.com/...
2023-09-01 View on X
CoinDesk

Binance plans to “gradually” end support for its BUSD stablecoin by February 2024, as “Paxos halted minting of new BUSD” after an NYDFS order in February 2023

Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk :

2023-08-31
“Users are encouraged to convert their BUSD assets into other available assets on Binance prior to February 2024. Users may trade their BUSD balances for FDUSD at zero trading fees, or convert their BUSD balances to FDUSD at 1:1.” Hilarious. https://www.binance.com/...
2023-08-31 View on X
CoinDesk

Binance plans to “gradually” end support for its BUSD stablecoin by February 2024, citing Paxos ceasing to mint new BUSD after an NYDFS order in February 2023

The move follows Paxos' decision to halt minting of new BUSD.  —  Cryptocurrency exchange Binance said it will …

2023-08-23
Binance helps avoid sanctions on Russia using Tether 🤔 https://apple.news/...
2023-08-23 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Investigation: despite scaling back in Russia in 2022, Binance continues to handle substantial ruble trading, helping clients evade sanctions via intermediaries

Binance is helping Russians move money abroad, potentially adding to its sprawling legal problems in the U.S. The cryptocurrency giant …

2023-07-15
A great one. The Ripple decision is...weird! 🤷‍♂️
2023-07-15 View on X
Bloomberg

The Ripple ruling implies securities laws protect only sophisticated investors, the opposite of the US stock market's rule, and seems likely to work out poorly

Crypto tokens are securities unless you are anonymously dumping them on retail investors. LinkedIn: Kelvin Low . Twitter: @smdiehl , @matt_levine , @exlawyernft , @ben_mckenzie , @...

2023-06-07
Cool. And https://binance.us/ definitely has the money, right? Right? https://twitter.com/...
2023-06-07 View on X
CoinDesk

Court filing: the SEC asked a DC court to grant a temporary restraining order that would freeze assets tied to Binance.US' holding and operating companies

The filing comes a day after the SEC sued Binance.  —  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) asked a court to grant …

Fun fact: Coinbase went public on April 14, 2021. Gary Gensler assumed office on April 17, 2021. Blame him all you want, but the guy doesn't have a Time Machine.
2023-06-07 View on X
Bloomberg

A look at the similarities and differences between the SEC's lawsuits against Coinbase and Binance, as the SEC views every crypto exchange in the US as illegal

SEC v. Crypto  —  “A decent rule of thumb,” I wrote in March, “is that all cryptocurrency exchanges are doing crimes …

2023-06-05
Who is Guangying Chen? 🤔 https://www.reuters.com/...
2023-06-05 View on X
Reuters

Bank records: from 2019 to 2020, Binance executive Guangying Chen operated five Silvergate accounts belonging to Binance's purportedly independent US affiliate

A senior Binance executive was the main operator for five bank accounts belonging to the giant cryptocurrency exchange's purportedly …

Who is Guangying Chen? 🤔 https://www.reuters.com/...
2023-06-05 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Binance's Richard Teng is the frontrunner to become CEO if Changpeng Zhao steps down, as US regulatory scrutiny makes succession planning more urgent

In mid-May, cryptocurrency exchange Binance got some bad news in a far-flung corner of its sprawling universe.

2023-05-31
I'm exploring letting some people betting on BenCoin®️ keep their real money in their real pockets https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2023-05-31 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Binance is discussing letting some of its institutional clients use bank deposits as collateral for margin trading, to help reduce counterparty risk

2023-05-18
This will end well https://twitter.com/...
2023-05-18 View on X
The Block

Tether plans to invest up to 15% of its profits in bitcoin, as the stablecoin developer shifts its reserves toward crypto and away from US government debt

- Tether is set to purchase bitcoin on a regular basis from its profits.  — It held $1.5 billion in bitcoin as of the end of the first quarter …

2022-12-12
Cc: ⁦US law enforcement https://www.forbes.com/...
2022-12-12 View on X
Reuters

Sources: US prosecutors are split on charging Binance and its executives over possible money laundering and sanctions violations and have discussed a plea deal

Splits between U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors are delaying the conclusion of a long-running criminal investigation …

2022-12-02
If you believe that Sam and his pals lived together, slept together, and ran FTX and Alameda out of offices next to each other, and yet Sam never knew about commingling funds I have a fake currency to sell you oh wait
2022-12-02 View on X
New York Times

A video and live blog of Sam Bankman-Fried being interviewed by Andrew Ross Sorkin at the New York Times' DealBook Summit, covering FTX, Alameda, and more

FTX, the crypto exchange Mr. Bankman-Fried founded, declared bankruptcy this month in a failure that wiped out billions of investor dollars.

ALAMEDA, TETHER, and the dirty little secret everyone in crypto knows 🧵 https://twitter.com/...
2022-12-02 View on X
Bloomberg

In his NYT interview, SBF gave few straight answers while admitting to gross errors, denying claims of fraud, and claiming he “didn't knowingly commingle funds”

You hold customers' funds and don't do ANYTHING with them except hold them. When your customers ask for them back you give it to them - immediately. https://twitter.com/... @cmsint...