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@bennetttomlin

@bennetttomlin
67 posts
2024-01-01
Ugh, this was my fear when they broke it out. Same way they never bothered with prosecuting Ross for murder-for-hire they're never going to prosecute some of the more interesting SBF charges
2024-01-01 View on X
Reuters

Filing: US prosecutors have decided not to pursue a second trial against Sam Bankman-Fried, as much of the evidence was already presented at the first trial

2023-12-31
Ugh, this was my fear when they broke it out. Same way they never bothered with prosecuting Ross for murder-for-hire they're never going to prosecute some of the more interesting SBF charges
2023-12-31 View on X
Reuters

Filing: US prosecutors have decided not to pursue a second trial against Sam Bankman-Fried, as much of the evidence was already presented at the first trial

U.S. prosecutors said on Friday they do not plan to proceed with a second trial against Sam Bankman-Fried, who was convicted …

2023-12-30
Ugh, this was my fear when they broke it out. Same way they never bothered with prosecuting Ross for murder-for-hire they're never going to prosecute some of the more interesting SBF charges
2023-12-30 View on X
Reuters

Filing: US prosecutors have decided not to pursue a second trial against Sam Bankman-Fried, as much of the evidence was already presented at the first trial

U.S. prosecutors said on Friday they do not plan to proceed with a second trial against Sam Bankman-Fried, who was convicted …

2023-11-02
Sam Bankman-Fried's defense was truly boxed in by the number of co-conspirators willing to describe in great detail the schemes of Sam Bankman-Fried, and the large amount of contemporaneous evidence of Sam Bankman-Fried knowing about and directing these schemes.
2023-11-02 View on X
The Verge

US v. SBF: in closing statements, the US relied heavily on evidence to argue SBF is guilty and he was “greedy” while SBF's defense managed to make things worse

Mistakes aren't illegal, but fraud is — and Bankman-Fried's lawyers never made his defense land.

2023-10-12
Oh my god, the hedge that Sam thought would save Alameda, the one he was angry that Caroline did not do, was not a direct crypto hedge, but selling short S&P 500 Futures on the assumption they were correlated with crypto and would hedge their crypto-long position
2023-10-12 View on X
The Block

Caroline Ellison's well-prepared testimony painted Sam Bankman-Fried as the ultimate decision-maker at FTX and a corrupting influence on his subordinates

- Government prosecutors completed their direct examination of former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison on Wednesday in the fraud trial of Sam Bankman-Fried.

Oh my god, the hedge that Sam thought would save Alameda, the one he was angry that Caroline did not do, was not a direct crypto hedge, but selling short S&P 500 Futures on the assumption they were correlated with crypto and would hedge their crypto-long position
2023-10-12 View on X
New York Times

At SBF's trial, the personal dynamics between him and his friends are a vital component of the case, making clear how much his inner circle has turned on him

The FTX founder's criminal trial has made clear just how much his inner circle has turned against him. X: @lylepratt , @jespow , @bradydale , @runnerxbt , @zekefaux , @ritwik_priya...

Gary Wang: “Sam mentioned the possibility of selling short some S&P 500 futures, and then a few days after that, the price of a bunch of cryptocurrencies fell, and then after that, Sam sent a bunch more messages being angry at Alameda for not doing that.”
2023-10-12 View on X
Bloomberg

US v. SBF: Caroline Ellison says SBF asked her to make false balance sheets to hide debt, he considered offering FTX shares to the Saudi crown prince, and more

Caroline testified that SBF ordered her to use FTX customer funds to cover up for Alameda's losses — and to lie to lenders about it.  She was in a “constant state of dread” about t...

2023-08-27
There's a lot of bankruptcies that use Kroll, going to be a lot of data floating around
2023-08-27 View on X
CoinDesk

Hackers access some customer data at FTX, Genesis, and BlockFi by SIM swapping an employee of Kroll, which manages creditor claims for the bankrupt companies

We were recently informed that on Saturday, August 19, 2023 … Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer : Kroll data breach exposes info of FTX, BlockFi, Genesis creditors Pierluigi Paganini ...

2023-08-26
There's a lot of bankruptcies that use Kroll, going to be a lot of data floating around
2023-08-26 View on X
CoinDesk

FTX, Genesis, and BlockFi customer data is compromised after a SIM swap against an employee of Kroll, which manages creditor claims for the bankrupt companies

A ‘cybersecurity incident’ affected Kroll, which gathers customer claim data on behalf of bankrupt companies.  —  Register Now

2023-06-24
Another Frank! https://twitter.com/...
2023-06-24 View on X
The Information

Social media startup IRL is shutting down after an investigation by its board concluded that 95% of its claimed 20M MAUs were “automated or from bots”

Last year, the CEO of messaging app IRL repeatedly said it had 20 million monthly active users, who chatted about shared interests and planned real-world events together. LinkedIn:...

2023-06-09
lol Binance US had funds at Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate, and Signature. That's an impressive run.
2023-06-09 View on X
The Block

Court documents: the SEC accuses Binance and Binance.US of redirecting $12B+ in customer assets to entities controlled by co-founder CZ between 2019 and 2021

If you are wilfully violating securities law, I have some advice: do not put … Allyson Versprille / Bloomberg : Elizabeth Warren Says Binance Appears to Have Lied to Lawmakers Wall...

lol Binance US had funds at Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate, and Signature. That's an impressive run.
2023-06-09 View on X
Reuters

Binance.US suspends USD deposits and notifies customers that their banking partners are preparing to pause fiat withdrawal channels as early as June 13

Binance.US on Thursday said the company is suspending USD deposits while notifying customers that their banking partners are preparing to pause fiat …

2023-06-08
lol Binance US had funds at Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate, and Signature. That's an impressive run.
2023-06-08 View on X
The Block

Court documents: the SEC accuses Binance and Binance.US of redirecting $12B+ in customer assets to entities controlled by Changpeng Zhao between 2019 and 2021

The Securities and Exchange Commission has accused Binance and Binance.US of redirecting over $12 billion in customer assets …

lol Binance US had funds at Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate, and Signature. That's an impressive run.
2023-06-08 View on X
CNBC

Court filings: Binance's lawyers allege SEC Chair Gary Gensler offered to be an advisor to the company in March 2019 when he was teaching at MIT Sloan

- According to a new filing from Binance's lawyers, SEC Chair Gary Gensler offered to be an advisor to the crypto exchange in 2019.

2023-05-14
I remember when Binance “exited” the United States https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2023-05-14 View on X
CoinDesk

Binance announces its exit from Canada, saying the country's “new guidance related to stablecoins and investor limits” makes the market “no longer tenable”

the one-time home of cofounder CZ—claiming market conditions are ‘no longer tenable’ Benson Toti / CoinJournal : Binance announces exit from Canada Sarah Wynn / Cryptonews : Binanc...

2023-04-22
I was not aware these were separate teams https://twitter.com/...
2023-04-22 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Google announces Google DeepMind, a unit combining DeepMind's team and Google Research's Brain team, to be led by DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis as its CEO

2023-04-21
I was not aware these were separate teams https://twitter.com/...
2023-04-21 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Google announces Google DeepMind, a unit combining DeepMind's team and Google Research's Brain team, to be led by DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis as its CEO

two sides of incumbent disruption. Miles Kruppa / @mileskruppa : Google is merging its two AI research units into something called “Google DeepMind” led by DeepMind co-founder and ...

2023-03-03
LMAO so everyone leaving Silvergate for Signature is now going to leave Signature for... https://t.co/9S8tRJt78d
2023-03-03 View on X
CoinDesk

Coinbase, Circle, Paxos, Crypto.com, Bitstamp, Cboe, and Gemini suspend business operations with Silvergate, which reported being “less than well-capitalized”

Silvergate's clients Coinbase, Circle, Paxos, Crypto.com, Bitstamp, Cboe Digital Markets and Gemini said they will suspend business with the bank.

2023-01-11
I am truly amazed at how long Genesis has been able to avoid declaring bankruptcy. They've been kicking the can for so long! https://t.co/EVuw0jUl2a
2023-01-11 View on X
Bloomberg

Cameron Winklevoss demands that DCG's board remove CEO Barry Silbert and alleges he and Genesis lied publicly, after his January 8 resolution deadline passed

Gemini crypto exchange co-founder Cameron Winklevoss called for the board of Digital Currency Group to remove Barry Silbert …

2022-12-15
So the $113m Alameda investment in Toss (the Korean based payments provider) has nothing to do with the “weird Korean account” they were using right?
2022-12-15 View on X
Bloomberg

Internal FTX documentation shows a GitHub account bearing the name of engineering director Nishad Singh authored code to hide Alameda's ballooning liabilities

A GitHub account bearing the name of former FTX executive Nishad Singh authored code that hid Alameda Research's ballooning liabilities …