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@scottmelker

@scottmelker
107 posts
2025-10-24
Shame on you, Senator. @cz_binance did not plead guilty to money laundering. He plead guilty for causing Binance to violate the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) by failing to implement an effective anti-money-laundering program. Ocean of difference between the two.
2025-10-24 View on X
Bloomberg

Trump's pardon of CZ is a gift to the crypto industry, which has spent heavily to ease regulations and rewrite history to remove associations with criminality

The move by Trump comes as his family works to profit from coins.

Shame on you, Senator. @cz_binance did not plead guilty to money laundering. He plead guilty for causing Binance to violate the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) by failing to implement an effective anti-money-laundering program. Ocean of difference between the two.
2025-10-24 View on X
Wall Street Journal

President Trump pardons convicted Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, following months of efforts by Zhao to boost the Trump family's World Liberty Financial

reporting no longer grounded in truth. The facts are clear and stated as follows: 👇 @acyn : Collins: Can you explain why you chose to pardon the founder of Binance and did it have ...

2025-03-07
SBF has been in prison for two years and still has zero remorse - in fact, he thinks that this all just kind of happened to him and that he is innocent. Enjoy the muffins.
2025-03-07 View on X
CoinDesk

In a Tucker Carlson interview, Sam Bankman-Fried says he was becoming closer to the GOP in the lead-up to his arrest and that played a role in his sentencing

where Luigi Mangione is also being held Bluesky: Dotto / @idott : I can haz pardon? Bernie Michalik / @berniemichalik.ca : I think I'm going to have to start a website called: isSB...

2024-11-08
Detroit Set to Accept Crypto For Tax Payments In 2025 Detroit will soon become the largest U.S. city to allow residents to pay taxes with crypto, joining just a few states—Colorado, Utah, and Louisiana—that currently accept crypto for government payments. Starting in mid-2025, [image]
2024-11-08 View on X
Decrypt

Detroit plans to accept crypto for tax and fee payments from mid-2025 via a PayPal platform that will convert them to USD, becoming the largest US city to do so

Starting in mid-2025, Detroit residents will be able to pay with popular cryptos like Bitcoin and Ethereum through a PayPal-managed platform.

2024-03-29
SBF is going to come out of prison firing on all cylinders in Web5 on Layer 7s.
2024-03-29 View on X
Reuters

A US judge sentences Sam Bankman-Fried to 25 years in prison for stealing from users of his now-bankrupt FTX crypto exchange and orders him to forfeit $11B+

Past 6 pm on December 29 … Matthew Russell Lee / Matthew Russell Lee's Newsletter : Aftermath: SBF Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison After Coin Flip and Presidential Aspirations Cite...

SBF is showing absolutely no remorse. He just claimed there were always enough assets to pay back clients. He's burying himself further. He may actually believe his own bullshit.
2024-03-29 View on X
Reuters

A US judge sentences Sam Bankman-Fried to 25 years in prison for stealing from users of his now-bankrupt FTX crypto exchange and orders him to forfeit $11B+

Past 6 pm on December 29 … Matthew Russell Lee / Matthew Russell Lee's Newsletter : Aftermath: SBF Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison After Coin Flip and Presidential Aspirations Cite...

2023-10-26
SBF is going to testify. Must have smuggled some adderall into prison.
2023-10-26 View on X
Bloomberg

Sam Bankman Fried's lawyers say SBF plans to testify in his own trial when they start their case later this week, after damaging testimony from his inner circle

2023-10-12
SBF was really bad at crime.
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.

2023-08-03
I love this. I've never really considered having a subscribe feature or subscribing to others, but strongly thinking about it now.
2023-08-03 View on X
@elonmusk

Elon Musk says X will amend its creator payouts policy to take no cut until a payout exceeds $100K, and plans to talk to Tim Cook about lower App Store fees

Super Important to Support Creators! If you can afford it, please subscribe to as many creators on this platform as you find interesting. People from every corner of the world post...

2023-07-07
I was sent numerous tips that Kraken was in trouble, that their offices had been raided, money laundering, illicit activity. All because a NYTimes reporter was sniffing around. I didn't share any of it. And... it ended up being this nothing burger.... https://www.nytimes.com/...
2023-07-07 View on X
New York Times

Sources: the FBI searched Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell's home in March 2023, as part of US prosecutors' probe into claims he hacked a nonprofit he founded

Federal agents were investigating Jesse Powell, the founder of the crypto exchange Kraken, over claims that he hacked and cyber-stalked a nonprofit arts group.

2023-06-17
I have said countless times since FTX collapsed that Wall Street will be making a big move into the space and that regulators will likely choose them over our incumbant platforms.. And now Blackrock files for a Bitcoin ETF... https://www.coindesk.com/...
2023-06-17 View on X
Reuters

BlackRock files a US SEC application to register a spot bitcoin ETF, using Coinbase Custody as its custodian; the SEC has rejected all bitcoin spot ETFs to date

Analyst Calls It a ‘Real Deal’ Spot Bitcoin ETF Filing U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission : iShares Bitcoin Trust The Daily Hodl : Billionaire Mike Novogratz Says BlackRock Fi...

2023-06-16
I have said countless times since FTX collapsed that Wall Street will be making a big move into the space and that regulators will likely choose them over our incumbant platforms.. And now Blackrock files for a Bitcoin ETF... https://www.coindesk.com/...
2023-06-16 View on X
Reuters

BlackRock files an SEC application to register its iShares Bitcoin Trust as a spot bitcoin ETF, using Coinbase Custody as its custodian

BlackRock (BLK.N), the world's biggest asset manager, on Thursday filed for a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) that would allow investors to get exposure …

2023-06-08
Binance should share Gary Gensler's resume, would love to see his listed hobbies.
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.

Catherine Coley was the first guest on my podcast ever. I hope she comes back soon. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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.

Catherine Coley was the first guest on my podcast ever. I hope she comes back soon. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2023-06-08 View on X
Bloomberg

The SEC's Binance lawsuit includes testimony from ex-Binance.US CEO Catherine Coley, who joined in 2019 before suddenly leaving two years later without a trace

Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg :

2023-06-07
The SEC's mandate it to protect consumers. How does attempting to lock them out of their accounts indefinitely serve this mandate? 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 …

2023-05-23
New Binance FUD just dropped. Seems like a nothing burger from years ago. Digging in now. https://www.reuters.com/...
2023-05-23 View on X
Reuters

Sources: in 2020 and 2021, Binance commingled customer funds with revenue; a source says the sums ran into billions of dollars in Silvergate-held accounts

The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, commingled customer funds with company revenue in 2020 and 2021 …

2023-04-26
Good job, Gary. https://twitter.com/...
2023-04-26 View on X
Bloomberg

Voyager Digital says Binance.US terminated an agreement to acquire the bankrupt crypto broker for $1B, less than a week after the US abandoned stopping the deal

Yueqi Yang / Bloomberg :

Good job, Gary. https://twitter.com/...
2023-04-26 View on X
New York Times

A look at the mounting US pressure on Binance: the DOJ's money laundering division leading its criminal investigation, CZ hiring Latham & Watkins, and more

The scrutiny on Binance, the giant cryptocurrency exchange, has sent new tremors through a market that is still bruised by the implosion of FTX.

2023-03-24
Coinbase is going to bury the SEC in court. They have the war chest and facts on their side. The judicial system has been dunking on the SEC in every available situation. Let's go. https://twitter.com/...
2023-03-24 View on X
CNBC

Filing: Coinbase received an SEC notice warning the exchange of potential US securities law violations that could lead to enforcement actions; COIN drops 10%+