"Blockchain Eight" when you coulda had "Chain Gang"? Cmon.
It's a reference to the "Keating Five".
Congressmembers Tried to Stop the SEC’s Inquiry into FTX
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Re: Congressmembers Tried to Stop the SEC’s Inquiry into FTX
#12The eight congressmen: Tom Emmer (R-MN) Warren Davidson (R-OH) Byron Donalds (R-FL) Ted Budd (R-NC) Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) Ritchie Torres (D-NY) Darren Soto (D-FL) The signed letter: https://emmer.house.gov/_cache/files/0/c/0c7fc863-7916-4b19-...
Their parties should kick them out and replace them with more principled people.
The thing about democracy is, even if the people make a bad choice it's still democracy
Re: Congressmembers Tried to Stop the SEC’s Inquiry into FTX
#13In March. And not FTX specifically, but crypto in general.
So, as d1str0 said, yes, very inflamatory (and misleading) headline.
Re: Congressmembers Tried to Stop the SEC’s Inquiry into FTX
#14The eight congressmen: Tom Emmer (R-MN) Warren Davidson (R-OH) Byron Donalds (R-FL) Ted Budd (R-NC) Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) Ritchie Torres (D-NY) Darren Soto (D-FL) The signed letter: https://emmer.house.gov/_cache/files/0/c/0c7fc863-7916-4b19-...
Why do they keep telling us bipartisanship is dead?
Re: Congressmembers Tried to Stop the SEC’s Inquiry into FTX
#15The eight congressmen: Tom Emmer (R-MN) Warren Davidson (R-OH) Byron Donalds (R-FL) Ted Budd (R-NC) Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) Ritchie Torres (D-NY) Darren Soto (D-FL) The signed letter: https://emmer.house.gov/_cache/files/0/c/0c7fc863-7916-4b19-...
Their parties should kick them out and replace them with more principled people.
Like... they guy running on whether he wants to be a warewolf or vampire? The lady worried about Jewish space lasers?
Just getting people who are sufficiently in touch with reality that they're merely corrupt seems like a win at this point.
Re: Congressmembers Tried to Stop the SEC’s Inquiry into FTX
#16The eight congressmen: Tom Emmer (R-MN) Warren Davidson (R-OH) Byron Donalds (R-FL) Ted Budd (R-NC) Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) Ritchie Torres (D-NY) Darren Soto (D-FL) The signed letter: https://emmer.house.gov/_cache/files/0/c/0c7fc863-7916-4b19-...
Why do they keep telling us bipartisanship is dead?
I think you'll find a lot of the things they tell us are wrong
Re: Congressmembers Tried to Stop the SEC’s Inquiry into FTX
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Their parties should kick them out and replace them with more principled people.
The thing about democracy is, even if the people make a bad choice it's still democracy
"The thing about democracy is, even if the people abuse their power it's still okay" - well, not much different from a non-violent dictatorship then.
Re: Congressmembers Tried to Stop the SEC’s Inquiry into FTX
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
Their parties should kick them out and replace them with more principled people.
That would be ideal but in reality these party members raised money for the party so.. they’re in 0 trouble as far as their party is concerned. The system is a farting contest that enables this behavior. Solution would be to do away with the 2 party system and make parties more responsible with consequences as being completely voted out if corruption isn’t handled. Now both Reps and Dems are corrupted and they known…
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Re: Congressmembers Tried to Stop the SEC’s Inquiry into FTX
#19"The March letter from eight House members—four Democrats and four Republicans—questioned the SEC’s authority to make informal inquiries to crypto and blockchain companies, and intimated that the requests violated federal law."
This wasn't an investigation into just FTX. This was a broader investigation into crypto companies, plural. The current post title of "Inquiry into FTX" seems to be editorializing. Dang must be slow on the tryptophan to not post the usual HN guidelines reprimand
Re: Congressmembers Tried to Stop the SEC’s Inquiry into FTX
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
That would be ideal but in reality these party members raised money for the party so.. they’re in 0 trouble as far as their party is concerned. The system is a farting contest that enables this behavior. Solution would be to do away with the 2 party system and make parties more responsible with consequences as being completely voted out if corruption isn’t handled. Now both Reps and Dems are corrupted and they known…
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She is also the biggest fundraiser and therefore really important for the party.