Earlier quoted context omitted.
Seems to me people have completely unrealistic expectations of how financial crimes play out. This will take years to unwind. Pretty obvious the "why isn't he in jail yet" screaming is coming from the same place as "why aren't I rich yet," on which this entire empire was built. This stuff takes time. He's very obviously going to prison. For context: Enron, whose operations and collapse caused way more negative impact…
Is the media tour a defense plan? Anyone who might be a decent juror is now exposed to news of the crime and prejudice against him.
Why Is No One Asking SFB What Happened to the $3.3B He Borrowed?
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#73Re: Why Is No One Asking SFB What Happened to the $3.3B He Borrowed?
#74It's SBF, not SFB.
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#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
The main thing people claim Tether does is: 1. pretend to have customers 2. pretend those customers have deposits 3. issue Tether to front those deposits 4. pump up their favorite coins with their newly minted Tethers My first suspicion would be that FTX was more fraudulent to its investors than people claim. It pretended to have a lot more customers & deposits than it actually did to pump up FTT, to get real money f…
What? How does Tether come into this? How is it related to FTX?
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#76This may be a "culture gap" (or language gap) between crypto and traditional finance. The FT text directly addresses the question that we're told "No one [is] asking." They asked where's the money, and they're exposing the fact that no coherent response has been forthcoming. That's reporting. The likely interpretation of that piece of reporting is crystal clear to the intended readership. (I.e., the money is probably…
The main thing people claim Tether does is: 1. pretend to have customers 2. pretend those customers have deposits 3. issue Tether to front those deposits 4. pump up their favorite coins with their newly minted Tethers My first suspicion would be that FTX was more fraudulent to its investors than people claim. It pretended to have a lot more customers & deposits than it actually did to pump up FTT, to get real money f…
Re: Why Is No One Asking SFB What Happened to the $3.3B He Borrowed?
#77This may be a "culture gap" (or language gap) between crypto and traditional finance. The FT text directly addresses the question that we're told "No one [is] asking." They asked where's the money, and they're exposing the fact that no coherent response has been forthcoming. That's reporting. The likely interpretation of that piece of reporting is crystal clear to the intended readership. (I.e., the money is probably…
Correct - the "everyone" is mainly NYT and some politicians. There are some questions there as it's a bit sketchy why they're treating him with such kid gloves.
That said, I can't find an exact citation, but one article back then noted replacing editors in attempt to be more neutral.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/17/new-york-ti...
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#78South Park has a perfect scene about that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3AM00DH0Zo
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#79Considering that part of the money went to you-know-who, it’s no surprise that those groups don’t ask any tough questions.
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#80Should be corrected from "SFB" to "SBF" (I know it's incorrect in the original title)