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Sam Bankman-Fried Convicted

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Re: Sam Bankman-Fried Convicted

#21

Remember: this is not a cryptocurrency problem, it's a banking problem. This guy created a literal bank. People deposited funds in it. Instead of simply being a custodian, he took the money and "invested" it. And lost it all. I wish this sort of thing would happen every time bankers screwed things up. Instead the government bails them out.

> This guy created a literal bank

No he didn't. He created a hedge fund and a crypto exchange.

Re: Sam Bankman-Fried Convicted

#26

Remember: this is not a cryptocurrency problem, it's a banking problem. This guy created a literal bank. People deposited funds in it. Instead of simply being a custodian, he took the money and "invested" it. And lost it all. I wish this sort of thing would happen every time bankers screwed things up. Instead the government bails them out.

Pretty sure banks get audited to prevent this exact scenario from happening.

I guess you can call your bank a crypto bank, and skip the audits.

Re: Sam Bankman-Fried Convicted

#28
In under five hours! The jury was home in time for dinner.

One question for legal people—why is there such a long gap between conviction and sentencing? In this case, the sentence won't be set until March of next year.

Re: Sam Bankman-Fried Convicted

#29

Remember: this is not a cryptocurrency problem, it's a banking problem. This guy created a literal bank. People deposited funds in it. Instead of simply being a custodian, he took the money and "invested" it. And lost it all. I wish this sort of thing would happen every time bankers screwed things up. Instead the government bails them out.

Pretty sure banks get audited to prevent this exact scenario from happening.

Not really. No amount of auditing prevents banks from going bankrupt. It wasn't that long ago some Silicon Valley bank became insolvent and suffered a literal bank run. And people got bailed out. Again.
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