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I have no idea what you mean by "credit". I'm talking about recognition that someone was able to make a correct prediction or calculation. If someone is a mass murderer but invents cold fusion, You can hold both facts to be true. They made a great scientific discovery and that they were a killer. The facts are not in competition. SBF may have had a good read on the market, and a good eye for investments. He may also…
The root assumption in some of this thread is that "Well, should SBF get a lighter sentence because his victims can be made whole?" That's the "credit" part. No, he shouldn't. Crypto gains after the seizure of FTX funds are not of his doing, and shouldn't benefit him. Similarly, an argument can be made that he shouldn't necessarily have had access to some of the funds that he used for investment. I'm not denying (nor…
>And even more, it was luck and 'fortune' that this is the case now. It's nothing of SBF's doing. They're only able to be made whole because of the market. Crypto could easily have crashed. And then...?
If you arent addressing this point, you are in the wrong part of the threaded conversation.