Justice James Mellor: "Dr. Wright is not the author of the Bitcoin White Paper. Second, Dr. Wright is not the person who adopted or operated under the pseudonym "Satoshi Nakamoto" in the period 2008 to 2011. Third, Dr. Wright is not the person who created the Bitcoin System. And, fourth, he is not the author of the initial versions of the Bitcoin software." Full written judgment still to come. #crypto #cryptocurrency #CraigWright #bitcoin #copa

Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has been ordered to surrender his Canadian passport. His bond conditions have also been updated to reflect previous rulings prohibiting him from leaving the US.

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#71 in United States v. Zhao (W.D. Wash., 2:23-cr-00179) – CourtListener.com

ORDER MODIFYING BOND as to Changpeng Zhao signed by Judge Richard A. Jones. (cc: USPO) (VE) (Entered: 03/11/2024)

#Binance #ChangpengZhao #CZ #crypto #cryptocurrency

man i hate the mastodon/bluesky fighting

An online pastor was charged in CO for a $1.3 million #crypto scam. He's released a 9-minute-long video explaining that the Lord told him to sell a cryptocurrency with no clear exit", and spend some of the proceeds on "a home remodel the Lord told us to do". Here's a supercut. or

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SBF is front page news, even on Wikipedia. Fun fact: I uploaded that photo! #SBF #FTX #cryptocurrency #crypto #Wikipedia

In the criminal trial against Sam Bankman-Fried, the judge just granted the USA's motions to exclude testimony from all seven expert witnesses he has proposed. The motion by SBF to exclude the government's one proposed witness, accounting professor Peter Easton, was denied.

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Order – #287 in United States v. BANKMAN-FRIED (S.D.N.Y., 1:22-cr-00673) – CourtListener.com

ORDER ON MOTIONS TO EXCLUDE PROPOSED EXPERT TESTIMONY as to Samuel Bankman-Fried: the Government's motions in limine (Dkt 236) are GRANTED to the e...

#SBF #FTX #USvSBF

Binance is hemorrhaging executives as regulatory heat intensifies, Sam Bankman-Fried's parents are now embroiled in the FTX bankruptcy (and soon criminal case?), and crypto companies continue to all be bankrupt and suing each other. Despite all that, some think now's the time to try to get people excited about crypto again with reality shows and celeb ads. Catch up:

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Issue 39 – Partners in crime (of the criminal sort)

The SEC is stuck in Binance's "house of mirrors", SBF's parents are officially defendants now, and a Hong Kong crypto exchange hurtles towards coll...

#newsletter #crypto #cryptocurrency

Sam Bankman-Fried's attorneys say that he needs to be released from custody and returned to his parents house so that he can spend more time reviewing documents and preparing his defense than he is able to in jail with limited access to the Internet.

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Letter – #240 in United States v. BANKMAN-FRIED (S.D.N.Y., 1:22-cr-00673) – CourtListener.com

LETTER by Samuel Bankman-Fried addressed to Judge Lewis A. Kaplan from Mark S. Cohen dated August 30, 2023 re: Discovery and Advice of Counsel Defe...

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well that's quite the twist... the government just alleged that, while searching Avi Eisenberg's devices for evidence pertaining to his exploit of the Mango Markets crypto project, they found child sexual abuse material More on the exploit: Document in screenshot:

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Memorandum in Opposition to Motion – #36 in United States v. Eisenberg (S.D.N.Y., 1:23-cr-00010) – CourtListener.com

MEMORANDUM in Opposition by USA as to Avraham Eisenberg re 27 MOTION to Dismiss and Motion to Suppress.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1, # 2 Exhibit 2...

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the New York Times is really scraping the barrel here to defend crypto "you'll learn a lot from making bad investment decisions" #crypto #cryptocurrency #Bitcoin

"The Government intends to offer into evidence certain handwritten and typed notes that Ellison maintained to keep track of the conspiracy’s activities... Ellison’s personal notes and to-do lists include entries such as a list titled 'Things Sam is Freaking Out About'..." #FTX #SBF #cryptocurrency #crypto

a blockchain organization and an oil company collaborate to fix the climate https://www.gitcoin.co/blog/gitcoin-shell-collaboration #crypto #cryptocurrency #greenwashing

i hope if i ever have the misfortune of appearing before a federal judge, courtroom sketch artists will also make me look shredded

My latest: Why Sam Bankman-Fried is on his way back to jail, plus a recap of this week's other events in the cryptoverse.

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Issue 36 – Sam Bankman-Jailed

"Just because the defendant was more subtle than a mobster doesn't mean it's OK."

it was the fuck aroundiest of times, it was the find outiest of times

In 30 minutes: a hearing on whether Sam Bankman-Fried will be remanded to jail after leaking to the press private diary entries of a witness in his case. See my past coverage of this: •

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The government is alleging that Sam Bankman-Fried shared diary entries by Alameda CEO and former girlfriend Caroline Ellison with the NYT. They des...

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Sam Bankman-Fried has responded to allegations that he shared documents with the New York Times in an attempt to influence the jury (see prev toot ...

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The government is asking Judge Kaplan to revoke Sam Bankman-Fried's release after he leaked Caroline Ellison's diary entries to the New York Times ...

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i have zero regrets about planting twelve shishito pepper plants #gardening #peppers

day 1 of atlas's "separation anxiety" medication is off to a strong start #dogs #dogsofmastodon

After dropping a campaign finance charge against Sam Bankman-Fried due to extradition treaty complications, the US Attorney's Office has just informed of their intent to file a superseding indictment lumping in the campaign finance conduct with the remaining wire fraud charges. #crypto #cryptocurrency #FTX #SBF

pretty remarkable to see Coinbase making the argument that crypto is not like stocks, it's like baseball cards, American Girl dolls, or Beanie Babies it's the future of finance! except when the SEC comes knocking, then it's just a harmless little toy, your honor #crypto #cryptocurrency #coinbase