MissConstrue<p>Ok y’all, we’ve talked about stock market manipulation and we’ve talked about crypto fraud and the First Crime Family, but have we talked about Howard Lutnick and how money managed by the chair of Trump's transition team keeps showing up in the hands of drug cartels, terrorists, and fraudsters?</p><p>The Cryptocalypse Chronicles has a multi post series, of which part two is a "follow the money" deep dive into how Howard Lutnick manages roughly $100 billion for <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Tether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tether</span></a>, and does business with gangs and sanctioned individuals and nations like Hamas, North Korea and Iran, and funds <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/pigButchering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pigButchering</span></a> scams and illegal weapons and drug trades. </p><p>
<a href="https://mefi.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/cantorfitzgerald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cantorfitzgerald</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/USDT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDT</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Terrorism</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scams</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Theft</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartels</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a></p><p><a href="https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/trumps-transition-team-is-tethered" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cryptadamus.substack.com/p/tru</span><span class="invisible">mps-transition-team-is-tethered</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p>As part of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clemency</span></a> effort, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a>’s parents Mr. Bankman & Ms. Fried, who are <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Stanford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stanford</span></a> University <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> professors & longtime active <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> [shame], are consulting w/Kory Langhofer, an AZ atty who worked for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s 2016 & 2020 presidential campaigns. Politically connected businesspeople & DC lobbyists have also received outreach from intermediaries who claim to be allies of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SamBankmanFried" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamBankmanFried</span></a>….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MoneyLaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoneyLaundering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cryptobros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptobros</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…The push appears intended to capitalize on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transactional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transactional</span></a> approach to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clemency</span></a>. Trump favors <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pardon</span></a> seekers w/connections to him—either personally or through lawyers & lobbyists—& claims of *prosecutorial misconduct* [perceived persecution] that echo his own <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grievances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grievances</span></a> about the cases against him.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MoneyLaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoneyLaundering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cryptobros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptobros</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CryptoSummit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoSummit</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Consulting with a lawyer who has ties to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>. Reaching out to Washington <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lobbyists</span></a>. And sitting for a jailhouse interview with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TuckerCarlson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TuckerCarlson</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SamBankmanFried" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamBankmanFried</span></a>, the disgraced <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> mogul who was once a top <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democratic</span></a> donor, has embarked on a campaign to secure a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pardon</span></a> from Trump, 6 people with knowledge of the matter said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MoneyLaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoneyLaundering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cryptobros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptobros</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CryptoSummit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoSummit</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/technology/sam-bankman-fried-pardon-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=192A242F-DC90-4B09-B637-04864D8EE473" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/07/technol</span><span class="invisible">ogy/sam-bankman-fried-pardon-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=192A242F-DC90-4B09-B637-04864D8EE473</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>Tucker Carlson explicitly acknowledges the purpose of political megadonations</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a></p>
stux⚡<p>You gotta be kidding me..</p><p>SBF is getting interviewed from prison by a clown</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BLzWTRmq2k" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=7BLzWTRmq2</span><span class="invisible">k</span></a></p><p>"Sbf getting a pardon is on my 2025 bingo card" indeed</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>darling of the FTX trial <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DanielleSassoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanielleSassoon</span></a> (she handled the cross examination of Sam Bankman-Fried) has apparently resigned rather than drop the corruption charges against <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a>.</p><p>I had a lot to say about Ms. Sassoon on my threads about the SBF trial, which I flew to New York to attend: <a href="https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/the-sam-bankman-fried-trial-and-the" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cryptadamus.substack.com/p/the</span><span class="invisible">-sam-bankman-fried-trial-and-the</span></a></p><p>tl;dr she was a very, very effective prosecutor.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NYPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYPol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NewYorkCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorkCity</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/KleptocracyIsComing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KleptocracyIsComing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>molly0xfff</span></a></span> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GenesisBlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenesisBlock</span></a> is the cash for crypto <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a> subsidiary outside of whose <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HongKong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HongKong</span></a> office people were lining up with garbage bags full of cash every day for years according to reporting in The Financial Times.</p><p>connect the dots: it's the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/triads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>triads</span></a> (AKA "the chinese mafias") converting exfiltrated chinese flight capital into the $38 billion worth of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tether</span></a> that <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a> minted on <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JustinSun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JustinSun</span></a>'s <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tron</span></a> blockchain.</p><p><a href="https://x.com/Cryptadamist/status/1844602365833330875" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/Cryptadamist/status/1844</span><span class="invisible">602365833330875</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FT</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Alphaville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alphaville</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BTC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PRC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USDT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDT</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TronBlockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TronBlockchain</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tronscan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tronscan</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/moneylaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moneylaundering</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>If you like my coverage, consider signing up to receive the newsletter in your email! You can choose a free or pay-what-you-want subscription, and it really helps me keep doing this.</p><p><a href="https://www.citationneeded.news/signup" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">citationneeded.news/signup</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RyanSalame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RyanSalame</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>Unlike Tucker Carlson, who claimed during their interview that Salame was being unfairly targeted because he was a Republican, Salame never suggested that to me — perhaps because he knows I know that Democratic donor Nishad Singh was also hit with campaign finance charges.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RyanSalame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RyanSalame</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>As for the apparent smoking gun, in which he texted his brother to say that “Sam will route money through me” to donate to Republicans without it being connected back to him, he says it was just a way to try to avoid awkward Thanksgiving conversations.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RyanSalame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RyanSalame</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>One thing that became clear to me throughout my conversation with Salame is that he doesn’t seem to believe wealthy people are capable of theft.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RyanSalame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RyanSalame</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>Newsletter: Guilty or coerced? Ryan Salame’s last interviews before prison</p><p>FTX’s Ryan Salame and I discuss his claims that he’s innocent of the charges for which he’s now serving seven and a half years in prison.</p><p><a href="https://www.citationneeded.news/guilty-or-coerced-ryan-salame/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">citationneeded.news/guilty-or-</span><span class="invisible">coerced-ryan-salame/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RyanSalame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RyanSalame</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Not only has the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> admin vigorously enforced <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antitrust</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laws</span></a>, putting a damper on deal-making, but it has also sought to aggressively regulate the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> sector. At the same time, the arrest & conviction of the crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a>, the government bailout of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> Bank &” the rising, uncertain specter of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> were all feeding a broader skepticism toward the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> industry in general.</p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>🚨 New <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/UnitedNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedNations</span></a> report confirms that kleptocracy is coming.</p><p>> "𝘖𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴' 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵."</p><p>And of course all roads lead to <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tether</span></a>, particularly on the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tron</span></a> blockchain, as some of us have been pointing out for years. Tether or USDT are mentioned 59 times in the 142 page report.</p><p>Recall the chairman of the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> transition team manages all this dark money: <a href="https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/113086118854620924" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">universeodon.com/@cryptadamist</span><span class="invisible">/113086118854620924</span></a></p><p>Recall also that as of the collapse ~99% of the Tron <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USDT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDT</span></a> was issued through <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.unodc.org/roseap/uploads/documents/Publications/2024/TOC_Convergence_Report_2024.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">unodc.org/roseap/uploads/docum</span><span class="invisible">ents/Publications/2024/TOC_Convergence_Report_2024.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/OrganizedCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrganizedCrime</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Vietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vietnam</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Cambodia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cambodia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Laos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Laos</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SoutheastAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoutheastAsia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Asia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scams</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pigbutchering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pigbutchering</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/triads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>triads</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HongKong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HongKong</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PRC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/kleptocracyIsComing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracyIsComing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/thailand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thailand</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NorthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthKorea</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JustinSun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JustinSun</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/investmentfraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investmentfraud</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/moneylaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moneylaundering</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election2024</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/2024election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2024election</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HarrisWalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/myanmar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>myanmar</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ransomware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ransomware</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/sextortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sextortion</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/malaysia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>malaysia</span></a></p>
PeterSoukup<p>I say this as a big crypto and bitcoin enthusiast: Convicted felon Donald Trump's involvement in crypto is bad news. It's gonna end up in disaster, lot of people are gonna lose their money and it's gonna hurt the whole space. Trump is the newest addition in long line on con men and scumbags like SBF or Elon Musk who tried to grift of crypto in the past ... </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpIsAFelon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsAFelon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonSucks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeFi</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has just appealed his conviction. He argues, among other things, that the judge didn't like him.</p><p><a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69143697/28/united-states-of-america-v-bankman-fried/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">courtlistener.com/docket/69143</span><span class="invisible">697/28/united-states-of-america-v-bankman-fried/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>Ω🚨Ω<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TheCryptocalypseChronicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCryptocalypseChronicles</span></a>: Trump's Transition Team Is Tethered To Thievery (And Worse)</p><p>How is it that money managed by the chair of Trump's transition team keeps showing up in the hands of drug cartels, terrorists, and fraudsters?</p><p>This is a "follow the money" deep dive into how Howard Lutnick manages roughly $100 billion for <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tether</span></a>. Together they've created an offshore legal fiction by which neither bears any responsibility if that money ends up in the hands of sanctioned countries like <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> or <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NorthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthKorea</span></a> or international criminal organizations like <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PigButchering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PigButchering</span></a> frauds and weapons markets.</p><p>Which is exactly where it ends up pretty much constantly. </p><p>For bonus points $40 billion of those dollars came from Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX.</p><p>Ω👇Ω<br><a href="https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/trumps-transition-team-is-tethered" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cryptadamus.substack.com/p/tru</span><span class="invisible">mps-transition-team-is-tethered</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TenetMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TenetMedia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election2024</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/2024Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2024Election</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cantorfitzgerald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cantorfitzgerald</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USDT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDT</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Terrorism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scams</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Theft</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartels</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a></p>
Molly White<p>Sam Bankman-Fried has filed his notice of appeal. This comes shortly after a request that he remain at MDC Brooklyn until his appeal has been fully briefed, to allow him better access to his counsel than he would have if moved to a federal penitentiary closer to his family in California.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a></p>
Paris Marx<p>Sam Bankman-Fried got 25 years for his massive FTX fraud and owes $11 billion in damages. He joins a growing list of tech fraudsters being held to account — and more should join them.</p><p>Find out more in the Disconnect Roundup:</p><p><a href="https://disconnect.blog/roundup-sam-bankman-fraud/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">disconnect.blog/roundup-sam-ba</span><span class="invisible">nkman-fraud/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sbf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sbf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a></p>
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