Posts Tagged ‘Crypto’
HNewsWire: Crypto Just Got Exponentially More Dangerous: Meet Fairshake By Pam Martens and Russ Martens, The first thing you need to know about crypto is that some of the smartest minds in investment and technology have studied crypto carefully and determined it’s a total sham. In July 2019, NYU Professor and economist Nouriel Roubini summed up…
Read More3/26/24: Wall Street’s Go-To Law Firm, Sullivan & Cromwell, Got in Bed with Crypto; Now Its Reputation Is Being Hammered
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: Ryne Miller, Former Sullivan & Cromwell Partner Who Became General Counsel of FTX.US Since January, the reputation of Wall Street’s go-to law firm, Sullivan & Cromwell, has been repeatedly hammered. It all stems from the law firm’s decision some years ago to involve itself in legal representations of crypto firms and/or…
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2/22/24: Wall Street Law Firm Sullivan & Cromwell Gets Sued Over Allegations It Aided and Abetted the FTX Crypto Fraud
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: Ryne Miller, Former Sullivan & Cromwell Partner, Became General Counsel of FTX.US The 144-year old Wall Street go-to law firm, Sullivan & Cromwell, may be getting rich on the FTX bankruptcy legal fees, but it’s also doing a helluva job destroying its reputation as a prudent law firm. Last Friday, a…
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Deer in Headlights Chaos in Credit Markets: Crypto Soars
BanksterCrime: by Tyler Durden Well that was a day… Almost time to trot out the ‘deer in headlights’… A double-whammy of a 30Y TSY auction bloodbath and Powell’s considerably more hawkish-than-expected tone prompted bonds and stocks to be clubbed like a baby seal as the dollar soared… Source: Bloomberg Did Powell finally notice that his…
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Debunked: FBI-Owned Bitcoin Wallet Erroneously Tied to Late Russian Oligarch Prigozhin in Recent Speculation
BanksterCrime: Amid swirling speculations about the third biggest bitcoin wallet, chatter has now emerged linking the fifth largest BTC wallet to the late Yevgeny Prigozhin, former owner of the Wagner private military company (PMC). However, a straightforward blockchain explorer search clearly indicates the wallet bears a label identifying it as property of the U.S. government.…
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The Bank That Invented Fraud: Chase U.K. to Block Crypto Payments Citing Fraud and Scams. Starting Oct. 16, the Bank Will Decline Customer Attempts to Make Payments Related to Crypto Assets via Debit Card or Outgoing Bank Transfers
BanksterCrime: By Sandali Handagama Chase Bank (Daryl L / Shutterstock) Drive the Crypto Policy Conversation Forward October 24, 2023 • Convene • Washington D.C.Where the industry establishes the digital economy’s legal, regulatory and compliance best practices for the future.Register Now Banking giant Chase is banning crypto-linked payments via debit card or by outgoing bank transfer…
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Here’s Where Grassroots Crypto Adoption Is Highest
BanksterCrime: by Tyler Durden Of 154 countries analyzed by blockchain data platform Chainalysis, India ranks the highest in grassroots crypto adoption by far. While countries with higher purchasing power would naturally score better when looking at transaction volumes, according to Chainalysis experts, the index measures where “average, everyday people are embracing crypto the most.” However, this…
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SEC Chief Unleashes Fury On Crypto Industry, Says It’s ‘Rife With Fraud’–US Gov. Won’t Let Crypto Success Play Out
BanksterCrime: Gary Gensler, the chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, continues to express deep concerns about the cryptocurrency sector and its lack of regulatory oversight. In an interview, Gensler once again criticized cryptocurrencies’ decentralized nature, making it a headache of sorts for the SEC to enforce regulations and protect investors effectively. Claim the…
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SEC v. Coinbase: Judge Questions SEC’s Ability to Protect Investors
Judge Katherine Polk Faila of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently held a pre-motion conference regarding the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) lawsuit against Coinbase. In their lawsuit filed in early June 2023, the regulator claims Coinbase violated securities laws by listing certain digital assets on its platform that they deem…
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Bitcoin Faces Backlash: Bank Of England Governor Expresses Disapproval–Satan Soldiers Will Never Agree to Cryptocurrencies–There Going to be a War
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have long been a subject of debate and scrutiny within the financial world. Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey recently added his voice to the conversation, expressing skepticism about their status as true currencies. In a speech delivered at the Financial and Professional Services Dinner in London, Bailey asserted that Bitcoin…
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