Report: FTX and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried are under investigation
Barrons: The Enforcement Division is now investigating FTX Trading, FTX US, and their principals, including Sam Bankman-Fried. At issue are accounts that FTX offers that pay investors yield in exchange for depositing their cryptocurrencies with the firm. https://t.co/WQ0W4I2GOi
— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) October 17, 2022
The inflation rate of Bitcoin for the past 13 years
Binance’s CEO responds to Reuters inaccurate report
Another flagrantly inaccurate ‘report’ on Binance from the usual suspects.
— CZ 🔶 BNB (@cz_binance) October 17, 2022
We felt they crossed a serious line. Threatened to doxx my family. So the team agreed not to engage.
Read my response below, along with more details about how I lead Binance. https://t.co/dF9djlryDg
FUD is annoying, but makes you stronger.
— CZ 🔶 BNB (@cz_binance) October 17, 2022
Do the right thing, then let your users choose. You know. 🙏
Coinbase set for Europe expansion
MasterCard is open to helping banks obtain a regulatory permit for crypto trading
JUST IN: Mastercard to help banks obtain regulatory compliance to offer #crypto trading, CNBC reports.
— Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) October 17, 2022
Someone may have lost access to 141 CryptoPunks
1/ This wallet minted 141 Punks for 0.0207 ETH, estimated to now have a value of over 11 thousand ETH 💀
— Nansen Intern 🧭 (@nansen_intern) October 17, 2022
However, the wallet has had no activity since, for both NFTs and crypto (other than receiving fake tokens)
Lost their seed phrase? pic.twitter.com/Piqe6Epl1W
2/ They were sent the smithdavid888.eth ENS 8 months ago.
— Nansen Intern 🧭 (@nansen_intern) October 17, 2022
Butttt, following its trail to the resolved address takes you to a connected suspended twitter account and now various other larp/likely scam accounts using it as a front, knowing its inactive. pic.twitter.com/DXdOBBV3ZN
Justin Sun is smart money
Justin Sun withdrew 50M $USDT from #AAVE and swapped for $USDC via another address “0x621f”.
— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) October 17, 2022
Interestingly, we found that Justin Sun's address "0x621f" bought 11,661 $ETH ($12.65M) at the bottom on June 17th, when $ETH was priced at $1,085.
Justin Sun is really smart money. pic.twitter.com/0NuXT6LoxR
Justin Sun withdrew 50M $USDT from #AAVE and swapped for $USDC via another address “0x621f”.
— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) October 17, 2022
Interestingly, we found that Justin Sun's address "0x621f" bought 11,661 $ETH ($12.65M) at the bottom on June 17th, when $ETH was priced at $1,085.
Justin Sun is really smart money. pic.twitter.com/0NuXT6LoxR
Will Kanye West rock a Satoshi Nakamoto hat
Kanye wearing a “Satoshi Nakamoto” hat pic.twitter.com/iomldVpgeD
— Zack Voell (@zackvoell) October 16, 2022
A century of decline for the British pound
Staggering animation of the British pound’s decline over the past 100 years 📉pic.twitter.com/RGGAt2YskU
— Alex Gladstein 🌋 ⚡ (@gladstein) October 16, 2022
Note this shows value lost against the dollar, which also collapsed massively this century
— Alex Gladstein 🌋 ⚡ (@gladstein) October 16, 2022
An animation of value lost against goods or services or gold would be much more devastating
Bitcoin Association takes action against empty block miners
BREAKING: Bitcoin Association to pursue criminal charges against miner who did exactly what Craig said he would do during BCH hash war. https://t.co/mOR1dgCfsF
— The Soon Times (@thesoontimes) October 17, 2022
USDC vs. USDT
USDC is shrinking and Tether is growing because folks who hold USDC are generally savvy enough to know they're getting screwed by USDC's 0% interest rate, whereas Tether holders aren't savvy enough to know they're getting screwed by Tether's 0% rate. pic.twitter.com/eZwJsOGjHI
— John Paul Koning (@jp_koning) October 17, 2022
