• Upanotherday [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    "I got involved in cryto without any idea what cryto was"

    :chefs-kiss:

    • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      The fun part is that's basically everyone involved in crypto, even the ones that claim to understand it. What no materialism does to a mf.

  • invo_rt [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    "New Record: $4.5 Trillion for America's Richest"

    :picard-direct-action:

    • VernetheJules [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Our lords and masters have achieved a new level of wealth yet unseen! Praise be!

      :improve-society:

  • KnilAdlez [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Elizabeth Holmes managed to defraud Henry Kissinger, making her an objectively better person than FTX guy.

    • President_Obama [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Elizabeth Holmes

      She faces up to 20 years in federal prison, plus potentially millions in restitution and fines, and is scheduled to be sentenced in November 2022.

      :isaac-pog:

      • Rixuyo [any]
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        2 years ago

        Twitter, FTX and Holmes. It's such a great month for tech news and we aren't even halfway.

  • Elon_Musk [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    wait wait wait. There is no fucking way this kid had $23 billion dollars. This has to be based on hypothetical value if he were able to sell a ton of shitcoins at market price (impossible)

    I have never heard of him or FTX until now and I loosely follow crypto

    edit: His mother, Barbara Fried, is a Stanford professor & the head of the Mind the Gap political action committee.

    His father, Joseph Bankman, is a Stanford professor who has lobbied on behalf of hedge fund managers before Congress before. His Aunt, Linda Fried, is on the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Aging.

    His brother, Gabriel Bankman-Fried, is the founder of “Guarding Against Pandemics.” He was a Legislative Correspondent for the US House of Representatives and an advisor to large political donors in the democrat party.

  • anoncpc [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    Just found out this dude is the second biggest donor for the scamocrat and Ukraine partner with FTX. Scam all around