Bitfinex and Tether are two of the most important companies in the cryptocurrency ecosystem with complex and interconnected histories that matter deeply to understanding the industry.
A Non-Exhaustive List of Bitfinex and Tether’s Misdeeds and Red Flags
Bitfinex and Tether have done a variety of problematic things in their history.
Windmills at Sunset
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Photos from a walk in the park
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Innovated: Blockchain City -Goes Bust – Episode 5
Cas Piancey and I are very excited to launch our new long-form investigative show Innovated. This series will take a look at Blockchains LLC and Jeffrey Berns plan to build a blockchain enabled smart city in the desert. It's a wild story involving brothels, lawsuits, sexual harassment, and company towns.
Reaction to Coinage Media interview of Do Kwon
I did a reaction video to Coinage Media's interview of Do Kwon.
Poison Hilt Dagger – 5e Homebrew
Photo by Kiril Georgiev on Pexels.com This item has been updated, you can find the original version here. You can find this on DNDBeyond here. A clever artificer has added a mechanism to a dagger that allows for a vial of poison to be stored in the hilt and delivered through the blade when the … Continue reading Poison Hilt Dagger – 5e Homebrew
Bitfinex Accused of Impropriety and Unsecured Lending by ‘myself’
Way back in 2013 when Bitfinex was a much newer cryptocurrency exchange one of their key early team members left, and while leaving accused Bitfinex of impropriety. Who was 'myself'? 'myself' according to his own accounts was one of the first people brought on to help Raphael Nicolle maintain the exchange, and was at one … Continue reading Bitfinex Accused of Impropriety and Unsecured Lending by ‘myself’
First Appearance on Griftonomics
https://anchor.fm/s/97c7ec04/podcast/rss https://youtu.be/xY5-jOubwNI Recently I went on Jackson Palmer's podcast Griftonomics to discuss the nature and structure of DeFi. Find it elsewhere: AnchorAppleSpotifyGoogle
First Appearance on This Machine Kills – Luna, Tether, and Crypto
Cas and I went on This Machine Kills to discuss Luna (also here and here), Tether, and crypto more broadly.
First Appearance on This Week in Doom – Terra/Luna and Tether
I recently went on This Week in Doom with Doomberg, Grant Williams, and George Noble to discuss the collapse of Terra and Luna and how we need to think about Tether.
First Appearance on Tech Won’t Save Us – Terra and Luna and Stablecoins
I was recently able to go Tech Won't Save Us to Discuss Terra/Luna, stablecoins, and the morality of crypto.
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