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Author: Bennett Tomlin
I am a data scientist with a background in biochemistry and biomedical informatics, with a passion for catching fraud
My Conversation with Cas Piancey on ‘Tether: A Stable Discussion’
PART TWO CAN BE FOUND HERE
PART THREE CAN BE FOUND HERE
Cas Piancey, my writing partner and friend, and I are doing several episodes on the history and controversy surrounding Bitfinex and Tether.
This episode is mostly focused on the early history of Bitfinex and Tether, leading up to the second Bitfinex hack. Next episode we should hopefully get into some of the backing issues that the New York Attorney General helped expose.
You can find the episode here: https://anchor.fm/cas-piancey/episodes/Tether-A-Stable-Discussion-erhp88/a-a4qn2vm
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The Emotional Experience of Pursuing Frauds
I have been pursuing frauds for the last several years. I love it. However, it can be emotionally taxing to work on this kind of project.
Continue reading “The Emotional Experience of Pursuing Frauds”Sockpuppets, Bots, and Crypto: Oh My!
If you spend any significant amount of time on crypto twitter, especially as a contrarian or a skeptic, you will inevitably come across accounts that seem less than genuine. These bots, sock puppets, or intelligence deficient accounts are a nuisance, but their role in crypto is more complex than their limited speech will convey.
Continue reading “Sockpuppets, Bots, and Crypto: Oh My!”The Ethics of Censorship Resistance
Recently, Binance Chain and Binance Smart Chain have increased in usage thanks to congestion on Ethereum.
Also recently, several people have started posting politically censored material on Binance’s chains.
This opens up several ethical questions that I think are valuable for anyone involved in crypto to ruminate on.
Continue reading “The Ethics of Censorship Resistance”The Best Case Scenario for Tether’s Activities in 2017
In 2017 Tether was issuing unbacked Tethers. This has been confirmed as part of their settlement with the New York Attorney’s General office. As an exercise in trying to ensure that I have not become overly biased around Tether what I will attempt to do in this article is construct the best case scenario for how Tether’s business was operating.
Continue reading “The Best Case Scenario for Tether’s Activities in 2017”A Conversation about the Future of Finance
This story was inspired by this tweet.
“Bro, you gotta get in on this. I think I have discovered the future of finance.”
Continue reading “A Conversation about the Future of Finance”Analysis of the Tether/Bitfinex NYAG Settlement
Bitfinex and Tether have settled with the New York Attorney General. The settlement document can be found here. (My copy) Many seem to find the document exculpatory, but I find it damning.
Continue reading “Analysis of the Tether/Bitfinex NYAG Settlement”Broken Promises and Lies from Bitfinex and Tether
Bitfinex and Tether are perennially dishonest members of the cryptocurrency ecosystem.
Continue reading “Broken Promises and Lies from Bitfinex and Tether”What is Crypto Capital Corp?
Crypto Capital Corp is a licensed (in Panama (archive) [for one of the corporations]), unlicensed (My copy) (just about everywhere else) money transmitter and payment processor. They partnered with a variety of cryptocurrency companies including: Kraken, Bitfinex, Quadriga, Bitmex, Coinapault, and more. They are implicated in wire fraud, bank fraud, embezzlement, and hundreds of millions of dollars worth of money laundering for the Colombian cartels.
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