A campaign against #NPR's new CEO, ex-#Wikimedia Foundation Katherine Maher, is trying to portray her as "anti-truth" and "anti-First Amendment" by taking quotes out of context from her past talks about Wikimedia. As a longtime Wikipedian, I think I can give a little more context about these statements — but I recognize that the people behind this campaign are, ironically, not looking for the facts. #KatherineMaher

Sam Bankman-Fried has just been sentenced to 25 years in prison. #

Justice James Mellor: "Dr. Wright is not the author of the Bitcoin White Paper. Second, Dr. Wright is not the person who adopted or operated under the pseudonym "Satoshi Nakamoto" in the period 2008 to 2011. Third, Dr. Wright is not the person who created the Bitcoin System. And, fourth, he is not the author of the initial versions of the Bitcoin software." Full written judgment still to come. #crypto #cryptocurrency #CraigWright #bitcoin #copa

Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has been ordered to surrender his Canadian passport. His bond conditions have also been updated to reflect previous rulings prohibiting him from leaving the US.

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#71 in United States v. Zhao (W.D. Wash., 2:23-cr-00179) – CourtListener.com

ORDER MODIFYING BOND as to Changpeng Zhao signed by Judge Richard A. Jones. (cc: USPO) (VE) (Entered: 03/11/2024)

#Binance #ChangpengZhao #CZ #crypto #cryptocurrency

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An online pastor was charged in CO for a $1.3 million #crypto scam. He's released a 9-minute-long video explaining that the Lord told him to sell a cryptocurrency with no clear exit", and spend some of the proceeds on "a home remodel the Lord told us to do". Here's a supercut. or

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SBF is front page news, even on Wikipedia. Fun fact: I uploaded that photo! #SBF #FTX #cryptocurrency #crypto #Wikipedia

In the criminal trial against Sam Bankman-Fried, the judge just granted the USA's motions to exclude testimony from all seven expert witnesses he has proposed. The motion by SBF to exclude the government's one proposed witness, accounting professor Peter Easton, was denied.

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Order – #287 in United States v. BANKMAN-FRIED (S.D.N.Y., 1:22-cr-00673) – CourtListener.com

ORDER ON MOTIONS TO EXCLUDE PROPOSED EXPERT TESTIMONY as to Samuel Bankman-Fried: the Government's motions in limine (Dkt 236) are GRANTED to the e...

#SBF #FTX #USvSBF

Binance is hemorrhaging executives as regulatory heat intensifies, Sam Bankman-Fried's parents are now embroiled in the FTX bankruptcy (and soon criminal case?), and crypto companies continue to all be bankrupt and suing each other. Despite all that, some think now's the time to try to get people excited about crypto again with reality shows and celeb ads. Catch up:

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Issue 39 – Partners in crime (of the criminal sort)

The SEC is stuck in Binance's "house of mirrors", SBF's parents are officially defendants now, and a Hong Kong crypto exchange hurtles towards coll...

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Sam Bankman-Fried's attorneys say that he needs to be released from custody and returned to his parents house so that he can spend more time reviewing documents and preparing his defense than he is able to in jail with limited access to the Internet.

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Letter – #240 in United States v. BANKMAN-FRIED (S.D.N.Y., 1:22-cr-00673) – CourtListener.com

LETTER by Samuel Bankman-Fried addressed to Judge Lewis A. Kaplan from Mark S. Cohen dated August 30, 2023 re: Discovery and Advice of Counsel Defe...

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