Weekly Roundup 12/01/22 (Is SBF playing the media, more Bad Boys, Binance’s Proof of Reserve) (EP.377)

Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: 

  • Tether collapse scenarios
  • The wrapped Bitcoin issue
  • Ria and others are named Forbes 30 under 30
  • Sam is still not in jail
  • Sam’s hidden media strategy
  • How Sam could be positioning himself for the case
  • Was FTX really a case of negligence or was it fraud?
  • Sam is muddying the waters
  • Sam Trubucco is our bad boy of the week
  • Should the US really annex the Bahamas?
  • Members of CT are running around Nassau looking for Sam
  • Should the US be pressuring the Bahamas for more action here?
  • Beto returns his FTX donation
  • The CFTC met with FTX 10 times
  • The SEC’s culpability in the FTX scandal
  • The Farmington Bank acquisition scandal
  • Did Sam Trubucco and Caroline really not know about the malfeasance?
  • SBF is throwing his former colleagues under the bus
  • Kyle Davies’ embarassing attempted comeback
  • What’s the fate of the charity boxing match?
  • Casa rolls out support for Ethereum
  • Binance rolls out a Proof of Reserve – but it has issues

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