This Week’s Winners and Losers in Crypto
Big week in crypto! Banks going down causing BTC to go up. Alts (sort of) following suit. But who are the biggest winners and losers for the week? Biggest Winner(s): Arbitrum Airdrop Participants Thursday was a big day for those eligible for the coveted Arbitrum airdrop, but there were bumps along the way. The claim site was down from almost moments when it went live, and was nearly inaccessible for hours. However, after the dust settled, the price hovered above what estimates predicted (>$1)...
Post FTX: Bananas In The Bahamas
FTX’s spectacular implosion sent ripples which was felt by all through the cryptoverse, but has also hit the people of the Bahamas, where FTX was headquartered. According to a report in the WSJ, the island nation initially welcomed FTX with it’s lax and favorable crypto laws and eventually the locals became the supporting cast for FTX employees. Catering, security, transportation, event planning, logistics and many more services were required and the locals began taking up these jobs, creatin...
STOCK Act Gets Busted
Nancy Pelosi might not be too keen on the reformation bubbling up in her backyard. On Thursday, a new framework was released to change the policy known as the STOCK Act, aka "Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge", which puts the onus on congressional and government leaders to disclose stock and asset purchases, in order keep transparency with the public. Historically, there have been quite a few calls on leaders to stop purchasing stocks because of the potential of insider knowledge on upc...
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This Week’s Winners and Losers in Crypto
Big week in crypto! Banks going down causing BTC to go up. Alts (sort of) following suit. But who are the biggest winners and losers for the week? Biggest Winner(s): Arbitrum Airdrop Participants Thursday was a big day for those eligible for the coveted Arbitrum airdrop, but there were bumps along the way. The claim site was down from almost moments when it went live, and was nearly inaccessible for hours. However, after the dust settled, the price hovered above what estimates predicted (>$1)...
Post FTX: Bananas In The Bahamas
FTX’s spectacular implosion sent ripples which was felt by all through the cryptoverse, but has also hit the people of the Bahamas, where FTX was headquartered. According to a report in the WSJ, the island nation initially welcomed FTX with it’s lax and favorable crypto laws and eventually the locals became the supporting cast for FTX employees. Catering, security, transportation, event planning, logistics and many more services were required and the locals began taking up these jobs, creatin...
STOCK Act Gets Busted
Nancy Pelosi might not be too keen on the reformation bubbling up in her backyard. On Thursday, a new framework was released to change the policy known as the STOCK Act, aka "Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge", which puts the onus on congressional and government leaders to disclose stock and asset purchases, in order keep transparency with the public. Historically, there have been quite a few calls on leaders to stop purchasing stocks because of the potential of insider knowledge on upc...
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Blockparty CTO, Rikesh Thapa, has been officially charged of defrauding the start-up out of $1M, which started from his employment in December 2017 and September 2019. He collected the amount by apparently:
Falsified reports and misrepresenting Bitcoin transactions, siphoning some into his own pocket
Selling almost 174,285 of Blockparty’s tokens to interested buyer’s for cash, which some of the money he received was counterfeit, it was determined later on
Deleting emails and other paper trails
He used this money to party at nightclubs, country tours and shopping sprees. Eventually he was caught and only just recently charged with one count of wire fraud, which carries a possible 20-years of jail sentence.
Sounds like that one guy you know, who thinks he’s smarter than everyone else in the room and he believes everyone’s too stupid to figure it out. Well you were just figured out. Good luck for the next 20 years!
Written by: nikethereum.eth / Medium / Mirror
Blockparty CTO, Rikesh Thapa, has been officially charged of defrauding the start-up out of $1M, which started from his employment in December 2017 and September 2019. He collected the amount by apparently:
Falsified reports and misrepresenting Bitcoin transactions, siphoning some into his own pocket
Selling almost 174,285 of Blockparty’s tokens to interested buyer’s for cash, which some of the money he received was counterfeit, it was determined later on
Deleting emails and other paper trails
He used this money to party at nightclubs, country tours and shopping sprees. Eventually he was caught and only just recently charged with one count of wire fraud, which carries a possible 20-years of jail sentence.
Sounds like that one guy you know, who thinks he’s smarter than everyone else in the room and he believes everyone’s too stupid to figure it out. Well you were just figured out. Good luck for the next 20 years!
Written by: nikethereum.eth / Medium / Mirror
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