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Luke Martin

@venturecoinist
14 posts
2023-02-24
Remember how bullish it was for $SOL when SBF/FTX backed it? That same thing just happened for $OP with Coinbase...except this time it doesn't end with Sam stealing all your money. Based & bullish. https://twitter.com/...
2023-02-24 View on X
CoinDesk

Coinbase launches Base, a Layer 2 network built on Optimism's OP Stack, offering access to Ethereum, Solana, and others, and has no plans for new network tokens

Sign up and get crypto Explore Learn Individuals Businesses Developers Company Sign … The Optimism Collective : Optimism Goes m̶u̶l̶t̶i̶ Superchain Tyler Pearson / DL News : SBF hi...

2022-12-11
So SBF actually owned the Block too... ‘The Block CEO received three loans. The first was $12 million and was used in 2021 to buy out other investors.’ Starting to think I'm the only one that didn't receive funding from SBF last year. https://www.theblock.co/...
2022-12-11 View on X
Axios

Sources: Alameda secretly loaned $43M to LLCs tied to The Block CEO Michael McCaffrey, used in part to buy and run the crypto news site; McCaffrey resigns

The Block, a media company that says it covers crypto news independently, has been secretly funded for over a year with money funneled …

2022-12-10
So SBF actually owned the Block too... ‘The Block CEO received three loans. The first was $12 million and was used in 2021 to buy out other investors.’ Starting to think I'm the only one that didn't receive funding from SBF last year. https://www.theblock.co/...
2022-12-10 View on X
Axios

Sources: LLCs tied to the CEO of crypto news site The Block secretly received $43M in Alameda loans, used in part to buy and run the site; CEO has now resigned

The Block, a media company that says it covers crypto news independently, has been secretly funded for over a year with money funneled …

2022-12-02
If you missed the SBF interview, don't worry. He has proven that he's willing to lie about the fraud he committed so you can't trust anything he says. Perfect example: Nov 7th deleted tweet claiming “FTX has enough to cover all client holdings. We don't invest client assets.” https://twitter.com/...
2022-12-02 View on X
New York Times

A video and live blog of Sam Bankman-Fried being interviewed by Andrew Ross Sorkin at the New York Times' DealBook Summit, covering FTX, Alameda, and more

FTX, the crypto exchange Mr. Bankman-Fried founded, declared bankruptcy this month in a failure that wiped out billions of investor dollars.

If you missed the SBF interview, don't worry. He has proven that he's willing to lie about the fraud he committed so you can't trust anything he says. Perfect example: Nov 7th deleted tweet claiming “FTX has enough to cover all client holdings. We don't invest client assets.” https://twitter.com/...
2022-12-02 View on X
Bloomberg

In his NYT interview, SBF gave few straight answers while admitting to gross errors, denying claims of fraud, and claiming he “didn't knowingly commingle funds”

You hold customers' funds and don't do ANYTHING with them except hold them. When your customers ask for them back you give it to them - immediately. https://twitter.com/... @cmsint...

2022-12-01
If you missed the SBF interview, don't worry. He has proven that he's willing to lie about the fraud he committed so you can't trust anything he says. Perfect example: Nov 7th deleted tweet claiming “FTX has enough to cover all client holdings. We don't invest client assets.” https://twitter.com/...
2022-12-01 View on X
Bloomberg

In his NYT interview, SBF gave few straight answers while admitting to gross errors, denying claims of fraud, and claiming he “didn't knowingly commingle funds”

Mystery continues to shroud the missing billions at bankrupt crypto exchange FTX after its disgraced founder Sam …

If you missed the SBF interview, don't worry. He has proven that he's willing to lie about the fraud he committed so you can't trust anything he says. Perfect example: Nov 7th deleted tweet claiming “FTX has enough to cover all client holdings. We don't invest client assets.” https://twitter.com/...
2022-12-01 View on X
New York Times

A video and live blog of Sam Bankman-Fried being interviewed by Andrew Ross Sorkin at the New York Times' DealBook Summit, covering FTX, Alameda, and more

FTX, the crypto exchange Mr. Bankman-Fried founded, declared bankruptcy this month in a failure that wiped out billions of investor dollars.

2022-09-01
Why would they go after Saylor for tax evasion? >Saylor: “If you push me too far, I lost it, it's gone...sorry. Tax that.” >Attorney General: say no more fam https://twitter.com/...
2022-09-01 View on X
CoinDesk

DC's AG sues Michael Saylor and MicroStrategy, alleging he evaded $25M+ in taxes by claiming to live in Florida or Virginia and the firm conspired to help him

Nelson Wang / CoinDesk :

2022-08-05
Blackrock, the world's largest asset manager with $10 trillion AUM, is going to start offering crypto to institutional investors through Coinbase. He wants your coins. He wants to take them cheap. Make sure he pays a fair price. h/t @tier10k https://twitter.com/...
2022-08-05 View on X
Bloomberg

BlackRock partners with Coinbase to help institutional investors manage and trade crypto, starting with BTC, using BlackRock's Aladdin system; COIN jumps 10%+

Bloomberg :

2022-08-04
Blackrock, the world's largest asset manager with $10 trillion AUM, is going to start offering crypto to institutional investors through Coinbase. He wants your coins. He wants to take them cheap. Make sure he pays a fair price. h/t @tier10k https://twitter.com/...
2022-08-04 View on X
Bloomberg

BlackRock partners with Coinbase to help institutional investors manage and trade crypto, starting with BTC, using BlackRock's Aladdin system; COIN jumps 10%+

BlackRock Inc. is partnering with Coinbase Global Inc. to make it easier for institutional investors to manage and trade Bitcoin …

2022-05-17
@cz_binance Apparently 52k $btc was sent to Gemini and the rest (28k btc) was sent to Binance at 1am in a single transaction. https://www.elliptic.co/... https://twitter.com/...
2022-05-17 View on X
CoinDesk

Luna Foundation Guard says the company depleted its bitcoin reserves from ~80K to 313 and plans to use its remaining assets to compensate UST users

2022-05-16
@cz_binance Apparently 52k $btc was sent to Gemini and the rest (28k btc) was sent to Binance at 1am in a single transaction. https://www.elliptic.co/... https://twitter.com/...
2022-05-16 View on X
CoinDesk

Luna Foundation Guard says its bitcoin reserves have depleted from ~80K to ~300 and the remaining UST and LUNA tokens will be used to compensate investors

The announcement comes after criticism of the Luna Foundation Guard's “lack of transparency.”  —  The Luna Foundation Guard (LFG) … Source: @lfg_org .

2022-05-15
@cz_binance Apparently 52k $btc was sent to Gemini and the rest (28k btc) was sent to Binance at 1am in a single transaction. https://www.elliptic.co/... https://twitter.com/...
2022-05-15 View on X
The Block

Over $1.2B of Luna Foundation Guard's bitcoin reserves remains unaccounted for; LFG had $2B+ in bitcoin reserves and loaned $750M to OTC firms and market makers

Quick Take  — Luna Foundation Guard accumulated over $2 billion in bitcoin reserves and provided a loan of $750 million in bitcoin.

2021-06-12
Last weekend in Miami was incredible...surrounded by smart, humble, hard-working, and genuinely good people. Love you all. I also feel like I got hit by a truck with a pinch of COVID. So I'm catching up on sleep, water, and food. Back to work tomorrow 🙏
2021-06-12 View on X
Gizmodo

Some attendees of Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, which had no mask or proof of vaccine requirements for its 12K guests, say they tested positive for COVID-19

I'm guessing a lot of them were anti-maskers/anti-vaxxers/denialists. https://twitter.com/... Kevin Sekniqi / @kevinsekniqi : The absolute craziest thing I'm finding out is that pe...