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Well, I ain't always right, but I've never been wrong. Research Director @fund_defi
New York, NY
Joined June 2021
America’s biggest fumble was not going with the imagery Ben Franklin had described and suggested for the Great Seal.
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RT @jswihart: Today, we submitted a response to the @BankingGOP RFI on Digital Asset Market Structure, urging the protection of financial p….
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RT @brucefenton: I heard someone today say “we shouldn’t pretend Tornado Cash isn’t used for illicit purposes”. I don’t pretend Tornado Ca….
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RT @nytimes: Breaking News: President Trump threatened a 100% tariff on foreign semiconductors, exempting companies that commit to building….
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The tariff would not apply to businesses that made a commitment to build and invest in the United States.
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RT @amandatums: We @fund_defi will continue to support Roman as he fights the conviction on Section 1960, a fundamentally flawed charge fro….
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My boy @glzavatone got cited too.
If you liked @HesterPeirce’s speech from today, we did, too. :). Peep the footnote…. a @fund_defi paper by @glzavatone & Henry Michaelson — sooooo cool! . Our team has done an insane amount of great work on this topic.
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SEC Commissioner @HesterPeirce delivered an amazing speech today on financial privacy, which included references to Phil Zimmermann’s Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) and Eric Hughes’ A Cypherpunk’s Manifesto. She stated: “Rather than something to be feared, we should embrace these
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RT @L0laL33tz: The jury in the trial against Roman Storm is still deliberating and has requested the testimonies of FBI tracing expert Jose….
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RT @theragetech: 💥Is Privacy A Crime?. The Trial Against Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm: Everything You Need to Know. With @_Enoch @am….
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RT @wkkaung: Cybersecurity law by the Burmese military came into fully activated on July 30. Basically, they have absolute authority to che….
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RT @singareddynm: The fact she got rejected by almost every top college and doctoral program is proof of the sclerotic, conformist academy.….
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Where man meets the infinite and has no choice but to know himself.
The sheer size of the American West is mind blowing. Nevada is roughly the same size as Ecuador.
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I would believe in their authenticity if they were actually effective. And yet, KYC hasn’t stopped money laundering but has definitely enabled it through identity theft and fraud. All the while driving up compliance costs and keeping competitors out. We should stop pretending.
Once you understand:. Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know-Your-Customer (KYC) are misnomers. They are in fact, *licensing* schemes where rich, powerful and systemically important banks can money-launder with impunity, while preventing competition from smaller firms.
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RT @TheVladCostea: A lot of people think my interview with Roger Ver was a turning point when I left the church of Bitcoin maximalism . In….
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RT @fund_defi: Today, the DeFi Education fund team submitted a response to DeFi-related questions posed by @BankingGOP’s Digital Asset Mark….
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I’ve seen this before. @hrw on the persecution of the Uyghurs (2019): “the policing program aggregates data about people and flags to officials those it deems potentially threatening; some of those targeted are detained and sent to political education camps and other
Palantir isn’t just tracking you, it’s modeling who you might become. Their software is used by ICE, cops, intel, and child welfare agencies to predict risk. That’s AI-driven pre-crime and it’s already reality.
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RT @jchervinsky: First time waiting for a jury verdict? There are two main events to watch for:. 1) the jury sends a note or question for t….
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