NFT Ethics

Uncovering inconvenient truths about this digital kingdom and its most influential players in order to address the ethical issues and foundations of Web3.

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1/ This is a thread about the largest money-laundering casino on US soil that ever existed and its deep connections to Bitfinex/Tether, FTX, Donald Trump, US elections, Russia, Wirecard, intelligence agencies & the most powerful/dangerous gangster in the world: Semion Mogilevich.

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@TVolscho @kbriquelet @JohnnyVedmore Singapore was a non-permanent member of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 and the United States–Singapore Free Trade Agreement, signed 6 May 2003, could be considered as a reward for Singapore's support of the Iraq invasion. https://t.co/q6BJbgiHrb

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22/ We checked the dates of the 2001-2003 Clinton-Epstein flights to see where Clinton was on those days & also checked Alastair Campbell’s diaries. They indicate Clinton was likely on a tour to get support for the war in Iraq. Epstein’s trip to Cuba (Black Spring) is noteworthy.

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@MazMHussain No surprise: https://t.co/q6BJbgi9BD

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22/ We checked the dates of the 2001-2003 Clinton-Epstein flights to see where Clinton was on those days & also checked Alastair Campbell’s diaries. They indicate Clinton was likely on a tour to get support for the war in Iraq. Epstein’s trip to Cuba (Black Spring) is noteworthy.

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@davidenrich https://t.co/QsbN36dZD0

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1/ This is a thread about Jeffrey Epstein and 13 ways he was connected to an interrelated network of people that created the foundations of today’s crypto space. This could indicate that the crypto ecosystem after 2013 (or even earlier) was part of an intelligence operation. 🧵

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@AaronRDay https://t.co/QsbN36drNs

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1/ This is a thread about Jeffrey Epstein and 13 ways he was connected to an interrelated network of people that created the foundations of today’s crypto space. This could indicate that the crypto ecosystem after 2013 (or even earlier) was part of an intelligence operation. 🧵

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1/ This is a thread about Jeffrey Epstein and 13 ways he was connected to an interrelated network of people that created the foundations of today’s crypto space. This could indicate that the crypto ecosystem after 2013 (or even earlier) was part of an intelligence operation. 🧵

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@_whitneywebb @markgoodw_in This thread covers many of the same players, which shows a seemingly deep entanglement of crypto with (corrupt) governments, Wall Street, intelligence agencies, organized crime and some of the major financial scandals such as Wirecard & 1MDB. https://t.co/uaptrnLh4s

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1/ This thread shows there are deep connections between NFTs/crypto, Goldman Sachs, controversial financiers/investors, and some of the major FIAT frauds and financial scandals over the last years (e.g. Wirecard, 1MDB) that cannot be explained by mere coincidence. A thread. 🧵

[Tom Burgis @tomburgis]

***NEW INVESTIGATION*** How oligarchs took on the UK fraud squad - and won.

I’ve been working on this story for 15 years. It goes from South Africa to Moscow via the London Stock Exchange. Now new documents illuminate a case that has rewritten UK law and is set to end with a huge bill handed to taxpayers.

https://t.co/tsPmQk5lBL

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@Cointelegraph https://t.co/IItcoMZJlI

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1/ Tether is the largest stablecoin owned by iFinex which also operates Bitfinex. As such, it’s a very important pillar underlying the crypto ecosystem. We mapped previous employment relationships of BitFinex/Tether’s CXOs and it shows a large network of financial fraud. A big🧵

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@bdanweiss @verge A long overdue (first) investigation into OpenSea. That they knew that this article was coming and decided to front run it to play the sympathy card, should tell us that there is likely a lot more to uncover, e.g.:

https://t.co/tNQysNZCCm

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1/ Dear @OpenSea, what do you think of the fact that your Head of Ventures, Kevin Pawlak, has been involved in various very dubious business dealings (e.g. Anubis) and pump & dump schemes under his pseudonymous identity @0xSisyphus (& 0xMagellan)?

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@SWillmetts See also Carl Bernstein's article who once wrote that more than 400 American journalists, including Pulitzer Prize winners, had secretly carried out assignments for the CIA: https://t.co/CAzeGkWObH

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@Protos Further context: https://t.co/uaptrnLOU0

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1/ This thread shows there are deep connections between NFTs/crypto, Goldman Sachs, controversial financiers/investors, and some of the major FIAT frauds and financial scandals over the last years (e.g. Wirecard, 1MDB) that cannot be explained by mere coincidence. A thread. 🧵

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“Freedom of speech!” says the influencer, who has only ever used this privilege to spread (paid) lies and lives in Dubai where it’s not permitted to be in any way critical of the government, police and royal families.

“Freedom of speech!” says the podcaster, who blocks everyone who criticizes him.

“Freedom of speech!” says the billionaire, who sues everyone that gets in his way.

“Freedom of speech!” says the lawyer who (ab)uses attorney–client privilege for all sorts of dubious activities (on behalf of clients).

“Freedom of speech!” says the venture capitalist, who is completely bankrolled by countries where there is no free speech at all.

“Freedom of speech!” says the businessman, who made sure that non-disclosure and non-disparagement agreements won’t ever reveal anything incriminating about any of his activities.

“Freedom of speech!” says the accountant, who makes his money negotiating confidential deals and advising clients to store their money in secret offshore tax havens.

“Freedom of speech!” says the banker who knows that bank secrecy will protect him from any wrongdoing.

“Freedom of speech!” says the migrant who arrived from a country with no free speech at all that he still supports and doesn’t dare to criticize.

“Freedom of speech!” says the religious fanatic, who doesn’t allow any criticism on his religion, even though the right to practice it is based on the exact same First Amendment.

“Freedom of speech!” says the criminal who threatened eyewitnesses and accomplices with murder if they testify about his illegal and illicit activities which were possible because of the freedoms that he was allowed.

“Freedom of speech!” says the terrorist whose harmful actions were possible because of the freedom that he was granted, thereby undermining the very foundation of freedom itself.

“Freedom of speech!” says the dictator who has killed every opposition member that posed a threat to him.

“Freedom of speech!” says the government that has classified every document that really matters.

The meta-patterns of power & pretense are generally very predictable & universal.

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@sarahkendzior Lutnick actually purchased a house from Epstein and became his neighbor. https://t.co/F4NiwNKeSw

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26/ Mnuchin is very close to Brian Brooks (ex Coinbase & Binance US) and has deep ties to Howard Lutnick, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, Tether’s US asset custodian. Lutnick purchased a house from Epstein in 1998 & became his neighbor. Backed by Peter Thiel, he now owns Rumble.

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@JohnsonThought1 Related question is whether the Edge Foundation could be viewed as a continuation of Maxwell's activities at Pergamon Press. Jeffrey Epstein was its largest financial donor and likely an intelligence asset with deep ties to the military-industrial complex: https://t.co/QsbN36dZD0

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1/ This is a thread about Jeffrey Epstein and 13 ways he was connected to an interrelated network of people that created the foundations of today’s crypto space. This could indicate that the crypto ecosystem after 2013 (or even earlier) was part of an intelligence operation. 🧵

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@cjcmichel @bradleyhope @ProjectBrazen Bookmarked. Looking forward to the forthcoming book, which seems to draw conclusions that are in line with our own observations, e.g.: https://t.co/qnbnmvDKUP

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28/ Russia & other authoritarian regimes have been able to undermine democracies by buying influence in Western countries (via VCs, hedge funds, RE, etc), often via opaque constructions with the help of elite lawyers, lobbyists, bankers & shadowy businessmen, who all benefited.

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@tomrobin This thread might provide further context. It connects Alexander Vinnik to FSB-linked Semion Mogilevich, “the boss of all bosses” of the Russian mafia and the most powerful/dangerous gangster in the world. His lawyer was former FBI director W. Sessions. https://t.co/x7NfF1pmCi

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1/ This is a thread about the largest money-laundering casino on US soil that ever existed and its deep connections to Bitfinex/Tether, FTX, Donald Trump, US elections, Russia, Wirecard, intelligence agencies & the most powerful/dangerous gangster in the world: Semion Mogilevich.

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@izakaminska It's worth noting that the U.S. High-Frequency Trading (HFT) industry was largely built by Russians. The below 3 excerpts are from Michael Lewis' book "Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt".

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@edwardsiddons @TBIJ Referring to the quote below from Gary Webb, there is no greater compliment for any journalist than getting sued & suppressed.

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A couple of weeks ago, Thiel was asked whether he sold any of his Bitcoin. The fluency of his answer reflects the average volatility of crypto and cements his place as "Silicon Valley's most secretive man". His biography "The Contrarian" is worth a read.

https://t.co/yBcufYmfLu

[Nezuron @nezuron_]

This is Peter Thiel, a longtime Bitcoin advocate.

He's not sure if Bitcoin is going to go up dramatically, but it doesn't sound really convincing.

What's going on? 🤔

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Peter Thiel sold all his crypto in 2022 just before the Terra/Luna crash making $1.8bn & joined again just before the 2024 bull run started. A spider in today’s political web connecting Big Tech/Media, Finance, Intelligence &the Military-Industrial Complex https://t.co/JQMXR7KXF0

[Wendy Siegelman @WendySiegelman]

NEW: Chart and overview of key links for JD Vance with mentor Peter Thiel, the little-known Rockbridge Network and 2016 kingmaker Rebekah Mercer

One key person in the network close to Vance includes Cambridge Analytica founder Rebekah Mercer, my latest
https://t.co/qombxufUXU

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@Cagcagdan Funny that you mention the word "Cadre", which is a real-estate "startup" that Thiel invested in with some interesting ties: https://t.co/SwW8smXMY5

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23/ Peter Thiel started to invest in BTC in 2014, also backed Cadre and is close to DST. Palantir was funded by the CIA’s VC arm In-Q-Tel. Palantir & Bannon were involved in the FB-Cambridge Analytica (CA) scandal. CA’s largest shareholder was Vincent Tchenguiz, Firtash’s partner