Lots of focus on the metaverse; there should be more focus on the hyperstructure.

1/ Yesterday, DeFi Education Fund filed a reply brief in the Ooki DAO case, challenging the CFTC's improper attempt to serve a DAO via forum post and chat box. In short, the CFTC is pushing a nonsensical theory of DAO liability in court. We say why it's wrong. 🧵 drive.google.com/file/d/1Czh3wn…

as cynical & noided as I thought was, seeing how the media has covered all this has brought me to new levels also, huge credit to ⚡️🌙 (among others) for jumping on every single one of these stories to shame the angle they're taking

Ok, finally some good reporting on SBF’s scam. An honest piece by Quartz. Retweet for honest journalism and I’ll buy 5 random retweets an Quartz membership to help support good journalism!

-SEC wants to “protect retail investors” -SEC makes Blockfi pay $50m for doing biz w/ retail, who suffered no harm -Blockfi needs bailout, goes to FTX who makes Blockfi keep $ in FTX -FTX goes bankrupt -Blockfi goes bankrupt -SEC gets in line w/ retail, harming retail BrAv0 sEC👏

apparently the NY Times and other mentally deranged journos still don't understand the difference between "money manager" and "custodian" FTX was supposed to be a custodian and trading platform not a hedge fund

FTX wasn't a crypto problem, it was a criminal problem. A tale as old as time: a con man tricks unsuspecting victims into giving him their money under the guise of his high morals and trustworthy character, and then runs off with the funds. This has nothing to do with crypto.

When I was twenty-one years old, fresh out of college and about to start my first job, my father gave me a handwritten list of instructions. Here are my dad's rules:

Maxine Waters SBF Hey Maxine Waters, we'd like to be treated nicely by the government the way criminals like SBF are. Can you let us know how much to write a check for and where to send it? Feel free to DM if you want to keep this private.

Q:Why is Maxine Waters simping for a criminal? A:$

We gave a country, who needs ammunitions, the most notorious arms dealer in history

UPDATE: Police in the Bahamas arrested FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried in anticipation of an extradition request after U.S. officials filed criminal charges, the country's attorney general said. @nikhileshde.bsky.social reports trib.al/HHCxyNd

"nooo Gabe it's not a slippery slope it's just banning some Chinese spyware we can't let it spy on our children Gabe nooo!!!" *clears throat*

to be taken seriously in any kind of policy discussion with normie lawyers/politicians etc, you need to know: 1. what is "decentralization" / why is it good? 2. what is "autonomy" / why is it good? 3. which systems are decentralized? 4. which systems are autonomous?

At the risk of stating the obvious, there are 15m Jews on the planet, about 8m of them in Israel. That is 15m out of 8b people in the world. How do you explain the absolute obsession with the Jews and its one and only microscopic state without using the word antisemitism? Why

It was honor to be apart of the conversation with Robert Schwinger Norton Rose Fulbright and Don Irwin Mayer Brown. Thank you New York City Bar Presidential Task Force on AI and Digital Technologies for hosting. Enjoyed discussing the future of #tokenization. nycbar.org/podcasts/token…

Countries that banned public support for Hamas: 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🇦🇪 UAE 🇯🇴 Jordan 🇴🇲 Oman 🇰🇼 Kuwait 🇧🇭 Bahrain Places pro-Hamas protests occur daily: 🇺🇸 USA 🇬🇧 UK 🇪🇺 EU Could it be the Middle East understands the reality of living under terrorist regimes, unlike the West?

Nothing will attract people to you as much as your values.