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I'm sure SBF and Elizabeth Holmes will be next.

by dreamcompiler 1y ago

therein 1y ago
SBF, maybe. Elizabeth Holmes, no chance.
- mikkupikku 1y ago
  You're probably right, because she smoozed with Biden, but with Trump anything is possible with the right bribes.
  - SoftTalker 1y ago
    Does SBF have any ability to pay a bribe at this point? I suppose one might assume he has some funds stashed offshore somewhere.
    - moomoo11 1y ago
      The Ivy League colleges should start campus on prisons for their alumni and other inmates who could learn and continue the grift.
    - arandr0x 1y ago
      His parents might but I don't think they're accepting bribes from Stanford profs. Maybe CZ can advocate for him to have a rival again.
  - cestith 1y ago
    Is it called a bribe at this point, or is it tribute?
    - I-M-S 1y ago
      Indulgence might be the most appropriate term.
- moralestapia 1y ago
  No chance SBF ever goes out (until he's done with his sentence). Two huge factors against him: * Most people don't even know who CZ is, so this is meh-tier. People know SBF and find him repulsive, literally. Whoever puts SBF out of jail will face a massive PR backslash, he's not important enough to be worth that. * SBF stole from the rich, the only real crime in the US. Very few times you see someone who is equally hated by: the law, the public and the rich. He's screwed, lol.
  - tripplyons 1y ago
    I would add that SBF was at one point the 2nd largest donor to Democrats.
    - jmull 1y ago
      SBF/FTX was also a massive donor (using customer money) to Republicans. They routed that money through Ryan Salame, I guess to avoid appearing to be as unprincipled as they actually were. The common theme to the donations ("payoff" or "bribe" might be more accurate), whether to D or R was to weaken any push for crypto regulations.
      - tripplyons 1y ago
        Correct. I think it is fair to say that SBF would rather be associated with Democrats based on how he wanted to hide the donations to Republicans.
        jmull 1y ago
        I'll bet he's kicking himself now... he made the wrong bet associating himself with Democrats, who let justice take its course despite the donations, when these days Trump will just take a payoff and issue a pardon.
        myroon5 1y ago
        https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/02/sam-bankman-fried-considered-paying-trump-5-billion-not-to-run-lewis.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/02/sam-bankman-fried-considered...
wmf 1y ago
Only 16% but rising fast. https://polymarket.com/event/sbf-released-from-custody-in-2025 https://polymarket.com/event/sbf-released-from-custody-in-20...
- tripplyons 1y ago
  This particular market is too illiquid to mean anything. Right now, there is only about $500 in liquidity if you wanted to buy in at the 20% ask with a market order. After that the next sell limit order it as 96%.
  - noitpmeder 1y ago
    2m in outstanding volume on Kalshi: https://kalshi.com/markets/kxtrumppardon/trump-pardons/kxtrumppardon-26jan01 https://kalshi.com/markets/kxtrumppardon/trump-pardons/kxtru...
    - Karrot_Kream 1y ago
      That's the total market volume, not the volume on SBF.
  - wslh 1y ago
    I imagine at least one guy that could create the market for you and then get the profit.
- ugh123 1y ago
  I consider SBF's crime way less serious given that the end result actually made money for "victims"* which was the intended goal from the start. However Binance guy knowingly commits money laundering and gets the pardon? * Those victims who did not wait through the full asset recovery process and sold their debt to "vulture investors" for pennies on the dollar.
  - peter422 1y ago
    If your definition of “making money” is turning bitcoins into USD at bitcoins low point, and then paying that back to them in 2 years, alright. You can have whatever opinion you want about the bankruptcy process, but FTX was most certainly insolvent, due to fraud, and at that point whatever happened after the recovery to make people as whole as possible (which for many was not even close) really shouldn’t get credited to SBF.
tripplyons 1y ago
SBF already did an unauthorized interview in prison with Tucker Carslon.
yahoozoo 1y ago
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- deleted 1y ago
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giarc 1y ago
Holmes has nothing to offer him.
- jijijijij 1y ago
  Fraud talent.
- arp242 1y ago
  They're trying to turn it in to a culture war/"big pharma" type issue. They've been trying since he got in to office – see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44002658 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44002658 Will it work? If I had to bet then I'd say probably not. For any other president this would not even merit any thought beyond "lol" and that alone is worrying.
- animitronix 1y ago
  Lol sure she does
CyberDildonics 1y ago
Gislaine Maxwell will be next.
TacticalCoder 1y ago
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I'm sure SBF and Elizabeth Holmes will be next.

therein 1y ago

SBF, maybe. Elizabeth Holmes, no chance.

mikkupikku 1y ago
You're probably right, because she smoozed with Biden, but with Trump anything is possible with the right bribes.
- SoftTalker 1y ago
  Does SBF have any ability to pay a bribe at this point? I suppose one might assume he has some funds stashed offshore somewhere.
  - moomoo11 1y ago
    The Ivy League colleges should start campus on prisons for their alumni and other inmates who could learn and continue the grift.
  - arandr0x 1y ago
    His parents might but I don't think they're accepting bribes from Stanford profs. Maybe CZ can advocate for him to have a rival again.
- cestith 1y ago
  Is it called a bribe at this point, or is it tribute?
  - I-M-S 1y ago
    Indulgence might be the most appropriate term.
moralestapia 1y ago
No chance SBF ever goes out (until he's done with his sentence). Two huge factors against him: * Most people don't even know who CZ is, so this is meh-tier. People know SBF and find him repulsive, literally. Whoever puts SBF out of jail will face a massive PR backslash, he's not important enough to be worth that. * SBF stole from the rich, the only real crime in the US. Very few times you see someone who is equally hated by: the law, the public and the rich. He's screwed, lol.
- tripplyons 1y ago
  I would add that SBF was at one point the 2nd largest donor to Democrats.
  - jmull 1y ago
    SBF/FTX was also a massive donor (using customer money) to Republicans. They routed that money through Ryan Salame, I guess to avoid appearing to be as unprincipled as they actually were. The common theme to the donations ("payoff" or "bribe" might be more accurate), whether to D or R was to weaken any push for crypto regulations.
    - tripplyons 1y ago
      Correct. I think it is fair to say that SBF would rather be associated with Democrats based on how he wanted to hide the donations to Republicans.
      - jmull 1y ago
        I'll bet he's kicking himself now... he made the wrong bet associating himself with Democrats, who let justice take its course despite the donations, when these days Trump will just take a payoff and issue a pardon.
        myroon5 1y ago
        https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/02/sam-bankman-fried-considered-paying-trump-5-billion-not-to-run-lewis.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/02/sam-bankman-fried-considered...

wmf 1y ago

Only 16% but rising fast. https://polymarket.com/event/sbf-released-from-custody-in-2025 https://polymarket.com/event/sbf-released-from-custody-in-20...

tripplyons 1y ago
This particular market is too illiquid to mean anything. Right now, there is only about $500 in liquidity if you wanted to buy in at the 20% ask with a market order. After that the next sell limit order it as 96%.
- noitpmeder 1y ago
  2m in outstanding volume on Kalshi: https://kalshi.com/markets/kxtrumppardon/trump-pardons/kxtrumppardon-26jan01 https://kalshi.com/markets/kxtrumppardon/trump-pardons/kxtru...
  - Karrot_Kream 1y ago
    That's the total market volume, not the volume on SBF.
- wslh 1y ago
  I imagine at least one guy that could create the market for you and then get the profit.
ugh123 1y ago
I consider SBF's crime way less serious given that the end result actually made money for "victims"* which was the intended goal from the start. However Binance guy knowingly commits money laundering and gets the pardon? * Those victims who did not wait through the full asset recovery process and sold their debt to "vulture investors" for pennies on the dollar.
- peter422 1y ago
  If your definition of “making money” is turning bitcoins into USD at bitcoins low point, and then paying that back to them in 2 years, alright. You can have whatever opinion you want about the bankruptcy process, but FTX was most certainly insolvent, due to fraud, and at that point whatever happened after the recovery to make people as whole as possible (which for many was not even close) really shouldn’t get credited to SBF.

tripplyons 1y ago

SBF already did an unauthorized interview in prison with Tucker Carslon.

yahoozoo 1y ago

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deleted 1y ago
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giarc 1y ago

Holmes has nothing to offer him.

jijijijij 1y ago
Fraud talent.
arp242 1y ago
They're trying to turn it in to a culture war/"big pharma" type issue. They've been trying since he got in to office – see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44002658 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44002658 Will it work? If I had to bet then I'd say probably not. For any other president this would not even merit any thought beyond "lol" and that alone is worrying.
animitronix 1y ago
Lol sure she does

CyberDildonics 1y ago

Gislaine Maxwell will be next.

TacticalCoder 1y ago

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