Weekly Roundup 12/01/22 (Is SBF playing the media, more Bad Boys, Binance’s Proof of Reserve) (EP.377)

Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode: 

• Tether collapse scenarios
• The wrapped Bitcoin issue
• Ria and others are named Forbes 30 under 30
• Sam is still not in jail
• Sam’s hidden media strategy
• How Sam could be positioning himself for the case
• Was FTX really a case of negligence or was it fraud?
• Sam is muddying the waters
• Sam Trubucco is our bad boy of the week
• Should the US really annex the Bahamas?
• Members of CT are running around Nassau looking for Sam
• Should the US be pressuring the Bahamas for more action here?
• Beto returns his FTX donation
• The CFTC met with FTX 10 times
• The SEC’s culpability in the FTX scandal
• The Farmington Bank acquisition scandal
• Did Sam Trubucco and Caroline really not know about the malfeasance?
• SBF is throwing his former colleagues under the bus
• Kyle Davies’ embarassing attempted comeback
• What’s the fate of the charity boxing match?
• Casa rolls out support for Ethereum
• Binance rolls out a Proof of Reserve - but it has issues

Content mentioned: 

• NYMAG, Interview with SBF

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