Recognised a few faces from when #cz was hanging out with the 'old gang'. namely #matthewroszak
#noblemarkets and #blockstream were two of his investments. #bloq
peeps would recognise a few other connected domain names. noblex.io was one of the domains for #nobleinvestment bank.
@NobleMarkets promoted itself as entering a first of its kind 'partnership' with @Nasdaq
but really they just licensed Nasdaq's x-stream software.
There were even claims that Noble was Nasdaq's 'trogan horse' into the bitcoin world (ya know...the institutions are coming.....)
But it wasn't a partnership, they didn't trade shit and they ended up being a #deaddonkey and not #troganhorse
the only midly interesting fact about the Noble team/investors were previous cuddle buddies in #sunlotholdings the failed attempt to save the failed exchange #mtgox
where #noble CEO #johnbetts was bag boy for Sunlot . .
oh yeah forgot to mention the little grub #brockpierce
No one really remembers #noblemarkets apart from overstating a partnership with @nasdaq which was more a service relationship i.e. Noble paid Nasdaq.
Anyway back to Noble....its main game became #nobleinvestmentbank
which Betsy boy used to promote as the worlds first non-fractionalised bank...vomit vomit....
Its worthwhile noting that Roszak and Bettsy sunlot partner Brocky P setup shop down in #puertorico as self appointed #king of #crypto bellends.
I mention this coz non fractionalised first of its kind Nasdaq partnering institutional to digital trogan horse bank #noble wasn't quite all that.
It was actually a very cheap off-the shelf company with a flimsy banking charter incorporated as PCP Capital, renamed PCP Capital International before it was bought from $250k (and $500k bond) and rebranded
Here's a couple of old tweets that I'd forgotten about
But really for all its self promoting fluff #noble really just became #tether and #bitfinex banking bitch
and even took $2m cash to keep itself afloat while it shuffled accounts for #thewiz
I'm gonna put a pin in it here. I'm off to the pub to knock back a few coldies.
part 2 and or 3 tomorrow (with or without hangover)
#cryptogang #talltales
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