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May 15, 2023 10 tweets 8 min read
1/ Now let's talk about how @PeterMcCormack tried to bully me out of the crypto space by spreading malicious content that doxxed my family (incl. underaged girls), called me a "nigger" and falsely claimed I was a child predator on the sex offender registry. Image 2/ Here's one of the (many; some deleted since) posts by @PeterMcCormack that he shared on Twitter under his podcast account (@WhatBitcoinDid) directly that features a Steemit piece with some very nasty, malicious content. Image
May 15, 2023 19 tweets 12 min read
1/ In this thread we're going to explore how @PeterMcCormack is a sock puppet "social media influencer" whose platform was artificially pumped up by @Tether_to, @Blockstream and other affiliated entities for the sole purpose of promoting *their* $BTC solutions. Image 1a/ Before continuing this thread - let me be clear in stating that I am FAN of $BTC. Always have been. But I don't like the cabal that dominates & controls $BTC #Bitcoin . I'm not affiliated with ANY project in this space & NOBODY pays me.
Mar 20, 2023 15 tweets 11 min read
1/ Not sure how this space missed this but @fluffypony (Riccardo Spagni), the founder & lead maintainer of @monero $XMR outed himself as an informant for Interpol after he was detained by U.S. Marshals pending extradition. Evidence strongly suggests he helped them track Monero. 2/ Ok, so first some background. Case #: 3:21-mj-04149

Apparently in 2011, Spagni's old employer (Cape Cookies) sought prosecution against him for allegedly fudging >$100k in fake invoices. Case dragged on for years until 2021 when South Africa requested extradition
Dec 16, 2022 12 tweets 12 min read
1/ The class action lawsuits against @silvergatebank aren't just about FTX/Alameda oversights. They're about @silvergatebank allowing @PaxosGlobal & other crypto firms to launder >$425 million to South American drug cartels (verified fact, not FUD). We'll explore in this thread. 2/ Virtually every news outlet in crypto has ignored this elephant in the room for @silvergatebank, choosing instead to fogus on FTX + Alameda.

@CoinDesk hasn't said a *word* about @silvergatebank since Dec 6th - maybe @DCGco has something to do w that.
Nov 12, 2022 22 tweets 7 min read
1/ This thread is going to link the activities of @Tether_to directly to Mossad and other high-ranking members of Israeli intelligence.

The story starts w the DOJ's indictment of Reginald Fowler & Ravid Yosef in 2019 = justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/a… 2/ I published a thread conclusively proving that @bitfinex & @Tether_to were the conduits used by Fowler & Yosef to launder hundreds of millions of dollars behind a criminal payment processor called, 'Crypto Capital Co'.

Nov 12, 2022 22 tweets 16 min read
1/ This thread is going to link the activities of @Tether_to directly to Mossad and other high-ranking members of Israeli intelligence.

The story starts w the DOJ's indictment of Reginald Fowler & Ravid Yosef in 2019 = justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/a… ImageImage 2/ I published a thread conclusively proving that @bitfinex & @Tether_to were the conduits used by Fowler & Yosef to launder hundreds of millions of dollars behind a criminal payment processor called, 'Crypto Capital Co'.

Nov 10, 2022 8 tweets 8 min read
1/ $50M is nothing compared to the 230M+ $USDT @FTX_Official sent to @binance on $TRON over these past 2-3 days. $74M came from FTX.US

https://t.co/4wkzzPjO8J sent 137M USDT to FTX & Tether minted 179M USDT for FTX as well (Nov 8th) Image 2/ Before showing all these transfers, let's get you familiar with who owns what.

- @binance hot wallet = TV6MuMXfmLbBqPZvBHdwFsDnQeVfnmiuSi

- @FTX_Official wallet = TYDzsYUEpvnYmQk4zGP9sWWcTEd2MiAtW6

- FTX.US = TXwym1VaATMV1EEPKPmVcZ1oDK8GiB5psy ImageImageImage
Sep 26, 2022 20 tweets 9 min read
1/ A week or so ago @evgenygaevoy, CEO of Wintermute tweeted that @wintermute_t had been compromised for $160M+.

I conducted a follow-up analysis and published a report that refutes this claim. My report concludes this was an inside job.

medium.com/@librehash_134… 2/ Currently, the prevailing theory is that the EOA responsible for making a call on the Wintermute smart contract was compromised by someone that recovered the private key for the EOA - a feat made possible by the team's supposed use of a vanity address generator tool.
Jan 10, 2022 18 tweets 15 min read
1/ We're going to explore the intertwined relationship between major entities like @coinbase @Gemini and @BlockFi (among others)

All these revelations begin with this $ETH address: 0x530e0a6993ea99ffc96615af43f327225a5fe536 Image 2/ What's curious about this address (to begin with), is the fact it receives from @Gemini while sending directly to @BlockFi .

Two days ago, it received 14k+ $ETH from @Gemini and sent 3.6k+ $ETH to @BlockFi's hot wallet. ImageImage
Oct 17, 2021 25 tweets 20 min read
1/ Currently about 2k words into a piece titled, "@CFTC's Favorable Tether Ruling Demands Corruption Probe".

That's not a clickbait headline or one made out of emotion.

I understand the gravity of this claim and respect the burden of proof such accusations demand. 1a/ Taking into account what I stated in the prev. tweet, that report I'm curating is nowhere near finished - even at 2k+ words and running.

However, I believe the @CFTC's conduct is so egregious here that it must be addressed in some manner w/o delay.

Hence, this thread.
Sep 21, 2021 13 tweets 9 min read
1/ This thread is going to outline some *really* concerning information about governance in the @monero community - specifically from their community leader, "rehrar" (Diego).

archive.ph/qH2m7 2/ For those that don't know, Diego is the community manager for Monero. You can catch him in their main Telegram (under the name 'rehrar'). He makes $7k/month directly from the community.

He is the *only employee* @Monero has.
Sep 1, 2021 19 tweets 13 min read
1/ Recently, Pascal Schmid de-registered himself from all of these companies (spontaneously) amid all the scrutiny @binance was receiving mid-June '21 (i.e., being banned out of virtually every jurisdiction on planet earth). 2/ The change was very quiet (and subtle), but within the last couple of months, Pascal Schmid removed himself (entirely) from almost all registries / companies he was previously associated w

Most relevant one here is @binance; he was replaced w a fellow named 'Markus Felix' ImageImageImageImage
Aug 28, 2021 16 tweets 7 min read
1/ Saw a promo for "Kobe NFTs" in an ESPN article and felt compelled to expose these NFTs for the fraud they really are.

espn.com/nba/story/_/id…

This thread will prove that there is *nothing* unique about NFTs (at all). 2/ To start with, the claim that "100% of the proceeds" are going to charity is patently false.

Only the "royalties" from secondary sales (i.e., when the auction winner later sells the NFT), will be donated to charity (Mamba & Mambacita Foundation)
Aug 26, 2021 14 tweets 11 min read
1/ Finance Magnates reported yesterday that "UK Regulator Said Crypto Exchange Binance is Now Compliant"

Here's the link to that - financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency…

Won't lie, I was skeptical at first - but appears there's some credence to this headline. 2/ Cutting to the chase here - let's revisit the original notice the FCA published against @Binance on June 25th, 2021.

If you look closely, you'll notice the press release was last updated August 25th, 2021 (yesterday).
Aug 25, 2021 22 tweets 11 min read
1/ I published a public comment for BIP340 a few months ago on the official Bitcoin GitHub

After publishing said comment, it was later removed (censored) by Gregory Maxwell (@Blockstream CTO "formerly"; listed as a co-founder of @Blockstream as well).

github.com/bitcoin/bips/b… ImageImage 2/ To start off, what Gregory Maxwell wrote is a demonstrable lie - full stop.

You can view my original comment here - github.com/bitcoin/bips/w…

As screenshots, what I wrote was comprehensive, to the point + included numerous references to published (peer-reviewed) ImageImageImage
Aug 25, 2021 23 tweets 15 min read
1/ Going to quickly outline for everyone why this is extremely concerning if you care (at all) about Bitcoin's ecosystem.

This thread is a must-read. 2/ @Blockstream, founded by @adam3us is the primary firm responsible for Bitcoin and LN's development (picture here proves the LN statement; next tweet proves the BTC dev. statement)

veriphi.io/en/blog/a-brie… Image
Jun 22, 2021 14 tweets 9 min read
1/ So the other day, a thread was started on here that proposed that @binance and their derivatives are potentially a major catalyst for the printing of $USDT.

Many laughed & dismissed this, so this thread will prove those people wrong (empirically) with verifiable fact. 1a/ To be clear, this entire thread is operating from the understood premise that Tether is a fraud, full-stop. Whatever is in their "reserves" is irrelevant to this conversation because its clear none of it is legally derived.

If you disagree, stop reading. Thanks.
May 31, 2021 8 tweets 5 min read
1/ Tether isn't burning any of the USDT that its sending to the "burn address" on Tron.

TRC20 USDT smart contract = TR7NHqjeKQxGTCi8q8ZY4pL8otSzgjLj6t

"Burn" address = T9yD14Nj9j7xAB4dbGeiX9h8unkKHxuWwb

Treasury = THPvaUhoh2Qn2y9THCZML3H815hhFhn5YC 2/ We first became aware of the true identities of these addresses in a public way when Paolo "accidentally" minted 5B USDT to the Treasury address.

Apr 3, 2021 18 tweets 19 min read
2/ The reason for this is rooted in archival nodes.

For those that don't know, a full node in blockchain is *required* for *trustless* validation of the blockchain.

Without one, you will inevitably be forced to trust the word of some 3rd-party intermediary 3/ The problem the $ETH ecosystem is facing (beyond gas fees) is the growing burden of running an $ETH archival node (full node).

Right now, a full archival node requires approx. 7 TB of space.

That's 1 TB of growth in just 4.5 months. +3 TB < 1 year

etherscan.io/chartsync/chai…
Apr 1, 2021 24 tweets 21 min read
1/ In light of the ramapnt fraud that has been perpetrated by @bitfinex, @Tether_to, @paoloardoino, @cz_binance, @binance, @HuobiGlobal and others - this thread is designed to bring light to their actions by tracking down all ERC20 USDT.

librehash.org/tracking-down-… 2/ In order to do this, I decided to start with the Treasury - where all funds are minted via an "issue" call made on the relevant smart contract.

The Bitfinex "MultiSigWallet" is responsible for confirming any and all "issue" calls made to the Tether smart contract.
Mar 23, 2021 11 tweets 5 min read
1/ Assuming you're referring to the CFTC report on Coinbase's market activity, you can trace this via unusual activity occurring in one of the deposit addresses. 2/ That's how I discovered that QuadrigaCX was trading on its own exchange (and more specifically, that it was Gerry Cotten or someone else in an administration role). The analysis was painstaking, but I'll walk down a super brief example in the next tweets.