Friday, October 10, 2025

Crypto World, Buckle Up for the Rug-Pull of All Time

There is no doubt that fraud and theft are at the heart of digital currencies. Not a day goes by without an article about some scam ruining the lives of the deceived. From "pig butchering" romance scams to elaborate North Korean phishing attacks on a cold wallet.

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"The mighty crypto visionary kingpins, Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX infamy and Do Kwon of the Terraform fraud, once venerated by their "crypto bros," are now in the oldest non-digital place: jail.

Yet the beat goes on, with the largest Wall Street institutions doing what they do best, devising ever more opaque leveraged vehicles for their retail customers to put money into, like Perps. This casino-like financial instrument allows for 100X leveraged bets in an endless loop.

Another new game is to "tokenize" every asset. Remember how well "synthetic" debt instruments worked out? "

Lots more at the article link

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-10-10 04:24 PM

related?

"The trade war is back: Stocks plunge on Trump's 'massive' tariff threat

US stocks sold off on Friday as President Donald Trump threatened to revive the trade war with China. The S&P 500 saw its steepest loss since April.

In a post on Truth Social, the president said he believed China was "becoming very hostile" in trade talks, and that there now seemed like there was "no reason" to speak with China's President Xi Jinping in South Korea as planned later this month."

www.businessinsider.com

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2025-10-10 04:32 PM

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