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⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TrueUSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrueUSD</span></a>, one of the many stablecoins connected to Chinese crypto scammer &amp; Donald Trump business partner <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JustinSun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JustinSun</span></a>, received a half billion dollar bailout from... Justin Sun when it couldn't get its capital out of First Digital, another chinese <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/moneylaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moneylaundering</span></a> company that runs a stablecoin <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FDUSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDUSD</span></a> that is used for most trading on <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Binance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Binance</span></a>.</p><p>&gt; "In September 2024, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TrueCoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrueCoin</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TrustToken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrustToken</span></a> (the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/stablecoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stablecoin</span></a>'s owners before <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Techteryx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Techteryx</span></a>) settled with the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> over allegations they falsely marketed TrueUSD as fully dollar-backed while secretly investing reserves in risky offshore funds."</p><p><a href="https://protos.com/justin-sun-bailed-out-500m-stablecoin-tusd-report/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">protos.com/justin-sun-bailed-o</span><span class="invisible">ut-500m-stablecoin-tusd-report/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/asia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/hongkong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hongkong</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TrueUSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrueUSD</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WorldLibertyFinancial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldLibertyFinancial</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WLFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WLFI</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TrumpCoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoin</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USD1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USD1</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FirstDigital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstDigital</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>American <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> has filed suit against <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TrueUSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrueUSD</span></a> / <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TrustToken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrustToken</span></a> arguing that its reserves consisted of 99% illiquid offshore assets and it became unbacked by actual dollars ca. 2022.</p><p>While most people outside of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> have never heard of TrueUSD's token <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TUSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TUSD</span></a> (a competitor to <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tether</span></a>'s <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USDT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDT</span></a>; see my pinned toot) it's worth understanding that TUSD was for most of a year the single most important <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/stablecoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stablecoin</span></a> and the one that was responsible for the *vast* majority of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a> trades on by far the largest crypto marketplace, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Binance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Binance</span></a>. The company is also rumored to be owned by the sketchiest guy in crypto, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JustinSun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JustinSun</span></a>.</p><p>Put another way: the price of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bitcoin</span></a> was measured in TUSD, not real USD for most of last year. (Now it's measured mostly in an even sketchier stablecoin <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FDUSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDUSD</span></a>.)</p><p>link: <a href="https://www.sec.gov/files/litigation/complaints/2024/comp-pr2024-145.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sec.gov/files/litigation/compl</span><span class="invisible">aints/2024/comp-pr2024-145.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/markets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>markets</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/stockmarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stockmarket</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/btc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>btc</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/garygensler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garygensler</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/justinSun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justinSun</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>Signature Bank, FTX, and TrueUSD: A Tale of Questionable Judgement</p><p>A timeline of the intermingled histories of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Binance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Binance</span></a>, and their banking partners <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SBNY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBNY</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Silvergate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Silvergate</span></a> (<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SI</span></a>).</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TrueUSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrueUSD</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BUSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BUSD</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PrimeTrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrimeTrust</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Stablecoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stablecoin</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bank</span></a> <br><a href="https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/signature-bank-ftx-and-trueusd-a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cryptadamus.substack.com/p/sig</span><span class="invisible">nature-bank-ftx-and-trueusd-a</span></a></p>