Jake Thacker

and it was supposed to be temporary it wasn't something in my long-term strategy was a short-term solution given the current market fluctuation at the time and i think myself and a lot of others sadly saw the perception and saw the optics as more legitimized because of the actors involved and probably should have been more diligent in our vetting, but at the time everything worked.

and it was supposed to be temporary it wasn't something in my long-term strategy was a short-term solution given the current market fluctuation at the time and i think myself and a lot of others sadly saw the perception and saw the optics as more legitimized because of the actors involved and probably should have been more diligent in our vetting, but at the time everything worked.

and it was supposed to be temporary it wasn't something in my long-term strategy was a short-term solution given the current market fluctuation at the time and i think myself and a lot of others sadly saw the perception and saw the optics as more legitimized because of the actors involved and probably should have been more diligent in our vetting, but at the time everything worked.

There wasn't really any red flags either. The platform for itself works exactly as it was pitched and There weren't any issues up until November.

There wasn't really any red flags either. The platform for itself works exactly as it was pitched and There weren't any issues up until November.

There wasn't really any red flags either. The platform for itself works exactly as it was pitched and There weren't any issues up until November.

Well, again, this is... If you know anything about... and this is getting into more of the political side of what we're experiencing on a current day, present day. There's a group called the PayPal Mafia.

Well, again, this is... If you know anything about... and this is getting into more of the political side of what we're experiencing on a current day, present day. There's a group called the PayPal Mafia.

Well, again, this is... If you know anything about... and this is getting into more of the political side of what we're experiencing on a current day, present day. There's a group called the PayPal Mafia.

They've been toying around with this thing called the network state forever and wanting to break down kind of the barriers of traditional government and society and whatever it is that their philosophy is, that kind of thing. I saw SBF as, and this is more retrospect than it was at the current time, of somebody that really wanted to participate in that.

They've been toying around with this thing called the network state forever and wanting to break down kind of the barriers of traditional government and society and whatever it is that their philosophy is, that kind of thing. I saw SBF as, and this is more retrospect than it was at the current time, of somebody that really wanted to participate in that.

They've been toying around with this thing called the network state forever and wanting to break down kind of the barriers of traditional government and society and whatever it is that their philosophy is, that kind of thing. I saw SBF as, and this is more retrospect than it was at the current time, of somebody that really wanted to participate in that.

Because the one aspect to their scheme, whatever it is, was they didn't have a way to siphon off money. You can have internet. You can be anywhere in the world with the internet. You can have enough money to build platforms out in the middle of the ocean if you want. But you still had to use traditional banks. Crypto changed all of that.

Because the one aspect to their scheme, whatever it is, was they didn't have a way to siphon off money. You can have internet. You can be anywhere in the world with the internet. You can have enough money to build platforms out in the middle of the ocean if you want. But you still had to use traditional banks. Crypto changed all of that.

Because the one aspect to their scheme, whatever it is, was they didn't have a way to siphon off money. You can have internet. You can be anywhere in the world with the internet. You can have enough money to build platforms out in the middle of the ocean if you want. But you still had to use traditional banks. Crypto changed all of that.

And on March 6th, 2025, Trump signed an executive order establishing the first crypto treasury or reserve, whatever the title is. He also invested heavily in this company called Praxis.

And on March 6th, 2025, Trump signed an executive order establishing the first crypto treasury or reserve, whatever the title is. He also invested heavily in this company called Praxis.

And on March 6th, 2025, Trump signed an executive order establishing the first crypto treasury or reserve, whatever the title is. He also invested heavily in this company called Praxis.

um which is part of the whole paypal mafia thing and so all these indicators were that he wanted to be part of that group was willing to give over billions of dollars in order to do that and it fit kind of the motif of why he originally said he started ftx in his principles of kind of a decentralized collective, right? And everyone gives to everyone and so on and so forth.

um which is part of the whole paypal mafia thing and so all these indicators were that he wanted to be part of that group was willing to give over billions of dollars in order to do that and it fit kind of the motif of why he originally said he started ftx in his principles of kind of a decentralized collective, right? And everyone gives to everyone and so on and so forth.