Weekly Roundup 12/16/22 (SBF Arrest, Binance’s ‘Bank run’, Gensler, FTX, and IEX) (EP.381)

Matt and Nic are back for another wild week of news and deals. In this episode: 

• Is SBF currently interned in a top 5 prison on earth? • SBF is finally arrested • We enumerate the charges from the SEC, CFTC, and DOJ • What kind of sentence could Sam be looking at here? • The CFTC’s interesting argument for standing over FTX • SBF is charged is campaign finance violations Confirming that Alameda did have latency and other advantages trading on FTX • SBF’s parents face growing scrutiny • What’s the deal with Gensler’s calendar? • Gensler comes under more scrunity for his FTX/IEX meetings • Mr. John Ray is a new star of CT • We have a new possible category for bad boys • McCaffrey resigns from The Block after revealing loans from SBF • Elizabeth Warren proposed a hostile anti-crypto bill • Do Kwon is reportedly in Serbia • The DOJ is reportedly split over charging Binance • What’s the deal with the Binance ‘bank run’?

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