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As former FTX executive Ryan Salame heads to prison, he blames Alameda’s lawyers, says prosecutors misled his attorneys, and explains why he thinks Caroline Ellison is at least as guilty as Sam Bankman-Fried.

Ryan Salame, the former CEO of FTX Digital Markets, is headed to prison, but not before sharing his side of the story. Ryan talks candidly about the decisions he made at FTX, why he withdrew millions of dollars worth of assets in the days leading up to its bankruptcy, and the backstory behind the Thai prostitute trading scheme to unfreeze Alameda’s funds in China. He also disputes the claims about his campaign finance violations, while explaining why he thinks Caroline Ellison is “at least as guilty as SBF” and that Nishad Singh lied. 

Show highlights:

• Ryan’s life pre-FTX and how he got into crypto
• His three attempts to quit working at FTX
• How Ryan committed campaign finance violations
• Why Ryan disputes claims that FTX misled banks and misused customer funds
• How Ryan was involved in setting up trading accounts with the identities of Thai prostitutes to unfreeze Alameda’s funds
• Whether Ryan was involved in bribing a Chinese official
• Why he withdrew millions of dollars worth of assets from his FTX accounts right before its bankruptcy
• Why Ryan claims he was cooperative with prosecutors, despite common belief
• How he refuses to comment on his wife Michelle Bond's case, but denies wrongdoing
• Why Ryan pleaded the Fifth Amendment
• His allegations that prosecutors lied to his lawyers about whether they would pursue charges against Michelle
• Why he thinks that SBF could have never coerced Caroline Ellison and whether Ellison is “equally guilty” as SBF
• Why Ryan believes Nishad Singh lied to save himself and his take on Gary Wang
• How, if he didn’t know about the fraud, he could be so certain that Caroline or Nishad lied
• Whether the legal advice from FTX’s and Alameda’s lawyers should have been considered in Bankman-Fried's trial
• Whether testimony from more employees could have created reasonable doubt in SBF's trial
• Why Ryan is going to law school
• His plans post-prison
• What Ryan learned from the FTX debacle

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Guest:

Ryan Salame, former CEO of FTX Digital Markets

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CoinDesk Indices presents notable data insights from the week, followed by additional analysis from Caleigh Crossman, Data Ops Lead at Security Token Market.

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The CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) functions as a benchmark for the performance of the digital asset market, delivering institutional quality information to digital asset investors. Subsets of the CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) are investable CoinDesk Crypto Sectors and the CoinDesk 20 Index, designed to measure the performance of top digital assets. Today’s takeaways are provided by Tracy Stephens, senior index manager at CoinDesk Indices with additional analysis from Caleigh Crossman, Data Ops Lead at Security Token Market.

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Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? It’s unclear but he might have been on our very own show!

Welcome back to the Mining Pod! We’re going through Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining news including a difficulty update after Florida hurricanes, IREN’s lawsuit about HPC, Bitmain releasing another version of the S21 with less efficiency (why?), Marathon’s Anduro platform getting in on tokenized whiskey, Marathon also getting sued for being too loud at its Granbury, Texas site and HBOs new Satoshi Nakamoto documentary uncovering the creator of Bitcoin was none other than Peter Todd, a guest and friend of the show! We dig in.

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Timestamps:

00:15 Start

01:16 Difficulty update

03:14 IREN HPC lawsuit

09:26 Bitmain announces new S21 variants

15:04 MARA’s whiskey on the blockchain

25:30 MARA’s continued dispute with Texas town

29:16 Cry corner: HBOs documentary

Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! 

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The latest price moves and insights with Jennifer Sanasie, OKX Ventures partner Jeff Ren and Anthony Scaramucci, founder and managing partner at Skybridge Capital.

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Anthony Scaramucci, founder and managing partner at Skybridge Capital, joins OKX Ventures partner Jeff Ren at a special edition of Markets Daily, where they discuss the exponential growth of crypto in Dubai and their investment strategies in the current market.

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Host Christine Lee breaks down the news in the crypto industry from U.S. federal prosecutors charging four crypto market makers to SEC Chair Gary Gensler's comments on bitcoin's potential as a currency.

U.S. federal prosecutors charge four crypto market makers and over a dozen individuals for market manipulation and fraud after the FBI created a token to ensnare bad actors. Plus, SEC Chair Gary Gensler's latest comments on the crypto industry and VanEck unveils a fresh $30 million fund for fintech, digital asset and AI firms. "CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today.

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The latest price moves and insights with Jennifer Sanasie.

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CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie discusses the phenomenal rise of memecoins related to Moo Deng, a newborn hippo from Thailand. Plus, the volatility of memecoins and how they are easily impacted by influential figures.

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Host Christine Lee breaks down the news in the crypto industry from Peter Todd's denial of being Satoshi to Nigeria stalling a bail hearing for Binance exec Tigran Gambaryan.

Former Bitcoin core developer Peter Todd reacts to HBO documentary identifying him as the creator of Bitcoin. Plus, bitcoin's market movements and Nigeria stalls a bail hearing for Binance Compliance Officer Tigran Gambaryan.

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Sam Kessler and Taylor Monahan explain how North Korea is getting its coders hired at crypto companies to steal funds for the regime’s nuclear program.

The crypto community is facing a new kind of threat—North Korean devs are infiltrating crypto companies to steal millions and funnel funds back to the regime in order to bypass sanctions. 

In this episode, Sam Kessler, CoinDesk’s deputy managing editor for tech and protocols, and Taylor Monahan, security at MetaMask, explain how North Korea has embedded its operatives into the crypto space, the red flags companies should watch for, and what these hackers are doing once inside crypto firms.

Plus, they share their most interesting stories about how these hackers have gotten hired at crypto companies and the red flags the industry should know about. 

Show highlights:

• What Sam found in his investigation about North Koreans infiltrating the industry
• How Taylor has found that this is a recurring issue 
• Why Sam and Taylor refer to these infiltrated workers as ‘IT’ workers
• The most interesting stories that Sam and Taylor have discovered
• The trends in the hiring process that lead to North Koreans being hired and also what the big red flags are
• How “easy it is to de-anonymize” addresses and transactions in blockchains
• What assets and networks these workers often use to get paid
• How, after infiltrating a company, those projects get hacked
• How to deal with a situation in which you’ve already hired North Koreans
• How to protect a protocol from another type of North Korean hack: by hacking groups  
• Whether the industry is getting better at security

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Guests:

• Sam Kessler, CoinDesk's deputy managing editor for tech and protocols
• CoinDesk: How North Korea Infiltrated the Crypto Industry
• Taylor Monahan, security at MetaMask
• Previous appearances on Unchained:
• The QuadrigaCX Case: Taylor Monahan on What We Know From the Blockchain
• MyCrypto's Taylor Monahan on Why She's Not a Fan of ICOs

Links

• Previous coverage of Unchained on North Korea:
• Why North Korea Is Interested in Cryptocurrency
• Yeonmi Park on Why Doing Business With North Korea Is Like Buying a Ticket to a Concentration Camp

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The latest insights with Jennifer Sanasie.

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Delta Blockchain Fund founder and general partner Kavita Gupta breaks down the current trends in the crypto market, with a focus on catalysts including the presidential election, aFederal Reserve rate cut and altcoin activities. Plus, insights on potential liquidity concern in the digital assets space.

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Host Christine Lee breaks down the news in the crypto industry from Crypto.com suing the SEC to Cardi B's WAP token.

"CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as crypto exchange Crypto.com files a lawsuit against the U.S. SEC. Plus, Hong Kong SFC plans to approve more crypto exchanges to operate in the region and Cardi B promotes WAP token.

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