A mysterious meeting between Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) and Gary Gensler, the chairman of the SEC will have set the crypto community ablaze, which has looked into the family of the ex-CEO of FTX. The aggrieved investors are demanding clarification of the supposedly murky ties between the two men, and petitions have already gathered more than 9,000 signatures. Update on what we know so far.
Y a-t-il des liens troubles entre Sam Bankman-Fried et le président de la SEC Gary Gensler ?
Gary Gensler and Sam Bankman-Fried met before FTX fell
The initiative was shared by the site CryptoLaw, which indicated on Twitter that the two petitions – one for residents of the United States, the other for the rest of the world – sent 9,000 messages to the US Congress. This is to encourage the US government to open an investigation into the links between Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of FTX, and Gary Gensler, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), who is a American financial police.
🚨UPDATE! 💥
As of this hour, over *9,000* messages have been sent through our Connect to Congress app to demand a Congressional investigation of @GaryGensler’s actions behind the scenes before @FTX_Official imploded.https://t.co/GzHabgv36z
— CryptoLaw (@CryptoLawUS) November 14, 2022
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So what do we blame Gary Gensler for? This last would have met Sam Bankman-Fried, on March 23, according to a document posted yesterday on Twitter by user FoiaFan. Here we learn the general subject of the discussion:
“Members of Gary Gensler’s team met with teams from IEX and FTX pto discuss custody of securities in digital assets.»
According to Sen. Tom Emmer, who has since deleted his tweet, FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried allegedly worked with the SEC in order to “obtain a regulatory monopoly” with the American policeman:
Tom Emmer’s original tweet, posted on November 10
This partially corroborates the statements of Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of Binance, who had rightly criticized SBF for playing for his team, leaving aside other players in the industry.
👉 To go further – Who is Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the founder of FTX and Alameda Research?
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Ties between the families of SBF, Caroline Ellison, and the SEC?
Another point raised by a few commentators: the father of Caroline Ellison, the CEO of Alameda Research and ex-partner of Sam Bankman-Fried, would have direct links with Gary Gensler. As for SBF’s mother, she would have worked for Hillary Clinton. This raises the question of possible links with the Democratic Party as a whole:
Good job @CGasparino. @GaryGensler’s old boss at @MIT is the father of Alameda’s CEO Caroline Ellison. The GC of @FTX_Official used to be lead counsel to Gensler when he was @CFTC Chair. @SBF_FTX’s mom was Hilary’s lawyer and a Democratic operative. SBF was #2 Democratic donor. https://t.co/SvTIrGW6jd
— John E Deaton (@JohnEDeaton1) November 11, 2022
“Gary Gensler’s former boss at MIT is the father […] by Caroline Ellison. FTX’s general counsel was an adviser to Gensler when he ran the CFTC. SBF’s mother was a lawyer for Hilary [Clinton] and a Democratic agent. SBF is the second largest donor to the Democratic Party.»
If true, Sam Bankman-Fried’s relationship with the SEC/Democratic Party would actually be more trouble than anticipated. It will be recalled, however, that we must remain cautious in terms of information at the moment, the crypto community being particularly emotional since the fall of FTX. We will therefore continue to follow this story closely.
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Sources: CryptoLaw, FoiaFan via Twitter
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