1/ This is a thread about the largest money-laundering casino on US soil that ever existed and its deep connections to Bitfinex/Tether, FTX, Donald Trump, US elections, Russia, Wirecard, intelligence agencies & the most powerful/dangerous gangster in the world: Semion Mogilevich.

1/ This is a thread about Jeffrey Epstein and 13 ways he was connected to an interrelated network of people that created the foundations of today’s crypto space. This could indicate that the crypto ecosystem after 2013 (or even earlier) was part of an intelligence operation. 🧵

***NEW INVESTIGATION*** How oligarchs took on the UK fraud squad - and won. I’ve been working on this story for 15 years. It goes from South Africa to Moscow via the London Stock Exchange. Now new documents illuminate a case that has rewritten UK law and is set to end with a huge bill handed to taxpayers. theguardian.com/news/2024/se…

“Freedom of speech!” says the influencer, who has only ever used this privilege to spread (paid) lies and lives in Dubai where it’s not permitted to be in any way critical of the government, police and royal families. “Freedom of speech!” says the podcaster, who blocks everyone who criticizes him. “Freedom of speech!” says the billionaire, who sues everyone that gets in his way. “Freedom of speech!” says the lawyer who (ab)uses attorney–client privilege for all sorts of dubious activities (on behalf of clients). “Freedom of speech!” says the venture capitalist, who is completely bankrolled by countries where there is no free speech at all. “Freedom of speech!” says the businessman, who made sure that non-disclosure and non-disparagement agreements won’t ever reveal anything incriminating about any of his activities. “Freedom of speech!” says the accountant, who makes his money negotiating confidential deals and advising clients to store their money in secret offshore tax havens. “Freedom of speech!” says the banker who knows that bank secrecy will protect him from any wrongdoing. “Freedom of speech!” says the migrant who arrived from a country with no free speech at all that he still supports and doesn’t dare to criticize. “Freedom of speech!” says the religious fanatic, who doesn’t allow any criticism on his religion, even though the right to practice it is based on the exact same First Amendment. “Freedom of speech!” says the criminal who threatened eyewitnesses and accomplices with murder if they testify about his illegal and illicit activities which were possible because of the freedoms that he was allowed. “Freedom of speech!” says the terrorist whose harmful actions were possible because of the freedom that he was granted, thereby undermining the very foundation of freedom itself. “Freedom of speech!” says the dictator who has killed every opposition member that posed a threat to him. “Freedom of speech!” says the government that has classified every document that really matters. The meta-patterns of power & pretense are generally very predictable & universal.

1/ This thread shows there are deep connections between NFTs/crypto, Goldman Sachs, controversial financiers/investors, and some of the major FIAT frauds and financial scandals over the last years (e.g. Wirecard, 1MDB) that cannot be explained by mere coincidence. A thread. 🧵

24/ When Binance was incorporated in Malta, it did so with a BVI entity Zokay Investment associated with Chiliz/Socios CEO Alex Dreyfus, who founded Winamax in 1999 with Junkermann. It was funded by the late Adidas CEO Robert Louis-Dreyfus, Junkermann’s boyfriend around that time