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A former New York cop and alleged pedophile has described Sam Bankman-fried as the “least physically intimidating person,” in a letter pleading for the disgraced former FTX chief to be handed a light sentence. Writing to US district judge Lewis Kaplan, who is overseeing SBF’s sentencing, Carmine Simpson, who is currently incarcerated alongside Bankman-Fried, claimed, “I have had the honor to have gotten to know Sam over the past six months.” He added, “Sam is the most selfless person that I have ever had the privilege to meet,” and claims that “the world would be better with Bankman-Fried out of jail.” He then reasons that “incarceration would serve no benefit.” According to Simpson, one of the biggest “examples of Sam’s character” is that he has remained committed to his vegan diet of “ undercooked rice, a scoop of disgusting-looking beans, and week-old brown lettuce .” The letter also details how he has become a ta...

While Senator Elizabeth Warren’s opposition to crypto currencies has already earned her a reputation among the crypto crowd, one of her most recent posts slamming the industry on the social media platform X has received Community Notes throwing a similar argument at her. As it happens, Warren shared a report by the US Government Accountability Office (USGAO) as evidence for her claim that “rogue nations are using crypto to dodge sanctions and undermine our national security,” as she explained in an X post published on January 21. According to her, it is “time for crypto to follow the same anti-money laundering rules as everyone else,” for which purpose she said she had prepared “a bill to make it happen,” referring to the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act that seeks to put a stop to crypto ’s alleged use in illicit finance. A new @USGAO report confirms that rogue nations are using crypto to dodge sanctions and undermine our national security. It’s time for crypto to foll...