Eisenberg was arrested for allegedly stealing millions from the crypto trading platform mango markets, hal finney’s widow announced a bitcoin-themed fundraiser marathon to raise money for research into als, multicoin capital appears to have been heavily affected by both direct and indirect exposure to ftx, solana has been in freefall for the last two months and just hit a two-year low, vitalik buterin tweeted his support for solana’s community of developers and fans, manchester united’s new tezos-based nft collection appears to have been plagiarized, a fan-made south park spoof of ftx and its disgraced former ceo made the rounds on crypto twitter, on-chain sleuths noticed seven-digit funds from wallets linked to alameda research were being moved through transaction privacy mixers, sam bankman-fried (sbf) denied all involvement and offered to advise regulators, most of the leading cryptocurrencies saw very little price movement to end the year, dogecoin and solana suffered double-digit percentage drops, and the industry has all of its eyes on the courtroom saga of ftx’s unraveling.
Events began in december 2020 when avraham eisenberg was arrested for allegedly stealing millions from the crypto trading platform mango markets. hal finney’s widow subsequently announced a bitcoin-themed fundraiser marathon to raise money for research into als. meanwhile, multicoin capital appears to have been heavily affected by both direct and indirect exposure to ftx and solana has been in freefall for the last two months and just hit a two-year low. vitalik buterin tweeted his support for solana’s community of developers and fans, manchester united’s new tezos-based nft collection appears to have been plagiarized, and a fan-made south park spoof of ftx and its disgraced former ceo made the rounds on crypto twitter.
Sleuths noticed seven-digit funds from wallets linked to alameda research were being moved through transaction privacy mixers, prompting sam bankman-fried (sbf) to deny all involvement and offer to advise regulators. most of the leading cryptocurrencies saw very little price movement to end the year, but dogecoin and solana suffered double-digit percentage drops. the industry has all of its eyes on the courtroom saga of ftx’s unraveling. eisenberg returned $67 million of the $100 million he stole from mango markets, prompting crypto twitter to be excited by the news of his arrest. twitter roasted sbf after he denied involvement in the seven-digit funds.
Events unfolded as a result of a number of factors. avraham eisenberg was allegedly motivated to steal millions from mango markets, while hal finney’s widow wanted to raise money for research into als. multicoin capital was affected by ftx, while solana’s freefall was likely due to a combination of market forces and investor sentiment. vitalik buterin’s tweet of support for solana was a show of solidarity, manchester united’s nft collection was plagiarized, and the south park spoof of ftx was created as a form of entertainment. on-chain sleuths noticed the seven-digit funds from wallets linked to alameda research, prompting sbf to deny involvement and offer to advise regulators. dogecoin and solana suffered double-digit percentage drops, and the industry is now focused on the courtroom saga of ftx. eisenberg’s return of $67 million of the $100 million he stole from mango markets was a positive development for crypto twitter.
