Top crypto tweets of the day – October 17th

Barrons: The Enforcement Division is now investigating FTX Trading, FTX US, and their principals, including Sam Bankman-Fried. At issue are accounts that FTX offers that pay investors yield in exchange for depositing their cryptocurrencies with the firm. https://t.co/WQ0W4I2GOi

— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) October 17, 2022

Another flagrantly inaccurate ‘report’ on Binance from the usual suspects.

We felt they crossed a serious line. Threatened to doxx my family. So the team agreed not to engage.

Read my response below, along with more details about how I lead Binance. https://t.co/dF9djlryDg

— CZ 🔶 BNB (@cz_binance) October 17, 2022

FUD is annoying, but makes you stronger.

Do the right thing, then let your users choose. You know. 🙏

— CZ 🔶 BNB (@cz_binance) October 17, 2022

JUST IN: Mastercard to help banks obtain regulatory compliance to offer #crypto trading, CNBC reports.

— Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) October 17, 2022

1/ This wallet minted 141 Punks for 0.0207 ETH, estimated to now have a value of over 11 thousand ETH 💀

However, the wallet has had no activity since, for both NFTs and crypto (other than receiving fake tokens)

Lost their seed phrase? pic.twitter.com/Piqe6Epl1W

— Nansen Intern 🧭 (@nansen_intern) October 17, 2022

2/ They were sent the smithdavid888.eth ENS 8 months ago.

Butttt, following its trail to the resolved address takes you to a connected suspended twitter account and now various other larp/likely scam accounts using it as a front, knowing its inactive. pic.twitter.com/DXdOBBV3ZN

— Nansen Intern 🧭 (@nansen_intern) October 17, 2022

Justin Sun withdrew 50M $USDT from #AAVE and swapped for $USDC via another address “0x621f”.

Interestingly, we found that Justin Sun's address "0x621f" bought 11,661 $ETH ($12.65M) at the bottom on June 17th, when $ETH was priced at $1,085.

Justin Sun is really smart money. pic.twitter.com/0NuXT6LoxR

— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) October 17, 2022

Justin Sun withdrew 50M $USDT from #AAVE and swapped for $USDC via another address “0x621f”.

Interestingly, we found that Justin Sun's address "0x621f" bought 11,661 $ETH ($12.65M) at the bottom on June 17th, when $ETH was priced at $1,085.

Justin Sun is really smart money. pic.twitter.com/0NuXT6LoxR

— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) October 17, 2022

Kanye wearing a “Satoshi Nakamoto” hat pic.twitter.com/iomldVpgeD

— Zack Voell (@zackvoell) October 16, 2022

Staggering animation of the British pound’s decline over the past 100 years 📉pic.twitter.com/RGGAt2YskU

— Alex Gladstein 🌋 ⚡ (@gladstein) October 16, 2022

Note this shows value lost against the dollar, which also collapsed massively this century

An animation of value lost against goods or services or gold would be much more devastating

— Alex Gladstein 🌋 ⚡ (@gladstein) October 16, 2022

BREAKING: Bitcoin Association to pursue criminal charges against miner who did exactly what Craig said he would do during BCH hash war. https://t.co/mOR1dgCfsF

— The Soon Times (@thesoontimes) October 17, 2022

USDC is shrinking and Tether is growing because folks who hold USDC are generally savvy enough to know they're getting screwed by USDC's 0% interest rate, whereas Tether holders aren't savvy enough to know they're getting screwed by Tether's 0% rate. pic.twitter.com/eZwJsOGjHI

— John Paul Koning (@jp_koning) October 17, 2022