Appreciate the comment Peter. As for what next, my third article in the series covers a little of that, but in brief; watch Big players collapse, uncover the extent of leverage in the system and see it unwind, then hopefully rebuild in the rubble.

Thanks for the complement. Don't quite have the clout to work on any of the mainstream cinema or tv, but I'll hopefully be involved in an upcoming podcast series through my work with coindesk.

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It seems far more likely that they are referring to the “white hat” funds only, as the “black hat” funds demonstrated much more sophistication in blockchain use that could be expected of a regulator.
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Unfortunate lapses compromise an otherwise well-written and useful article.

That's just a bit more than buying things.

Well the 'things' these people buy – are politicians, WMD's, countries, control of banks, the economy, Big Pharma, Big Ag, WEF, UN, alphabet soup of government agencies. These people don't shop at Walmart for a cheap toaster.

So now what? I cannot help ruminating on the X Quadrillion of derivatives out there reflecting a mirror image of the FTX saga – in effect a microcosm of our global financial system, the failing of which I believe is imminent as I have documented in my book.

The canary-in-the-coalmine for me was the 2013 Cyprus bank robbery following the trauma of 2008/9. I have read Hank Paulson's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brink-Inside-Collapse-Global-Financial/dp/1455551902 and he is not optimistic about the coming global financial and economic storm:

But what people need to know is how to cope after the wreckage has become real. This is why I write my weekly articles and books:
https://austrianpeter.substack.com/p/progressing-plan-b-a-quarterly-review?s=w