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exlawyer
@exlawyernft
Proud husband & father; Art Lover; Dreamer.
Texas, USA
Joined September 2021
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    This thread contains links to my general topic threads. General topic threads cover topics like web3, how to manage debt, and general life advice. Threads covering specific artists/collections and specific legal issues are linked in my other master threads.
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    Here's what's probably going to happen: 1. Multiple countries other than the UK will demand age verification to access "adult content" 2. VPN usage will spike 3. Those countries will then outlaw VPNs claiming they are doing so "to protect the children and fight terrorism" 4.
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    Today, two 20 year olds who rug pulled for at least $1.1 million with "Frosties" were charged for wire fraud and related crimes. A 🧵 First, disclosures: I am not a criminal lawyer and I have never practiced criminal law. Nothing here should be construed as legal advice.
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    I’m like 93% sure that Banksy planned on them trying to scrub this and used special paint that he knew would look like this.
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    Steve Jobs returned to Apple as CEO in January of 1997. I was in high school, but I knew about Apple. So, I asked my dad to buy some AAPL. He did - $10k in a custodial account - somewhere around a split adjusted $0.15. I sold it all when it doubled. A 🧵...
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    LOL @GaryGensler’s tweet about the SEC’s lawsuit against Coinbase has had a community note added to it. Thank you @elonmusk, for allowing us to keep unelected bureaucrats honest.
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    Replying to @GenslerArchive and @GaryGensler
    Gary, the SEC approved Coinbase’s IPO, with full knowledge of Coinbase’s business model and after seeking clarification on CB’s operations on multiple occasions. If CB was not compliant with the law, the SEC should not have approved it to become a publicly traded company in the
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    1. I’m going to be 100% real here. @blur_io is bad for NFTs and CryptoArt. There have been jokes that NFTs are just “shitcoins with pictures” and blur has essentially turned them into that by creating a GUI that minimizes the actual art for NFTs into nothing.
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    1. The lawyers from prestigious firm Cooper & Kirk, which has argued numerous cases before multiple Circuit Courts and the United States Supreme Court have issued a white paper describing how federal banking regulators including the @FDICgov have illegally...
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    1. Wow... The @SECGov under @GaryGensler has had over 25 instances in which the agency staff responsible for bringing & prosecuting enforcement actions had access to documents created by the staff responsible for advising the commission on how to rule on those enforcement actions
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    When I first got on NFT Twitter in September of 21, everyone was saying WAGMI. Sure, there were the occasional controversies, but in general it was very positive. Flashforward to today... A 🧵...
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    Replying to @ewarren
    Ok, Liz… Let’s cut through your bullshit and lies. What actually happened is there was a run on a bank that had nothing at all to do with crypto, except for your squawking about crypto risk, which caused a run on Silvergate, WHICH FULLY PAID ITS DEPOSITORS WITHOUT GOVERNMENT
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    In a speech that Gary Gensler gave today, he admits how misguided and what a waste of resources his assault on crypto has been, while simultaneously making an impotent attempt to defend his agenda. In one hand he said: “Our focus, rather, has been on some of the 10,000 or so