counterpunch.org
The U.S. Congress Twiddled Its Thumbs on Crypto while 10 ... - CounterPunch
On January 31 of last year, Oliver Sullivan reported at Lawyer Monthly that the growing list of countries “that wholly banned cryptocurrencies includes
over 1 year ago
counterpunch.org
Sam Bankman-Fried's Crypto Companies Bilked a Potential 10.3 ... - ...
If one considers the customer losses at other crypto companies that have filed bankruptcy, potentially as a result of their exposure to FTX, the total dollar amount of losses may come close to or even exceed the estimated $17.8 billion of lost principal in the Madoff fraud. Currently, Ray is acknowledging $8 billion of missing customer funds at FTX, while indicating that records are in disarray and funds are still being tracked.
over 1 year ago
counterpunch.org
An Insider Blows the Whistle on How the Fed Has Allowed Crypto to ....
Twelve days after the disgraced and corrupt crypto exchange, FTX, filed for bankruptcy, the New York Times ran this headline: “Crypto Firm FTX’s Ownership of a U.S. Bank Raises Questions.” The article explains that a tiny bank in Washington state, Farmington State Bank (also known as Moonstone Bank), had received an ownership stake of $11.5 million from FTX’s sister firm, Alameda Research, which at the time was twice the net worth of the bank.
over 1 year ago
counterpunch.org
An Economist's Chart Goes Viral: Shows Main Source of Inflation - C...
On April 21 Josh Bivens posted a titillating analysis on the Working Economics Blog. Bivens has a Ph.D. in Economics from the New School for Social
over 1 year ago
counterpunch.org
The Fed's Trading Scandal Broadens into a Scandal with the Mega ......
Last Thursday, Jeanna Smialek, who reports on the Fed for the New York Times, broke the news that the President of the St. Louis Fed, James Bullard, gave
over 1 year ago
counterpunch.org
Jerome Powell’s Fed in Two Frightening Charts
The March 15-16 minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of theFederal Reserve show that there was agreement, given “elevated inflation and
about 2 years ago
counterpunch.org
Another Raid of Deutsche Bank, Another Dead Whistleblower
The Financial Times reported that “Germany’s federal police office, criminalprosecutors and the country’s financial watchdog BaFin raided Deutsche Bank’s
about 2 years ago
Contact Pam Martens and 1million other journalists
Search by beat, location, outlet & position to find the right journalists for your story.
Sign up for free
counterpunch.org
While JPMorgan Chase Was Getting Trillions of Dollars in Loans at A...
Under just three of the emergency bailout programs offered by the Fed to WallStreet, units of the megabank JPMorgan Chase tapped over $6 trillion incumulative (term-adjusted) loans from September 17, 2019 through the firstquarter of 2020. That figure will definitely go higher as the Fed is releas…
about 2 years ago
counterpunch.org
The Money Trail to the Ginni Thomas Emails to Overturn Biden’s Elec...
The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward and Bob Costa of CBS News have unleashed afury of renewed interest in the work of the House Select Committee investigatingthe January 6 attack on the Capitol. Last Thursday, Woodward and Costa set off apolitical firestorm when they released the contents of email…
about 2 years ago
counterpunch.org
Wall Street Has Deployed a Dirty Tricks Playbook Against ... - Coun...
For more than two decades, the general counsels of Wall Street’s mega banks have been meeting together secretly once a year at ritzy hotels and resorts around the world. This would appear to be a clear violation of anti-trust law but since Wall Street’s revolving door has compromised the U.S. Department of Justice over much of that time span, there has been no pushback from the Justice Department to shut down these clandestine meetings.
over 2 years ago
counterpunch.org
The Fed Just Pulled Off Another Backdoor Bailout of Wall Street - C...
The Federal Reserve has authorized 11 financial bailout programs thus far. Despite Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s reassurances at his press conferences that
about 4 years ago
counterpunch.org
How Wall Street Parasites Have Devoured Their Hosts, Your ... - Cou...
The riveting writer, Michael Hudson, has read our collective minds and the simmering anger in our hearts. Millions of American have long suspected that their inability to get financially ahead is an intentional construct of Wall Street’s central planners. Now Hudson, in an elegant but lethal indictment of the system, confirms that your ongoing struggle to make ends meet is not a reflection of your lack of talent or drive but the only possible outcome of having a blood-sucking financial leech aff…
almost 9 years ago
counterpunch.org
New York is Drowning in Bribes and Corruption - CounterPunch
It’s Now Official
over 10 years ago
counterpunch.org
Wall Street Titans Use Aliases to Foreclose on Families While ... -...
A CounterPunch Special Investigation: Part One of a Series
over 14 years ago
