Alex Mashinsky
10 crypto tweets that aged like milk: 2022 edition
To put it lightly, it has been a wild year for the crypto sector. In the span of less than 12 months, the third-most valuable stablecoin imploded, leading to a domino effect that saw crypto lender Celsius go bankrupt, Three Arrows Capital’s founders go runabout and one of crypto’s most “altruistic” executives flown home in cuffs. In this article, Cointelegraph has selected 10 crypto-related tweets that have aged like spoilt milk. Do Kwon — “Steady lads” On May 10, just as the algo-stablecoin formerly known as TerraUSD started to fall below its dollar peg, the Terraform Labs founder attempted to allay fears of a further depeg, tweeting: “Deploying more capital – steady lads.” Well, we all know what happened after. The collapse of the Terra ecosystem in May 2022 saw more than $40 billi...
Celsius Network’s bungling showed why centralization can’t protect privacy
In Celsius Network’s recent court filing, the billion-dollar centralized finance (CeFi) platform exposed more than 14,000 pages of customer identity and on-chain transaction data without user consent — a prescient reminder that privacy absent decentralization is no privacy at all. As part of its bankruptcy proceedings, CeFi lending giant Celsius Network disclosed names and on-chain transaction data of tens of thousands of its customers in an Oct. 5 court filing. While Celsius’ user base complied with standard Know Your Customer (KYC) procedures in order to open personal accounts with the CeFi platform, none consented to nor could have anticipated a mass disclosure of this scope or scale. In addition to doxxing the multi-million dollar withdrawals of Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky and chief...
‘Go to jail:’ Community roasts Celsius-themed Monopoly board game
The crypto community is having a field day mocking a new Celsius-themed Monopoly board game named “Celsiusopoly,” which has emerged on a United States-based online e-commerce marketplace. The announcement of the Celsius-themed board game came from the marketplace’s head of sales and partnerships Stephanie Martin, who said the planning and production of the Monopoly spin-off came on the back of “months and months” of hard work. After months and months of back and forth, redesign, negotiating, editing and importing files, etc. we finally have a finished product. #onwardandupward #Celsians pic.twitter.com/vHjN6xWZIJ — Stephanie Martin (@stephusastrong) September 7, 2022 According to the marketplace’s website, the Celsiusopoly board game is selling for $99.00, and some s...
BitBoy founder threatens class action lawsuit against Celsius
Just two weeks after appearing in an ask me anything (AMA) with Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky, crypto Youtuber Ben Armstrong has announced he intends to file a class action lawsuit against the lending platform and its chief executive. Armstrong made legal threats via Twitter on June 15, and has since provided more detail in multiple threads. His issue is centered on being unable to pay down loans with existing funds on the platform, and instead having to deposit new funds to pay the loans off: “[Our account rep] told us we had enough money in our account to pay off a loan. But we can’t use money in our account. We HAVE TO SEND CELSIUS MORE MONEY TO PAY IT OFF.” “Imagine an insolvent company that you can’t withdraw your money from ASKING YOU TO SEND THEM MORE MONEY,” he added. Armstrong st...
