Coinbase CEO and co-founder Brian Armstrong have applauded the work of citizen journalists and blockchain analysts surrounding the unfolding FTX disaster and its former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried.
In a Nov. 16 tweet that has been retweeted over 9,000 occasions on the time of writing, Armstrong urged that it has been common residents, fairly than conventional media that has uncovered most of the developments related to the liquidity crunch and subsequent chapter submitting of FTX.
Commenting on a latest New York Instances “puff piece,” Armstrong mentioned it: “Appears like a turning level for citizen journalism and lack of belief in MSM” — referring to mainstream media.
Twitter has damaged nearly each piece of this FTX story utilizing blockchain analytics, whereas NYT is writing puff items on a legal.
Appears like a turning level for citizen journalism and lack of belief in MSM.
— Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) November 16, 2022
Crypto Twitter has additionally been extremely crucial of the article, with Polygon Studios CEO Ryan Wyatt tweeting on the creator of the article that Bankman-Fried had “dedicated vital crimes” and it was “a disservice to all of these impacted.”
Elon Musk has tweeted concerning the rise of citizen journalism on Twitter a number of occasions since buying the social media community in October.
Mainstream media will nonetheless thrive, however elevated competitors from residents will trigger them to be extra correct, as their oligopoly on info is disrupted
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 11, 2022
For instance of the rise of blockchain evaluation and citizen journalism, on Nov. 5 blockchain tracker Whale Alert shared that just below 23 million FTX Token (FTT), representing roughly 17% of the circulating provide and valued at $584.8 million on the time, had been moved onto Binance.
This occasion turned out to be one of many first indicators of FTX’s liquidity crises, a narrative that was not picked up by the NYT till Nov. 8.
Blockchain investigators had been additionally the primary to interrupt the information of the FTX hack, with the actions of funds to completely different wallets being carefully tracked by Twitter customers who deduced it was a hack hours earlier than FTX’s official announcement.
Twitter Areas has additionally grow to be house to “The Roundtable Present,” a gathering of crypto neighborhood members hosted by Mario Nawfal which has been offering dwell updates and commentary on the FTX saga because it develops with figures similar to Musk, BankToTheFuture CEO Simon Dixon, and web entrepreneur Kim Dotcom who’ve joined with 891,499 individuals tuning in.
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Whereas Twitter has usually been instrumental in breaking information and evaluation on the FTX saga, it additionally has harbored its justifiable share of conspiracy theories and outright false info.
Bankman-Fried’s latest cryptic Twitter thread prompted wildfire rumors on the platform that he was utilizing the newly posted tweets to delete older, probably incriminating ones, a concept that was later debunked.
Twitter customers additionally pointed to Bankman-Fried’s personal jet leaving The Bahamas for Argentina on Nov. 12 and speculated he was fleeing there, which he denied, and a supply later advised Cointelegraph that Bankman-Fried was beneath supervision by Bahamian authorities.
