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JohnEDeaton1 | conv_3386#48100 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "I’m pretty sure #Bitcoin just told Gensler to fuck off."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Nice 🧵"
}
] | 2023-04-11T00:47:49+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_1617#48101 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Smart ambitious politicians will recognize that #Bitcoin and Crypto’s voting block is a significant one while @ewarren and the “old guard” fight for relevance and to stay in power."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "A year ago I wrote this."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Pay close attention."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Unreal"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "George Orwell rolling around in his grave."
}
] | 2023-04-10T16:11:47+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_2867#48102 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "This interview w/ @jonstewart highlights how fucked up in the head these government bureaucrats really are. Listen to the 🤮 cavalier attitude she has. Jon Stewart destroys her reality and explains what waste, fraud or abuse truly means. These people don’t like to be questioned."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "When the @nytimes published that fluff article praising SBFraud knowing millions of hard working people were swindled and lied to, it told you every thing you need to know about the Times. There are good solid reporters who work for the Times but my God it pushes propaganda."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@JosephPecaric 😂"
}
] | 2023-04-10T03:18:03+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_9765#48103 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "People have no idea how true this is. My law firm had 12 interviews set up. One person showed up. One person emailed saying he was withdrawing his application and 10 no shows. It’s a weird and difficult time."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "28,600 has been real resistance as @scottmelker pointed out. So much so, that I think once it breaks 28,600 there’s really no need to stop at 29K - just take out 30 and call it a day."
}
] | 2023-04-09T21:41:08+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_1402#48104 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Scott puts out some of the best content in the space. Looking forward to watching this one because I’ve heard for 5 years that it is a matter of time before Tether blows up."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@giancarloMKTS is one of the good guys IMO."
}
] | 2023-04-09T20:25:28+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_4328#48105 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Chinas has been playing the long game for the last 2 decades. France just met w/ China and immediately it pushes a narrative of less dependence on America. Saudi Arabia said it won’t appease America any longer. Japan just ignored western sanctions. And the USD’s status is …"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Agreed"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@SenWarren You’re the embodiment of the desperate need for term limits in this country. Only a career politician who hasn’t created a single job (other than running for office) would praise more IRS agents when there aren’t enough billionaires in the U.S. to justify the specific increase."
}
] | 2023-04-09T15:45:33+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_4392#48106 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@CoinDesk @kevinolearytv @binance I’m not defending Binance b/c I don’t know enough information to be pro or against. But I don’t think anyone should give any validity to what O’Leary says about Binance. First, his bias and hatred of @cz_binance is clear. Two, his defense of SBFraud forever disqualifies him."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "To EVERYONE: Have a safe and Blessed Easter."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "💯 we must listen to this. We must use the correct terminology within the proper narrative. Digital assets = software code, not securities. Digital assets, like any other commodity, can be marketed packaged offered and sold as a security but they are themselves, not securities."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "This argument was first made by the @Ripple defense team (Michael Kellogg’s firm - the appellate regulatory law firm that Neil Gorsuch was a partner at) and we are waiting for Judge Torres’ decision any day now. @coinbase also adopted the argument in its Amicus Brief in Whai."
}
] | 2023-04-09T02:18:13+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_8080#48107 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Whether you love her or hate her, agree or disagree, Lyn is a badass and worth listening to when she speaks."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Excellent 🧵"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Regardless of what you think of DeSantis this is smart. I really would like to see some Democrat Governors or Senators come out and encourage banks in their respective states to do the same."
}
] | 2023-04-08T17:05:01+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_7870#48108 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@Scaramucci @Grayscale Exactly what Joe Grundfest said as well.\n\nhttps://t.co/khj3ccLd6U"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "When people talk about the negative impact of the SEC’s case against @Ripple and #XRP, here’s an example. @TapJets and thousands of other vendors accept #XRP. But some major companies will not touch it due to the lawsuit."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "This 👇"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@XRP_Productions 🤐"
}
] | 2023-04-08T13:50:13+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_7254#48109 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Amazing content."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "We need to make sure things like this gets maximum views. When someone within the crypto community says these things it is easier to dismiss us as biased zealots. Other sitting members of Congress need to witness the engagement to realize the strength of the crypto voting block."
}
] | 2023-04-08T12:34:38+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_1313#48110 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "💯 We win in court and we win at the ballot box."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "This 👇"
}
] | 2023-04-07T23:17:26+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_4501#48111 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Worth following."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "“The magnetic poles of the crypto industry have flipped. XRP is now bona fide in the eyes of a once-hostile industry. “\n\n-@Blockworks_\n\nWelcome to the #XRPArmy 😂 \n\nNo Matter What Happens With the SEC, Ripple Has Already Won - Blockworks https://t.co/nGR5y90oQx"
}
] | 2023-04-07T15:57:51+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_9879#48112 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Thank you for clarifying."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@NikZZXZ @GaryGensler @SECGov @CouncilInstInv You’re dead wrong. 99% - not 90% - of all crypto tokens will fail."
}
] | 2023-04-07T15:41:19+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_7938#48113 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Read this because its 💯"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Great interview. 👏"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "You mean the United States 🇺🇸 isn’t in the Top 10?\n\nIf the startup involves crypto and blockchain technology, would the U.S. even make the Top 50 today? How about Top 100?"
}
] | 2023-04-07T13:25:46+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_6102#48114 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Organize and fund."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@GaryGensler @SECGov @CouncilInstInv You are so full of shit."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "I wonder against who’s interests."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Im literally buying #coin tomorrow"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@EricCobaltXrp 🙏 I appreciate you all"
}
] | 2023-04-06T21:16:10+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_9831#48115 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Hogan sums it up perfectly."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "please see 👇"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Whether you agree or disagree with the author, I believe 🧵s like this are important and necessary. We must be willing to have “uncomfortable conversations” in a civil and respectful way."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Perfectly stated."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Here we go. DeFi is the real 🎯"
}
] | 2023-04-06T14:50:12+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_6403#48116 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@AP_Abacus @Grayscale Because Congress won’t act, the pathway to victory and to achieve some level of clarity has always been in the Courts. It is where we win.\n\nhttps://t.co/vy1MQBti1A"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "State Judges in Massachusetts face mandatory retirement at age 70. Sounds like a good idea for federal legislators and political appointees to me."
}
] | 2023-04-06T12:57:12+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_6205#48117 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@JayVTheGreat Where is this from"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@Spend_The_Bits Congrats to you and @Jay_SpendDBits"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "More and more countries will do the opposite of what the U.S. wants. The U.S. has lost its standing in the world. It’s because we have people in DC in both parties that do not put the U.S.’s needs over their own special interests."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@JayVTheGreat Amen. Man some made so much more of this than was warranted. Trash talk in the Heat of competition between young athletes. What kills me is that some of the people going overboard are people who’ve never competed athletically."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@EXPATXRP1 @CryptoLawUS 👏"
}
] | 2023-04-06T00:33:27+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_5088#48118 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@JayVTheGreat @Belisarius2020 Ripple’s argument is that that is not enough because there is no underlying contract. I don’t see Judge Torres buying that argument although I see the Supreme Court accepting it."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@JayVTheGreat @Belisarius2020 For example in 2014 Ripple sent a brochure to 100 potential investors about XRP. If you were one of the 100, you have privity with Ripple. Judge Torres could find that specific transaction to those 100 potential investors as an “offering.”"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@JayVTheGreat @Belisarius2020 Privity meaning some form of contact communication relationship between promoter and investor. In Howey land and service contracts, ETH ICO, Gram purchase agreements, or Emails, letters, brochures, verbal meetings. Any direct sale meets privity b/c directly from Ripple."
}
] | 2023-04-05T23:42:12+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_4103#48119 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@JayVTheGreat @Belisarius2020 I prefer it tbh"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@JayVTheGreat @Belisarius2020 And you know damn well if the SEC could’ve cited a single case to make me look like an idiot - they would have."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@JayVTheGreat @Belisarius2020 I issued a challenge to the SEC in the amicus brief I filed. I told the judge the SEC could not cite one case in American jurisprudence EVER that found an investment contract between an investor who had zero contact or privity with the promoter. The SEC ignored the challenge."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@JayVTheGreat @Belisarius2020 Some cases have found an investment contract from only a brochure being sent to the investors that made promises. HOWEVER not a single case - including ALL CIRCUITS - where an investment contract was found and there was absolutely no privity between promoter and investor."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@JayVTheGreat @Belisarius2020 The interesting issue IMO is 2nd Circuit caselaw versus other circuits. In the 2nd Circuit Ripple’s argument is stronger than 1st, 5th, and 9th circuits. Cases outside 2nd Circuit have found an investment contract w/o underlying contract."
}
] | 2023-04-05T23:28:13+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_3683#48120 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@JayVTheGreat @Belisarius2020 I need to speak at 1.5-2 x speed in real life. I seem much more succinct and brief. 😂"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Truth"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@cvpayne As always, Charles, great shoes 👟"
}
] | 2023-04-05T21:00:36+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_9993#48121 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Important 🧵 to read and understand."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "I suggest the government seize the assets of @jpmorgan and Jamie Dimon."
}
] | 2023-04-05T20:56:38+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_2646#48122 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "I am a lawyer and @daveweisberger1 is 💯 correct."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@scottmelker Feels like you called the 28,600 resistance weeks ago."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "The 🐺 has skillz!"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Sounds like she should have a nonissue agreeing to have a public discussion with a moderator and someone else who can take the other side. I vote for @nic__carter to present the other side."
}
] | 2023-04-05T14:08:39+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_6614#48123 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "The last business to leave San Francisco please turn off the lights. @jespow clearly made the right decision for his staff. Wth is going on in SF?"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@TeamCavuto @GeraldoRivera @FoxBusiness Its the Manhattan DA in state court, not the federal court in the Southern District. Biden can pardon federal crimes, not state crimes. Biden certainly could comment but I’m pretty sure they want this as it will embolden Trump’s support and possibly guarantee him the nomination."
}
] | 2023-04-05T02:22:21+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_1536#48124 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "A regulator who won’t be there in a couple years. A regulator who changes with the next election. You don’t bow down to an unelected bureaucrat when he is being unreasonable and ignoring the law. You fight back. @kevinolearytv is used to SBFraud like bribery no doubt."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "#facts"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@CherryEmpress21 @coinbase It has no legal effect whatsoever. Political justification. His narrative that the tokens are all securities. Maybe this guy gives testimony to hurt Coinbase - not that it would true - or should be w believed. Gensler isn’t going to let the law or the truth get in his way."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Go back to when this case was filed by the SEC. I tweeted out that the SEC would flip Wahi and get him to testify against @coinbase. He will admit the tokens are securities in a deal and Gensler will use these self-serving admissions to justify going after Coinbase. Easy to see."
}
] | 2023-04-05T00:00:58+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_3102#48125 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Let it begin"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Between January 2021 and January 2023, I bet #XRP represents a healthy percentage of trading fees earned at Uphold. Very smart business decision to not suspend trading and wait until the decision comes down by the Court."
}
] | 2023-04-04T22:43:53+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_5196#48126 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Which bank stock has less than 72 hours to live?"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "When credible people call out something that isn’t popular or it isn’t what people want to hear, maybe that’s when you should listen the most."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@CoinDesk @kevinolearytv Can I tell you what token holders are tired of: @kevinolearytv. He literally promoted the biggest scammer in digital asset history and then said he would work with him again. O’Leary is the last person who should point fingers."
}
] | 2023-04-04T21:07:16+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_1274#48127 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@GaryGensler @SECGov I testified today before Maine’s FSC that you and the SEC and other agencies are threatening not only digital asset holders, but threatening a state’s right and ability to pass legislation like a Bank accepting custody of crypto w/100% reserves. \n\nhttps://t.co/p3EZb3b3zp"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@Zer0LM @gerald_beckett @SenatorBrakey I’m on the link and available if they call on me."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@YouTubeCreators fix this please"
}
] | 2023-04-04T12:58:20+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_9948#48128 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Scammers are sophisticated. You may get an email that looks legit coming from @coinbase, @krakenfx @UpholdInc etc. They locked me out of my account when I was home on my wifi, then immediately sent me a valid looking email and called me to “walk” me through the link. I didn’t."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Bank of New York Mellon and JP Morgan still do business with Crypto Companies. Fidelity has been in Crypto for the long game. Nasdaq is just starting to get involved while smaller exchanges announce they are leaving the U.S. almost daily. Do you see what’s happening?"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "See what happened here with a rumor? #Bitcoin dropped by $1K within minutes. Now imagine once the Federal Reserve’s FedNow system is operating 24/7 and word gets out about a bank having issues or potential insolvency."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "“defensive non mutual collateral estoppel”\n\nWhen the evidence professor in me geeks out."
}
] | 2023-04-04T01:56:25+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_5953#48129 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@ZachRector7 @JoelKatz @Jay_SpendDBits"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@SenatorBrakey I sent you a DM Senator Brakey giving my email at all-deaton@deatonlawfirm.com for more specifics. Thanks."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "We have leaders in D.C. that don’t even know what they support or don’t support. None of these morons even read the bills."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@lex_node The Wolverines Brass Knuckles take the 🎂"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "TRUE STORY: I hired a 26yr old lawyer who just graduated law school and passed the bar. On his 2nd DAY at work, he came up to me and said: \n\n“JD, next Tuesday’s my birthday. What does the Deaton Law Firm do for you when it’s your birthday?” \n\n(The Participation 🏆 Generation)"
}
] | 2023-04-03T15:59:27+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_9183#48130 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Looking forward to listening to this when I find time later today."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "A U.S. Senator, sitting on the Banking Committee, not only initiated an anti-innovation campaign, but helped facilitate a bank run."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@SenatorBrakey @Zer0LM @CryptoLawUS @attorneyjeremy1 I will DM you to discuss. Thank you."
}
] | 2023-04-03T11:44:54+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_3074#48131 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@CGasparino @ManhattanDA @realDonaldTrump @GovRonDeSantis @JoeBiden https://t.co/bZmqzGFQ5x"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@BigWayne111 I’m sure most have gotten at least investigatory subpoenas but I can’t say for sure."
}
] | 2023-04-02T20:32:09+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_6839#48132 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@XRPcryptowolf https://t.co/Mf1aUCS5SD"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "If you believe @coinbase was the only exchange to receive a Wells Notice, you are likely mistaken."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "We have a coordinated effort by government agencies within the U.S. to crush Crypto in the United States. Meanwhile, we have a coordinated effort by governments outside the U.S. to crush the United States."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@david_r_barrera Clearly you’re not reading what I’m saying because you’re adding words to what i said. I’ve cited case law to back up what I’m saying and you’re giving opinions. But have a nice day."
}
] | 2023-04-02T18:33:17+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_5416#48133 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@david_r_barrera A secondary sale of a security is of course a security if that security is a stock, bond, mortgaged back security, note, etc. we are talking about what constitutes an investment contract which is the Howey test. And Howey must be applied to the transfer of an investment contact."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@david_r_barrera Not true. Each Howey factor must be satisfied for each transaction and each transaction “must be examined as of the time that the transaction took place.” SEC v. Aqua-Sonic, 524 F. Supp. at 876."
}
] | 2023-04-02T17:55:44+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_1893#48134 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@david_r_barrera Not true unless you ignore the common enterprise factor of Howey (like the SEC). Under your rationale, if an investor who signed the service & land contracts w/the Howey Co. died and his estate then sold the 🍊grove to a buyer who knew nothing about Howey, he would own a security"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "I wish I would’ve bought a house in Massachusetts. Outside of campaigning, these career politicians haven’t created one job. @ewarren hasn’t taken out a home equity line of credit in order to make payroll during down times. She believes the answer to everything is government."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@MackAttackXRP For the #Bitcoin Maxis who think I’m wrong. This is 7 years ago and it’s former SEC Commissioner Joseph Grundfest\n\nhttps://t.co/Mf1aUCS5SD"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@david_r_barrera If the argument is the SEC’s embodiment theory - the token embodies or represents all the promises and efforts of the original promoter, it fails b/c the theory is not supported by the law. If you’re arguing the way #BTC was packaged in 2013 w/an interest in a partnership - true."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Have people noticed the #XRP coverage at @CoinDesk lately? Call it the Banker’s Coin - call it a shitcoin - call it a security - call it whatever you want - but no Coin has been more resilient. Let me use lingo #BTC Maxi’s will enjoy: XRP is a🪳- even a nuclear war won’t kill it."
}
] | 2023-04-02T15:00:47+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_2908#48135 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Awesome 🧵 by @MarioNawfal\n\nIf we give up an inch of our freedom, the government will take a mile. The Biden Administration needs to ask themselves, would they like the Trump Administration to have such power? Just b/c you’re in power now, doesn’t mean you will be in 2 years."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "The industry can’t allow Gensler and the SEC snd #BTC Maxis to keep pushing an unconstitutional shortcut by calling the tokens themselves as securities."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Every Altcoin arguably starts out as a security when its first distributed, ICO or not. When Satoshi was the only miner of #Bitcoin (or one of a few) and had he offered 100K #BTC for sale for $100K USD, it would have been an unregistered securities offering."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "When the investor in Howey bought the 🍊 grove, he bought it directly from the Howey Company. If that same investor had sold the 🍊 grove to a second buyer years later, a buyer with zero knowledge of the Howey company and its involvement, the subsequent sale is not of a security."
}
] | 2023-04-02T04:52:23+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_1256#48136 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "But even if true, it doesn’t make the underlying asset - digital code - a security itself. \n\nMost important: when dealing with an investment contract, there hasn’t been a single case in U.S. history where the secondary sale of that asset was also found to be a security. NEVER."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "In Telegram it was made clear that the #GRAM token was NOT the security. #XRP is NOT a security. #ETH is NOT a security. \n\nThe #ETH ICO constituted an unregistered securities offering. Ripple may have offered or sold #XRP as an unregistered security on a specific occasion(s)."
}
] | 2023-04-02T04:52:22+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_7852#48137 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "And the Supreme Court in the Howey case in 1946 defined what constitutes an investment contract. \n\nA digital asset or cryptocurrency (software code), STANDING ALONE, is NOT a security. It can be marketed, packaged, offered and/or sold as an investment contract aka a security."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "currency, or, in general, any interest or instrument commonly known as a ‘‘security.”’\n\nDIGITAL ASSET IS NOT LISTED. SOFTWARE CODE IS NOT LISTED. \n\nIn all of these digital asset SEC cases (@Telegram, #Kik, @LBRYcom, @Ripple) the only relevant term is “investment contract.”"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "option, or privilege on any security, certificate of deposit, or group or index of securities (including any interest therein or based on the value thereof), or any put, call, straddle, option, or privilege entered into on a national securities exchange relating to foreign"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "collateral-trust certificate, preorganization certificate or subscription, transferable share, investment contract, voting-trust certificate, certificate of de- posit for a security, fractional undivided interest in oil, gas, or other mineral rights, any put, call, straddle,"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "According to the Securities Act of 1933, the term ‘‘security’’ means:\n\n“any note, stock, treasury stock, security future, security-based swap, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement,"
}
] | 2023-04-02T04:52:20+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_3116#48138 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "“INVESTMENT CONTRACT”\n\nIs one of the most misunderstood legal terms in the law. The Howey Test must be the most misapplied legal test or doctrine on social media. \n\n“Investment contract” is a legal term of art adopted from state law by Congress when it enacted the 1933 Act."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@kittychain23 I honestly would consider it but I live in Rhode Island not Massachusetts. I practice law in both RI Island and MA but I reside in RI."
}
] | 2023-04-01T23:58:13+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_1691#48139 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@CGasparino @NYPDnews @ManhattanDA @realDonaldTrump If the case centers around the Stormy Daniels payment, the gov’t is likely to lose if Trump lawyers defend it right and keep Trump far away from the witness stand b/c 1) Micheal Cohen is a terrible unreliable witness and 2) not wanting Melania to find out is a pretty good defense"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@CGasparino @NYPDnews @ManhattanDA @realDonaldTrump Although I reserve the right to rescind my comments after reading the alleged 34 charges in the Indictment, for now, I don’t blame the NYPD. The 2016 Hillary Clinton Campaign paid a fine of $113K for the way they misreported paying for the Steele Dossier. This looks 💯 political. https://t.co/nS4hGgjZF7"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "The FSC with @WarrenDavidson @GOPMajorityWhip @PatrickMcHenry @RepFrenchHill @RepHuizenga, and others, must find out just how close (or not) SBFraud was to inking some deal with Gensler. If the rumors aren’t true, then Congress needs to show it by subpoenaing all communications."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "5 days later and #XRP isn’t at .45 but instead sits at .51. 6 cents doesn’t changed the thesis."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "What a great title from @RealVision with @RaoulGMI: \n\n“How to Unfuck Your Future.”\n\nRaoul Pal: Escape the Rut and Forge Your Best Future https://t.co/01qLoTaKfc via @YouTube"
}
] | 2023-04-01T21:29:46+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_7705#48140 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Great 🧵 This 👇 is a bigger concern for the U.S. yet our out-of-date leaders want to blame it all on Crypto."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "The U.S. Government intends to sue @coinbase yet also intends to use @coinbase to unload the #Bitcoin it holds. Nothing wrong here at all."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Gensler said there is no need for Congress to do anything regarding Crypto. That statement alone tells you everything you need to know about Gensler and his intentions."
}
] | 2023-04-01T15:29:19+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_5634#48141 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Dominos fall"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "I’m confident 👩⚖️ Torres is aware of the public interest at stake in the @Ripple/#XRP case. Never before did 75K holders and users knock on her Court🚪 - asking to be let in. \n\nBut I do wonder, does she truly realize what her decision could mean for America 🇺🇸 and 🇺🇸 innovation?"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Well said. 👏"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "What happened to the moderate Democrat @POTUS bragged about being for more than half a century? \n\nWhere’s THAT guy? \n\nThe one who bragged about compromise and being able to work with anyone from the other side - even segregationists, remember? \n\nSadly, that fella can’t be found."
}
] | 2023-04-01T13:39:24+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_8325#48142 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Talk about a 🤡 show.\nIf the decision comes down Monday or next week were @FilanLaw / @attorneyjeremy1’s best guess off? Even if it takes another month - it’s called an educated guess. Jimmy & Jeremy are 2 of the best people I know who’ve given a lot to the community.\n\nSo Stfu"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "We need more tech savvy entrepreneurs to decide the same."
}
] | 2023-04-01T12:36:33+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_1779#48143 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@sentosumosaba @s_alderoty @iampaulgrewal Stand up thing to say. We must use all of our resources and fight together."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Imagine having an opinion about the motivations of a very diverse group of people without having a clue about what motivates those people."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Reads like an April Fools post doesn’t it?"
}
] | 2023-04-01T11:41:41+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_3626#48144 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "This is the either or facing America 🇺🇸"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "How great would it be to show the power of voting crypto holders if we help defeat an incumbent like Warren?"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Alone this makes @ewarren unsuitable for public office. With real proof to back these allegations up, I wouldn’t hesitate using my Massachusetts law license for the public good."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "I see comments about “insiders” and whether @Ripple and the SEC will learn before hand. The only people who will know before the Judge publicly issues her ruling is her staff and any clerks who helped her with research or helped ✍️ the decision."
}
] | 2023-03-31T22:14:34+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_5649#48145 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@JimboXRPL 99.9% of all Court rulings don’t have the importance and significance this decision may prove to have. Not very often does a Judge’s decision impact not only the U.S. but the world. International holders have been held hostage. 17 amicus briefs at the district court level. Etc"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@JimboXRPL Jimmy is the man. The final proofreading could be taking place right now or the Judge could take the weekend to carefully proofread it. This ruling could possibly shape the entire landscape of blockchain and crypto in the United States for the next 5 years or longer."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "There is no deadline of today for her to rule. The decision could come out within the next hour or it could take another 30-60 days. Based on previous cases, Judge Torres has issued her ruling on summary judgment within a couple months of her Daubert/Experts’ decision."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "There’s a huge misunderstanding on CT and YouTube. Only motions that have been pending more than 6 months must be reported on a list to Congress. The 6 month list does not apply to Judge Torres’ summary judgment ruling b/c the motion has been pending for a little over 3 months."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "For those that missed. It is during the second half of the discussion."
}
] | 2023-03-31T19:21:42+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_3407#48146 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@scottmelker, \n\nSounds like a great follow-up Spaces to have with @AlderLaneEggs to discuss? On the last spaces I was on with you, @MarkYusko, @AlderLaneEggs (and others) Marc was adamant the seizure of Signature was more than serious and will prove to be trouble for the space."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@EMPOWR_us sounds like great area for FOIA"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "If you could only pick one side to get an outright victory (nothing in the middle) you must favor Ripple. The SEC’s theory in the case is just too overbroad and outstretched for an outright victory. The issue is just how deep does Judge Torres go in to find specific offers/sales?"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "I believe Judge Torres will comment regarding secondary sales and regarding the token itself. #XRPHolders’ Amicus Brief and 3500 affidavits are a big deal. @Spend_The_Bits, @TapJets, and all the other amicus briefs are a big deal. The Judge knows the public interest at stake."
}
] | 2023-03-31T18:27:38+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_3233#48147 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Its more likely the Judge grants judgment in favor of the two executives b/c no reasonable jury could find them reckless (@USGAO calls #XRP virtual currency in 2014; FinCEN - same in 2015; FSOC - same in 2019; @MoneyGram; SEC staff could own #XRP until 2019, Hinman’s speech etc)."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "I’ve already went on record to say a few things:\n\n1) Judge Torres will deny the SEC’s motion for summary judgment against @bgarlinghouse and @chrislarsensf. The most the SEC can hope for is for the Judge to say it’s up to a jury to decide whether the two executives were reckless."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Worst case: \nthe judge grants summary judgment in favor of the SEC like the judge did in @LBRYcom but also makes no comment regarding the token itself or secondary sales. I would then attempt to do what I did in LBRY at a hearing on damages regarding secondary sales."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "4th best outcome: Judge grants the SEC summary judgment 🆚 Ripple for both past and present sales of #XRP as an investment contract but the judge makes clear her ruling has nothing to do with secondary sales of #XRP. Ripple appeals the case and we have the status quo for years;"
}
] | 2023-03-31T18:27:36+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_2187#48148 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "3rd best: Judge denies both the SEC and Ripple’s motion for summary judgment and states that a jury must decide disputed facts and we have the status quo for another year - BUT the judge makes clear #XRP is simply software code and that secondary sales are not securities;"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "2nd best: Judge rules Ripple offered #XRP as an investment contract aka security early in the #XRP ecosystem on a few specific instances (ie the brochure sent to 100 potential investors in 2014) but #XRP itself is not a security and ongoing and secondary sales are not securities;"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Imagined #XRP outcomes:\n\nBest outcome: outright win for @Ripple w/the Judge smacking the SEC for gross overreach and behavior in the case (Judge Netburn has commented SEC lawyers are hypocrites, lack faithful allegiance to the law, and only care about winning the next argument);"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "As we wait: this is from a year ago 👇"
}
] | 2023-03-31T18:10:30+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_2543#48149 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Do you see the tragic irony here 👇\n\n@GaryGensler’s goal is to crush @coinbase until it enters a strategic partnership with one of Gary’s master’s. Maybe @GoldmanSachs can acquire 40-50%. Afterwards, Gary will leave the SEC to become a partner again with Goldman - in charge of …"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "🤯 at how out of touch"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "May seem counter-intuitive to some but makes sense."
}
] | 2023-03-31T16:31:28+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_4436#48150 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Nah, it’s just a fad"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "#truth"
}
] | 2023-03-31T16:29:10+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_9803#48151 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@Santiag78758327 @apmurgotpyrc Now in my fifties, there is no greater commodity or asset in this world than time. It’s the one thing we don’t truly appreciate in our twenties or even during our early thirties."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "It is a corrupt system and those in power only care about remaining in power and will literally change the rules when it benefits them (as they did with the banks). It is difficult to not be pessimistic about the U.S. right now. It saddens my soul to feel this way."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "I practice law in Massachusetts. Massachusetts’ judges have mandatory retirement at age 70. \nIn other words, if @ewarren was a judge in Ma, and not a Senator, she would have to retire. If you’re too old to rule on the application of the law, maybe you’re too old to be making law."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@SquawkStreet @SenWarren @CNBC @andrewrsorkin @BeckyQuick @JoeSquawk \nWill someone please raise the fact that she gave Gensler the questions and answers before an oversight hearing thus violating her oath?"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "You will go down in history as a traitor to freedom."
}
] | 2023-03-31T02:54:33+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_3030#48152 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "My God, if this is true"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "DeFi under attack as well."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "FYI, When you quote @GaryGensler as a source or authority to support your own opinion on what is or isn’t an investment contract (aka a security) under U.S. securities laws, your position or opinion immediately loses credibility."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "This is France 🇫🇷 people, not Iran 🇮🇷, not North Korea 🇰🇵 and not Russia 🇷🇺 but France"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@TheBlock__ https://t.co/isXKxKdMqq"
}
] | 2023-03-30T22:54:29+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_8958#48153 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@BGIradji You’re the one w/ confirmation bias not me. Of course there are some people obsessed w/Ripple, just like some are obsessed w/Leaders involved in other projects. You’re generalizing that all #XRPHolders are obsessed w/Ripple and that’s just not true. Obsessed w/the #XRPL maybe."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@SicairosDavid if you think I’m a fan of Trump then you’re clueless. The thruth is I’ve been saying for years that there isn’t as much “practical” (not rhetoric) difference between Republicans in charge or Democrats. They both always bail out those they shouldn’t and screw the taxpayers."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@BGIradji I’ll never understand how people literally do not read what I say and then say the opposite of what I said. I said “we didn’t care if the SEC sued Ripple.” That is the opposite of being worried about Ripple. 🤦♂️"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Will this prove to be a Diabolical political move by the democrats or will it backfire?\n\nWill this embolden Trump supporters and others guaranteeing him the Republican nomination (thus not facing DeSantis) - but Trump loses to Biden again? \n\nOr, does it help Trump become POTUS?"
}
] | 2023-03-30T21:55:29+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_2103#48154 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "The bottom line is that Elizabeth Warren cares more about maintaining her class warfare than she does about truth and Justice. At first she wouldn’t help but now, she is out to hurt people"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "“Look, the Senator isn’t going to say or do anything that might appear to be taking the side of a CEO let alone some crypto billionaires.”\n\nI responded that I didn’t represent any CEOs or billionaires but instead, the hard working people she claims to support."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "When I explained that I had over 300 of her constituents who owned #XRP and that we didn’t care if the SEC sued Ripple but that the grossly overboard allegations were hurting real people who had no relation or connection to Ripple, do you know what her staff told me?"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@GOPMajorityWhip leading the way."
}
] | 2023-03-30T20:45:19+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_9657#48155 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "It isn’t even debatable at this point. If truth equals a conspiracy, then its a conspiracy."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "THIS IS 💯 ACCURATE"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@MarkWarner this 👇"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Add Megalomaniac"
}
] | 2023-03-30T11:54:30+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_5837#48156 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "While the SEC and the U.S. Government are fighting American entrepreneurs from engaging in Crypto, including suing the number one U.S based company involved in payments using Crypto, it’s lovely to see @Alipay accepted at my local pharmacy. https://t.co/QUXoOpKBjP"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@THORmaximalist Only @SpeakerPelosi & @LeaderMcConnell rival @POTUS as the best example of why we MUST have term limits. Biden hasn’t had a real job outside of DC his entire adult life. He’s been in Congress/Senate/White House since 28 years old. Do you have any idea how out of touch he must be?"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "The arrogance of American regulators like @GaryGensler is going to cause the United States its position as the world’s leader in global trade and finance. Foreign regulators in the U.K., Singapore, UAE, Japan, Switzerland and elsewhere are eating our lunch when it comes to crypto"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "One of the good guys/gals in this game is @CryptoWendyO."
}
] | 2023-03-29T22:43:35+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_8951#48157 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "“Ripple and XRP aren't interchangeable. While Ripple is a fintech company focused on building a global payments network, XRP is an independent digital asset used for things like online payments and currency swaps.”\n\n- @CoinDesk \n\nTimes are a changing."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@ewarren @SenSherrodBrown what about those numbers?"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Good segment between @APompliano and @cvpayne"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@scottmelker Ok I must admit I really did laugh out loud."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "The very moment XRP’s price stopped moving upward and did a 180 turn was win @jimcramer said Ripple might win. Jimmy Chill can you go back to calling it a scam please?"
}
] | 2023-03-29T22:11:34+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_2363#48158 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@decryptmedia @GOPMajorityWhip @RepFrenchHill @WarrenDavidson @PatrickMcHenry @RepDarrenSoto @RepHuizenga @GaryGensler Notice Gensler says in 2018 that @Ripple needed clarity. Instead, Ripple was sued just like Coinbase will be despite coming in and talking as he suggests."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@decryptmedia @GOPMajorityWhip @RepFrenchHill @WarrenDavidson @PatrickMcHenry @RepDarrenSoto @RepHuizenga \n\nGentlemen, can you please play this video when @GaryGensler testifies and ask him to pin point where the clarity came from since April 2018 to today?\n\nhttps://t.co/W1xRTNmNVg"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "This will have a cascading effect just like we see with cascading liquidations when the floor falls out from under us."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "This is so fucked up and violates every essence of a free market system."
}
] | 2023-03-29T21:59:42+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_6953#48159 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@Gavriltudor1 Mother**^^*"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@CryptoWendyO @LBRYcom Your ❤️ and my 🇺🇸 soul"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "The same industry that @GaryGensler said in 2018 - BEFORE becoming Chair - needed clarity. \n\nHere’s a non-controversial question to ask him April 18:\n\n“If they needed clarity in 2018, as you said, and they didn’t get any, how would they know they’re not being compliant?"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@Belisarius2020 I hope I’m wrong. I think she’s going to be literal with the Howey language which reads: “an investment contract means a contract, transaction or scheme…” I believe she will agree w/ Judge Castel in Telegram and other cases that say it can be a scheme w/o an underlying contract."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@Belisarius2020 The bottom line is that the SEC’s best chance for victory is w/Judge Torres. I think the Pre-1930s Blue Sky argument is a great argument (Coinbase adopted it) and I think it wins at the Supreme Court level (maybe 2nd Circuit) but I don’t believe Judge Torres is going agree."
}
] | 2023-03-29T18:14:49+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_8865#48160 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "“Forbes has learned that Bankman-Fried has been paying legal fees from a multi-million dollar gift he gave his father with money borrowed from FTX’s sister company.”\n\nAll of those loans/gifts to family should’ve been demanded by the government. Wtf"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "The democratization of investing. Awesome approach and very much needed."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "We need to get @CaitlinLong_ testifying before these committees."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "If the fact that we have leaders in the United States 🇺🇸 pushing this bill doesn’t scare you then you don’t truly appreciate freedom."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "“I will do anything. I will destroy the company. I will give them every dollar in the bank. I will fire everyone. I will shut down everything. I will give you all the premine. Is [#LBC] not a security now?”\n\nThe testimony of an American Entrepreneur who can’t get an answer."
}
] | 2023-03-29T13:10:18+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_9119#48161 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Same applies at .56"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "I ❤️ when sweet guy Tony has 🔥 in his belly."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@EleanorTerrett @GaryGensler If they don’t ask him how much of the $2.4B - what percentage - is for crypto enforcement, they’re not doing their job. Ellie, is there a breakdown somewhere of how the funds are allocated?"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "On January 1, 2021 - 9 days after the @Ripple case was filed - I sued the @SECGov and said: “the #XRP case is the most significant non-fraud SEC Enforcement Action in Modern History.” 76K other #XRPHolders agreed. Two years later the rest of the world is starting to agree."
}
] | 2023-03-29T12:16:33+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_8037#48162 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@JWVerret 💯"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "“it will be a short step to regulatory tyranny, a regime where Americans are ruled not by laws but by men operating free from the bonds of law and from the need to answer at the ballot box.”\n\n- The paper by Cooper & Kirk. A must read. Start with this 🧵"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@ewarren is a threat to freedom."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@Fame21Moore If they’re selling at .52 imagine at 1."
}
] | 2023-03-28T23:31:52+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_3043#48163 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "This is on 🎯"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@BilalSLittle Thank you my friend. Keeping doing what you do."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@CaitlinLong_ has attempted to do just that but you and your friends are fighting her."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "I thought they said there was no crisis?"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "#XRP w/o a doubt is the answer to the question👇 1st, slammed as a Bankers Coin - the opposite of what #Bitcoin stood for (originally). 2nd, called a shit coin by @VitalikButerin. 3rd, labeled a security by the SEC and thus, declared dead. In the end, #XRP is the comeback coin."
}
] | 2023-03-28T19:48:39+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_3314#48164 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Outstanding analysis by @BilalSLittle. He is 💯\n\nIf @Ripple loses what happens? The status quo happens while Ripple appeals to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. The SEC did NOT seek a preliminary injunction. Ripple continues to grow 800% like it has.\n\nBut if Ripple wins….."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@scottmelker Seriously, you are very good at it Scott."
}
] | 2023-03-28T19:32:43+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_9282#48165 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@nic__carter Sounds like a great lawsuit."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@MentorWm @attorneyjeremy1 🙏"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Going live"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@iam_cachoeira @attorneyjeremy1 @CryptoLawUS Yea during his second three-peat he was all washed up. 😝"
}
] | 2023-03-28T18:54:10+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_8026#48166 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "If these tokens are all securities or fraudulent why would Fidelity have a “token research team”? \n\nRegulators are attempting to create a fire sale for crypto companies, including @coinbase."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Important questions need answering."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "I know it’s not the same as watching @attorneyjeremy1 do another Legal’s Briefs but @CryptoLawUS TV has him live in ONE HOUR. \n\np.s. Who knows maybe this will cause him to come out of retirement like M.J. did after baseball."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@GRDecter I’m sure @ewarren will blame it on crypto."
}
] | 2023-03-28T14:49:02+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_3020#48167 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "If you don’t believe the terrorists’ language in the complaint 🆚 @cz_binance and @binance was intentional in order to carry forward the narrative that #Bitcoin and Crypto are primarily used to fund terrorism, money laundering, drug deals, etc, you haven’t been paying attention."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Must read!"
}
] | 2023-03-28T14:13:35+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_8283#48168 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "When you can beat’em you join’em"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@allenwebstuff @JedMcCaleb @VitalikButerin Jed was part owner of Mt.Gox - it was his website that started it. He is the co-founder of Ripple and the founder of Stellar. That’s quite a bit."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@EddyDobson @JedMcCaleb @VitalikButerin It was him of Chaum for me. Definitely deserving"
}
] | 2023-03-28T13:59:02+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_5883#48169 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@Goodebags @JedMcCaleb @VitalikButerin Ty"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@RaoulGMI @SlopCrypto @attorneyjeremy1 Unfortunately no. CFTC can call ETH a commodity in its suit 🆚 @binance and we will probably see the SEC file a case 🆚 Binance claiming its using ETH as a security regarding any staking/yield associated w/ETH. Any asset can be packaged and offered/sold as an investment contract."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "BTW, my unbiased choices for Crypto’s Mount Rushmore:\n\nDavid Chaum, Satoshi Nakamoto,\n@JedMcCaleb and @VitalikButerin."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Not only does @JedMcCaleb belong on Crypto’s Mount Rushmore but he is Crypto’s Teflon Don."
}
] | 2023-03-28T13:31:21+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_4354#48170 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "#word"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Different story"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@nic__carter First thing I thought when reading."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Excellent article"
}
] | 2023-03-27T21:12:55+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_4428#48171 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Impressive lineup."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "We need new leadership."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@CryptoWendyO Wendy they will stop suing @binance @krakenfx @coinbase etc once @Fidelity @jpmorgan @GoldmanSachs @StateStreet or @Nasdaq etc own a big enough piece of them."
}
] | 2023-03-27T15:45:54+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_7702#48172 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Regulator 🆚 Regulator"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "My article on https://t.co/9Z2MffGJZS\n\nBut @GaryGensler isn’t going to let something like the U.S. Constitution or 76 years of Supreme Court precedent get in the way of his political ambitions.\n\nhttps://t.co/qBPUpuB0Oc"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "“It doesn’t take a constitutional law expert to understand that the SEC has limited jurisdiction over the crypto industry; barring congressional action, front line regulation of digital assets belongs with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.”\n\n- @JohnEDeaton1"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "They panic before they figure out they can’t stop it. But their panic stage will cause temporary pain."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@jeremykauffman I told back then, you were the best advocate in the Courtroom that day."
}
] | 2023-03-27T14:54:24+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_3712#48173 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@cvpayne @LizClaman @TeamCavuto @TuckerCarlson @CGasparino @EleanorTerrett \n\nPlease read @jeremykauffman’s remarks to the Judge. This is how @GaryGensler and the @SECEnfDirector and @SECGov are treating American entrepreneurs."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Read this 🧵 \n\n@jeremykauffman was a true advocate for every blockchain entrepreneur wanting to do business in the United States. \n\nThis should go to @PatrickMcHenry @RepFrenchHill @GOPMajorityWhip @WarrenDavidson @RepDarrenSoto and every other elected member of Congress."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@blckchaindaily @jimcramer His is the same guy that said @DeutscheBank @CreditSuisse and other banks were great investments. Cramer recommended @coinbase over $400. Within a year, he claimed Coinbase was selling unregistered securities. Give me a break. 🤡"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Best one yet."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Naomi is a born educator."
}
] | 2023-03-27T13:54:09+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_4232#48174 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "One of the best journalists out there. If you are a Crypto holder you should be following @RoslynLayton."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "In the meantime @POTUS ⛽️ 💡America and pretends to act tough. Biden acts as if we are living in the 1980s and the U.S. is in the same position it was back then."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "The energy consumption argument is losing its legs. People are going to become much more worried about jobs and the economy and a lot less worried about how much energy #Bitcoin consumes."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@JumpmanFiend @coinbase @brian_armstrong I’m not sure if one has been assembled. I would assume @twobitidiot might put a list out at some point."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Does anyone at @CNBC like @andrewrsorkin @BeckyQuick @JoeSquawk @MelissaLeeCNBC @SullyCNBC @carlquintanilla @davidfaber ever challenge @jimcramer on his statements. 18 months - 2yrs ago he recommended #COIN up to $460. Now it’s all a scam. 🤦♂️ 🤡 Town."
}
] | 2023-03-27T00:21:10+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_4135#48175 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "This is one way we win. We win at the voting booth."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Which one of these nations is going to to stand up and tell the United States: “gfy and your dumb ass approach regarding the eventual adoption of blockchain technology.”"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Make No Mistake \n\nThis is 💯 👇👇"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@tanryou1 One thing I’ve learned about social media, is that some people don’t let the truth get in the way of their opinions."
}
] | 2023-03-26T22:56:29+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_9444#48176 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@scottmthai Her decision hasn’t been pending for more than 6 months."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "XRP has the most attractive risk/reward ratio IMO. The Judge’s ruling is coming down w/in the next few weeks (maybe this week). If the SEC wins, what’s the downside from .45? Ripple appeals and we get the status quo. Ripple wins and its made clear XRP isn’t a security? Upside? 🤔"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@HaileyLennonBTC @TheOGLauraWalsh 👏 thank you for saying it"
}
] | 2023-03-26T21:01:30+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_5714#48177 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@scottmelker https://t.co/FckWHNn4uB"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@BTC_Archive https://t.co/FckWHNn4uB"
}
] | 2023-03-26T20:28:04+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_3615#48178 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@OraclesArc2 Notice that I said a subsequent sale of an investment contract. Stocks and bonds etc are always securities. An investment contract is determined by an Howey analysis."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "If Coinbase loses the fight like some claim they will (ie @JohnReedStark), it will hurt the entire ecosystem including #Bitcoin (no matter what the Maxi’s say). We must unite and fight together to defeat the enemy.\nOnce that’s accomplished, we can go back to fighting each other."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "My long winded point is that we have one enemy right now: Government overreach by unelected political appointees disguised as regulators whose mission is to protect the incumbent system and those in power within the incumbent system."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Ripple defended itself and made an assertion that #BTC and #ETH were Chinese technologies. That pissed of those that support #Bitcoin and @VitalikButerin got pissed and called #XRP a shitcoin. Ripple and #XRPHolders felt abandoned and angry. Hence: Divide & Conquer."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "The Divide & Conquer strategy is an effective one. Look what happened in this case. Some people didn’t mind Ripple being sued and ignored how overly broad the allegations were and assumed it was just a “Ripple problem.”"
}
] | 2023-03-26T19:04:23+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_8311#48179 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "I didn’t claim it was an attack on all of crypto because I was a Ripple fanboy, but because the SEC was arguing the token itself was, is, and always will be a security regardless of the seller or the circumstances surrounding the sale. That is NOT how the Howey test works."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "I’m saying this as someone who was very vocal at the beginning that the SEC’s case 🆚 Ripple and #XRP was - in fact - an attack on all of Crypto. In fact, I wrote those same words in the Writ of Mandamus I filed against the SEC only 9 days after the Ripple case was filed."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Coinbase is a publicly traded company and I guarantee their lawyers advised @brian_armstrong that the prudent, cautious and safest thing to do was to delist #XRP and see what happens w/the Judge. You could always relist later. Also, if you don’t, class actions could be next."
}
] | 2023-03-26T19:04:21+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_8233#48180 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "I’m acknowledging this even though when the case was filed against Ripple - over two years ago - I warned that many of the same allegations being made 🆚 #XRP equally apply to almost every other altcoin on the market. Over a year ago, I made this video.👇\n\nhttps://t.co/88PgXCMs4r"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "As a public company @coinbase must be less aggressive. @iampaulgrewal highlights the point here."
}
] | 2023-03-26T19:04:19+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_2640#48181 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Like Jesse Powell said: #XRP was one asset out of 50. Most lawyers would’ve said: Why take the unnecessary risk? If Ripple wins or settles, we re-list. If we don’t delist and the SEC wins it might come looking to collect a fine for not delisting once they said it was a security."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Although I publicly recommended a very aggressive approach - not only NOT delisting #XRP - but moving to intervene or asking to be granted amicus status w/ participatory rights, most lawyers will tell you that delisting #XRP was an easy decision to recommend at THAT time."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "I think @krakenfx and Coinbase hoped the regulatory onslaught would be limited to #XRP - a sacrificial 🐑\n\nTruth be told, Ripple had pissed off industry leaders. @chrislarsensf’s campaign 🆚 PoW didn’t earn fans. @jespow used to be on Ripple’s board and summed his view below.👇"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "The lawsuit was filed on December 22, 2020 and the delisting came 2-3 weeks later. But only 4 months after the lawsuit - on April 14, 2021 - Coinbase became a public company on the Nasdaq exchange via a direct stock listing. Its impossible for the IPO to not have played a role."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "I know how #XRPHolders feel about the delisting. At the time, I publicly disagreed w/Coinbase for delisting it, but the sad reality is delisting #XRP was probably not a very difficult choice for Coinbase to make considering it sought approval for an IPO and wanted harmony w/SEC."
}
] | 2023-03-26T19:04:15+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_9306#48182 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "The lawsuit against @Ripple and #XRP was filed in December 2020 - almost two years after Coinbase’s meeting with the SEC regarding #XRP. I’m sure there was an emergency type meeting at Coinbase with @brian_armstrong @iampaulgrewal or whoever was there at the time."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Less than a month after the SEC meeting, Coinbase listed #XRP in February 2019. \n\nAfter #XRP was listed, you saw how Coinbase promoted and utilized #XRP to expand into cross border payments. Read this 👇\n\nhttps://t.co/YYGFgTBREp"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "SEC enforcement lawyers couldn’t conclude #XRP was a security in June 2018; and don’t forget, SEC enforcement staff could own/trade #XRP w/o restriction up until April 2019. So when Coinbase met w/the SEC in Jan. 2019, arguing #XRP was NOT a security, the SEC had no rebuttal."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Remember, the SEC had enforcement lawyers analyze #XRP under Howey and write up a legal memo 📝 dated June 13, 2018 - seven months before Coinbase met w/the SEC regarding #XRP’s regulatory status.\n\nThat memo 📝 did NOT recommend an enforcement action or a cease and desist letter!"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Clearly, if the SEC even hinted that it believed #XRP was a security, Coinbase would’ve NEVER listed it because Coinbase needed the SEC’s blessing and approval in order to go public soon thereafter.\n\nThe SEC said NOTHING to discourage Coinbase from listing #XRP."
}
] | 2023-03-26T19:04:12+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_1470#48183 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "When Coinbase listed #XRP, it did NOT believe #XRP was a security and in fact gave a presentation to the SEC that #XRP was NOT a security. \n\nCoinbase intended to go public soon after listing #XRP and did not want to list something the SEC believed was an unregistered security!"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "IMO, @Ripple and #XRP were viewed as regulatory sacrificial lambs. Coinbase promoted the hell out of #XRP’s utility (with #USDC’s) for moving money internationally👇and gave a presentation to the SEC in January 2019 that #XRP was NOT a security; then listed #XRP in February 2019. https://t.co/iRWqb4SHNt"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "The delisting of #XRP is once again a hot topic b/c of Coinbase’s amicus filing in the Wahi case along with the SEC Wells Notice. @scotty2ten always makes great points. Here’s my thoughts on the delisting, mixed with actual facts, educated surmising, and a tad bit of speculation."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "I know some #XRPHolders have commented over @iampaulgrewal’s statement to @laurashin that @SECGov 🆚 @coinbase isn’t Coinbase’s fight alone, but all of Crypto’s. Some believe Coinbase’s comment is 2 years too late after delisting #XRP. But regardless of the timing, Paul is 💯"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "I’ll take it one step further. Can anyone show me a single case in the history of the United States where the second or subsequent sale of an investment contract was also determined to be an investment contract. The answer is you can’t."
}
] | 2023-03-26T18:51:17+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_2066#48184 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Get ready for the “Ban #Bitcoin Campaign” to get louder. The banking crisis is far from over."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "A lot of people in India 🇮🇳"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Great quote."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Remember when @WarrenDavidson asked @SECEnfDirector if Hinman’s Speech was screened and approved by Ethics? Remember how @GippyGrewal misled Congress by saying the issue was being litigated so he was prevented from answering? Look at who was on the email distribution: Not Ethics! https://t.co/t6VJjjdJsa"
}
] | 2023-03-26T15:22:42+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_3431#48185 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "President of Kenya 🇰🇪 advising people to dump U.S. Dollars because the market will look different soon. \n\nCheck out mixmasterxl's video! #TikTok https://t.co/7g5A8hxvC6"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Now this would be taking self custody to a different level!"
}
] | 2023-03-26T13:58:56+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_5195#48186 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "While Ripple was trying to get a half century old legacy system, which was built on friction, to become frictionless, #XRPHolders made up of users, investors, developers and small businesses helped create the #XRP Ecosystem. \n\nIn sum, Ripple owes us more than we owe Ripple."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Wow. They don’t what to do because they know they only have one acceptable (for them) option: inject more liquidity."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Legends"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "$5T? That is a ton of cash that will rush into risk assets. Can #Bitcoin and digital assets get 20%?"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@CaseyHerd @nlw @GaryGensler @SECGov @RaoulGMI #Bitcoin , Digital assets, Tokenization of real world assets, etc are not going away. The U.K.’s FCA must see this as an great opportunity to fight Asia and the Middle East in becoming the Crypto-Hub of the World."
}
] | 2023-03-25T21:41:49+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_9544#48187 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Dropping in on this Spaces because of the news last week like the Wells Notice to @coinbase. A lot of people were surprised by it while some of us saw this coming. And there’s more to come.\n\nhttps://t.co/uI7kHnXMXa"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Good job @nic__carter exposing the government’s overreach and intrusion."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "PAY ATTENTION"
}
] | 2023-03-25T17:56:59+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_1504#48188 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Keeping it real: \n\nIf @greenpeaceusa paid an artist 👩🎨 lots of 💰 to come up with this picture and design of #Bitcoin in order to create a visual negative connotation, I’m pretty sure the artist 👨🎨 used that 💴 to buy more #BTC b/c I would’ve sworn that @saylor commissioned it. https://t.co/r0Y7IyAAII"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@stephenchip Give me a few beers 🍻 and nachos from Boston Beer Works and I’ll lower your stress similarly."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "It will be very interesting to see if the U.K.’s FCA plays ball with @GaryGensler and the @SECGov. To place in perspective just how far apart the two agencies are: the FCA labeled #XRP a non-security token and called it a hybrid token - part exchange token and part utility token."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "I’m no TA or any analysts for that matter. But when looking at the historical pattern of #Bitcoin it appears #BTC is acting somewhat consistent w/previous cycles. Do all the macro issues ultimately matter or is the 4 year cycle the only thing that matters? 🤷♂️"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@MarkYusko @nic__carter @twobitidiot"
}
] | 2023-03-25T15:15:23+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_4907#48189 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "We just learned the @Nasdaq plans to custody #Bitcoin by the end of June. Listen to @GaryGensler BEFORE he was Chair of the SEC. He says the “unregulated exchanges” are doing better than the “incumbents” and he defends the incumbents and how they want in on this space."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Can’t think of a more important message considering the Fed will be pushing for a CBDC. A time when a Governor (DeSantis) of a state (Florida) is calling for legislation in Florida prohibiting the use of a U.S. CBDC - triggering a showdown between States and the Federal Gov’t."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "The leadership in D.C. is a real threat to America. The Fed’s reasoning for a denial of Custodia 🏦 is over illicit activity via #Bitcoin and Crypto. Yet, the major investigative agencies in the US (FBI, CIA) have stated that it is easier to track and catch criminals who do so."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "On behalf of his Incumbent Masters, @GaryGensler will crush crypto as much as possible. Coinbase isn’t the only exchange to get a Wells Notice - I guarantee it. Banks will start announcing news like 👇- just like the Nasdaq will custody #Bitcoin by the end of June per Bloomberg."
}
] | 2023-03-25T14:35:33+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_4471#48190 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Its not about reserves or no reserves. Its obvious why Custodia was denied. Those in power say @jpmorgan @GoldmanSachs @MorganStanley @BankofAmerica @StateStreet etc are SIBs - driving 💰 to those incumbent banks. Custodia 🏦 would offer a real alternative to those incumbents."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "“the president, didn’t want to fire a woman in such a high-profile post.” - @CGasparino \n\nIf that is true, then Biden should be ashamed of himself and has become utterly incompetent - frozen in a woke moment of time."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Someone should slowly read this to Jerome Powell and @SecYellen when they testify before Congress. Then make them read it out loud on the record."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "I wonder the same."
}
] | 2023-03-24T23:25:42+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_8750#48191 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Considering our elected leaders spend trillions of our taxpaying dollars like its nothing: \n\nJUST HOW MUCH IS A TRILLION?\n\nA million seconds is 12 days. \n\nA billion seconds is 31 years. \n\nA trillion seconds is 31,688 years.\n\nPerspective: The U.S. is $31.46 Trillion in debt."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@scottmelker Can’t go wrong with mixing in some Q Tip"
}
] | 2023-03-24T20:06:08+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_1151#48192 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "If you believe in the space you should force each candidate running for re-election to state his/her position regarding Crypto. Don’t let people running for an election avoid commenting either way."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "And just like that"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@GRDecter Speaking of FSOC: \n\nThe 2019 Annual Report to the U.S. Treasury stated: \n\n“The market capitalization of digital assets such as #BTC #ETH, #XRP and #LTC has increased in recent years.” \n\nThis report signed by all those powerful people was 18 months before the #XRP case. https://t.co/gKdrco8q6F"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "My God, DB may be out of business soon."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@GaryGensler @SEC_Investor_Ed ‼️ INVESTOR ALERT ‼️\n\nIf you come across an incumbent protecting career bureaucrat posing as a regulator promising to protect you, he is likely a fraud."
}
] | 2023-03-24T15:59:24+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_6697#48193 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "“Conspiracy theory” may be the most overused phrase in today’s vernacular."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@cvpayne nailed what we are witnessing many months ago. \n\nAs Charles said, what’s at stake here is:\n\n“Freedom, innovation and self-determination” \n\nIs there anything more American 🇺🇸 than those three words?"
}
] | 2023-03-24T14:08:35+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_1234#48194 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@digitalassetbuy https://t.co/4KQQVd2Pmb"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "The Bank Contagion can’t be managed IMO. Whether it is next month or 6 months from now, the printer 🖨 will turned on. It is all they know. In November we go into full election year mode and those in power will do whatever it takes to try and remain in power."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Outstanding article by @nic__carter! This article alone serves as a basis for conducting hearings and bringing unelected regulators before duly elected representatives and asked questions under oath. Subpoenas should be going out."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "The incumbents are getting in more and more."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@OosthuizenRob1 🙏"
}
] | 2023-03-24T13:26:42+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_4564#48195 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "We have reached all 100 senate offices and 350 House members. \n\nThe message is already written for you and it takes 30 seconds. This is how easy it is to have your voices heard. Let them know: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. \n\nGo to https://t.co/TMrNeTTvTd Connect to Congress."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "CONNECT TO CONGRESS UPDATE: \n\nAfter the response to a single tweet from earlier today there have been 2,355 messages sent in the new campaign from 785 total advocates, and more than half of those are new people sending their first message ever through the Connect to Congress app."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "I seriously doubt Coinbase was the only exchange. I assume @krakenfx, @BinanceUS, @binance and the others have all received Notices or will soon. The SEC doesn’t have the resources to fight everyone. This is about crushing the market so incumbents can get in."
}
] | 2023-03-24T00:52:35+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_8182#48196 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "The more that I think about the @SECGov’s war against Crypto including the recent @coinbase Wells Notice, the more I’m convinced the end game is to try and allow the incumbents to get a major piece of the industry. @CaitlinLong_ said others have also received Wells Notices."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "The fight against the @SECGov in Court doesn’t start w/ Coinbase - it’s been a war we’ve been fighting for 2 years.\n\n@Ripple; \n@LBRYcom;\n@dragonchain;\n@Grayscale;\n#Whai (b/c the SEC trying to make it much more than insider trading);\n#Voyager Bankruptcy, etc.\n\nWe win in court."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "#Bitcoin was born during the last banking crisis. I believe #BTC will explode to the upside and then we will see the real governmental attacks come out (ie talk of banning). We will also probably learn Jamie Dimon owns a shit load of #BTC"
}
] | 2023-03-23T23:29:14+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_1039#48197 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "If she agrees with Ripple that a jury must decide whether Ripple received fair notice (or she decides as a matter of law that no reasonable jury could conclude Ripple did), it will mean the Crypto Fair Notice Defense has real teeth and Coinbase will be sitting pretty."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "The @SECGov 🆚 @coinbase case raises Fair Notice Defense to an even higher level - Fair Notice 2.0.\n\nJudge Torres doesn’t reach the Fair Notice Defense unless she finds that Ripple offered/sold #XRP as an investment contract at some point (whether during 2013-2017 or today)."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "@andrewrsorkin @BeckyQuick @JoeSquawk \n\nThe next time @GaryGensler is on and you guys don’t call him out on his bullshit of coming in to register, it will end all hope for real questions. They did it to @LBRYcom, @Ripple, @dragonchain and now @coinbase. Don’t let him ⛽️ 💡 you."
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "Not that XRPHolders want to go to the Supreme Court, but let’s not forget the language favorable to Ripple’s fair notice defense in Bittner came from Justice Gorsuch who used to work under Micheal Kellog at Kellog’s firm, who orchestrated Ripple’s fair notice defense and brief.🤔"
}
] | 2023-03-23T22:16:02+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_3475#48198 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "@EleanorTerrett Jorge using the word “shamelessly” to describe anyone other than himself or his fellow SEC colleagues is cute."
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "Question: \n\nWHAT CHANGED IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS?\n\nThe @SECGov has given notice it intends to sue @coinbase less than 2 yrs AFTER the SEC approved Coinbase’s IPO wherein Coinbase provided a detailed S1 describing its platform and how it lists assets, etc. \n\nAnswer: \n\n@GaryGensler"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "“It won’t make a single depositor or investor whole, but it will enhance Gensler’s power. That’s the objective in everything Gensler is doing, after all.”\n\n-@RoslynLayton \n\nAWESOME ARTICLE \n\nby Dr. Layton"
},
{
"speaker": "SELF",
"text": "If I buy #BTC or #XRP or #ETH off Coinbase, I’m not relying on Satoshi, @bgarlinghouse, @VitalikButerin, or Coinbase to make a profit. Receiving staking rewards off Coinbase may be closer but I don’t believe the type of staking through Coinbase meets the test. 👇"
}
] | 2023-03-23T20:01:16+00:00 |
JohnEDeaton1 | conv_6410#48199 | twitter | [
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "If the Howey investor turns around and sells the 🍊 groves to me and I don’t know shit about the Howey Company or the circumstances surrounding the original sale, I did not acquire an investment contract aka a security. Full stop!"
},
{
"speaker": "OTHER",
"text": "When the Howey Company sold the 🍊 groves along with the service contracts to an investor, that direct sale was an investment contract."
}
] | 2023-03-23T20:01:16+00:00 |
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