GM Crypto Enthusiasts,

Bitcoin is enjoying some much wanted time in the sun! 

And Bitcoin investors are having a ball, watching naysayers backpeddle.

While some analysts wait for BTC to take a downturn under $20k, it is creeping up to $24k and setting another record.

On to the more dramatic part of the day, here are:

• United States vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried

  • Round 1: Letters to loved ones

  • Round 2: Those are mine…still!

• The Crypto Queen Resurfaces..... In England 

SBF Is Back with With More Drama

Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX, Alameda, & Federal Regulators… 

Hope you aren’t tired of hearing those names (

because this drama is still in the early “Telenovela” phase).

Without further ado!

Here’s what this episode of the FTX saga has in store for you:

1. Sam sends love letters… to witnesses? 

2. Sam tries to claw back FTX assets

Love letters?

It all started when Federal Prosecutors asked U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan to modify Sam Bankman-Fried’s bond agreement.

The Feds allege that SBF engaged in “witness tampering” by sending encrypted messages to a potential witness on Signal.

(ok, this isn’t how Signal works, but the situation definitely has high-school vibes)

Apparently, SBF may have been trying to influence “Witness-1’s” potential testimony. 

In addition to “Witness-1," the Feds have also said SBF had contacted current and former employees of FTX.

The Feds now want the court to stop SBF from contacting FTX and Alameda Research employees on Signal and other platforms. 

FTX’s

(assets)

are MINE!

The other part of this saga involves SBF's attorneys filing to regain access to FTX's assets.

A few weeks ago someone started moving funds around for FTX and most assumed it was Sam’s handiwork. Afterwards, the courts banned him from accessing any of FTX’s assets. 

SBF didn’t agree. 

So, he submitted an argument that there is no proof of him being involved in any previously suspected unlawful activities

(he pleaded “not guilty” to all charges in this case as well).

He apparently wants to reconnect with FTX to “use each other as resources when possible, or at least vet things with each other.”

Many have taken to Twitter to point out the more “controversial” parts of his filings.

Here is a

by a popular trader who goes by the name Zerohedge:

The Missing Crypto Queen Reappeared on the Radars

We all miss the Queen (>_<) RIP…

But not this one!

After more than five years in hiding, the so-called Cryptoqueen, Ruja Ignatova, has been spotted in England.

Famous for her:

• OneCoin Ponzi scheme

• Being Featured in FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted list

This

‘societal diamond’ was spotted when she listed her luxury penthouse in Kensington for sale. 

With a price tag that started at $15.5M, then dropped to $13.6M, and eventually disappeared.

(sound like a familiar theme?)

According to the filing, she was listed as a beneficial owner of Abbots House Penthouse Limited connected to this property.

Until now the Cryptoqueen was last seen boarding a flight from Bulgaria to Greece in 2017.

Could this be the beginning of the end?

Only time can tell, but BBC journalist Rob Byrne doesn’t believe the Cryptoqueen was actively looking to sell the property, as he

: 

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