Arthur Hayes @CryptoHayes was born in Detroit, USA, in 1985. He later moved with his parents to Buffalo, New York, where he attended the Nichols School—a private preparatory school located in the city. In 2004, Hayes began his undergraduate studies at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. His notable alumni peers include @realDonaldTrump , @elonmusk,  @WarrenBuffett  and others. Subsequently, Justin Sun @justinsun enrolled in a master's program in Political Economy at the University of Pennsylvania, thereby fulfilling his aspiration to become an alumnus alongside the aforementioned figures. In 2008, following his graduation from the Wharton School, Hayes joined the trading division at Deutsche Bank (Hong Kong), marking the beginning of his career as a derivatives trading specialist. In 2011, Hayes moved to the derivatives trading division at Citi (Hong Kong). In 2014, Arthur Hayes co-founded BitMEX alongside Ben Delo and Samuel Reed, focusing primarily on the trading of crypto asset derivatives. Ben Peter Delo @bendelo   is a co-founder and co-owner of BitMEX. And during the relevant Period , he has been the Chief Operating Officer of BitMEX.  He is a U.K. citizen and graduated from Worcester College, Oxford University in 2005 with a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science. He has never been registered with the Commission in any capacity.  After graduating, Ben joined IBM as a software engineer. Later, he developed high-frequency trading systems for the hedge fund GSA Capital and JPMorgan Chase. Samuel Reed @STRML_ borned in1990， is a co-founder and co-owner of BitMEX, and describes himself as Chief Technology Officer of BitMEX.  He is a U.S. citizen and has resided in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Boston, Massachusetts during the Relevant Period.  Samuel graduated from Washington & Lee University with a degree in Computer Science and was served as CTO of two technology companies: Tixelated and Global Brand Solutions of Hong Kong. During the Relevant Period, Reed has held his ownership interest in the BitMEX entities through a Wisconsin limited liability company that maintains bank accounts at banks in the United States, and owns property in the U.S. Reed has never been registered with the Commission in any capacity. Hayes, Delo, and Reed have shared responsibility for various aspects of the  BitMEX business. At a high level, Delo has been responsible for building and overseeing the BitMEX trading engine, Reed has been responsible for building and overseeing the BitMEX website, API and order entry system, and Hayes has been responsible for strategic decisions, business development, marketing, and management of the BitMEX enterprise.  @TheJusticeDept @CFTC  @USDOJ_Intl   @bitmex @BitMEX_Ethan @Crypto_slutz @r_polansky @sudhu_aru @BitMEX_sandisam @business @markets @BloombergAsia @Reuters @watcherguru @zachxbt @insiderwire @WhalePanda @Tintinx2021 @yq_acc @RichardPtardio @JamesWynnReal @muphasamc @huskyXBT @JSeyff @0xcryptosam @degeneratenews @crypto_condom

One critical point needs to be clearly understood: In May 2022, Arthur Hayes entered into a Consent Order for Permanent Injunction with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a core component of his plea and settlement agreement. Under this order, he is expressly and permanently prohibited from: • Directly or indirectly participating in the operation, management, or advisory functions of any derivatives trading platform subject to CFTC regulation; • Acting to represent, promote, or market any products related to commodity futures, options, or crypto derivatives; • Providing, in any capacity, whether compensated or not, promotional or marketing services for regulated financial products, including through paid endorsements, social media activity, or podcast commentary. This injunction is permanent in nature and carries potential criminal consequences if violated. In the event of a breach, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission may immediately seek a finding of contempt of court, which could result in additional fines and potential imprisonment. @TheJusticeDept @CFTC  @USDOJ_Intl   @gov_online  @meti_chusho  @fsa_attention @SESC_JAPAN @fsa_procurement @MOJ_PSIA @NPA_KOHO @JFSA_en @Wa_nisa_FSA @headlinevc @MaelstromFund @ivcryptofund @aethircloud @CryptoHayes  @etherary @akshat_hk

In October 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission brought charges against Arthur Hayes and the BitMEX , alleging that it operated as an unregistered trading venue and failed to implement adequate Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) programs. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission also filed a civil enforcement action against BitMEX’s parent entities, including HDR Global Trading Limited, 100x Holdings Limited, ABS Global Trading Limited, Shine Effort Inc Limited, and HDR Global Services (Bermuda) Limited, as well as BitMEX’s three co-founders: Arthur Hayes, Ben Peter Delo, and Samuel Reed. The complaint alleged that they operated an unregistered trading platform in the United States and violated multiple CFTC regulations, including AML requirements. Separately, the U.S. Department of Justice brought criminal charges against Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, Samuel Reed, and Gregory Dwyer. Prosecutors alleged that the defendants willfully failed to establish, implement, and maintain an adequate AML program while operating BitMEX, and that they violated and conspired to violate the Bank Secrecy Act. @CFTC  @DOJCrimDiv @DOJNatSec  @USAttorneys @BitMEX @BitMEXResearch @STRML_ @CryptoHayes @bendelo @100xGroup @Forbes @Cointelegraph @CoinDesk @zachxbt @FareaNFts

Here comes the important part. The following seven companies are both investors and advisors to Aethir, and their chip holdings are shown in the figure. 1 Merit Circle  @BuildOnBeam 2 @MaelstromFund Arthur Hayes 3 Builder Capital @BuilderVC     4 Meta Capital LP  5 Versailles Ventures   6 Lumen Capital 7 The Big Bang Dao Next week, CP will provide detailed info about Aethir's core founding investors, IVC @ivcryptofund , and the founder of @BitMEX ，Arthur Hayes @CryptoHayes. @hosseeb  @MessariCrypto   @wacy_time1 @lookonchain @Coincuofficial  @DamiDefi  @cryptorand  @hmalviya9 @CryptoNinja_NFT @IHayato @shupeiman @DANKU_mj @noritaka_okabe @cryptobaby @kudasai_japan @BankeraDao  @tabbata @CNBCFastMoney @DegenerateNews @zachxbt @CFInvestigators @CFInvestigators #ath# #ivc# #hayes#

As previously noted , two key points were highlighted: 1. James Rob and Daniel Wang are required to report their work to IVC; 2. IVC was established in 2021 by two cofounders of Headline Asia  ，Brian Lu  @LuBall13 adn Akio Tanaka @tanakaakio Now, for the crucial point: Arthur Hayes—co-founder and co-owner of BitMEX—owns and operates a corporate entity named #HeadlineAsia#. Through this entity, he conducts trading activities on BitMEX, as well as on other cryptocurrency exchanges and with over-the-counter (OTC) trading partners. Furthermore, this entity has never been registered with the CFTC. In other words: 1. Through HeadlineAsia , Arthur Hayes serves as one of the ultimate controlling persons of IVC, alongside Akio Tanaka; 2. Indirectly—via IVC and Malestorm— Arthur Hayes has also become one of the ultimate controlling persons of Aethir, alongside Akio Tanaka and James Rob . Currently, in addition to being the founder of Malestrom, Arthur Hayes also serves as a board member of the Jackie Robinson Foundation  @JRFoundation . @TheJusticeDept @CFTC  @USDOJ_Intl   @gov_online  @meti_chusho  @fsa_attention @SESC_JAPAN @fsa_procurement @MOJ_PSIA @NPA_KOHO @JFSA_en @Wa_nisa_FSA @headlinevc @MaelstromFund @ivcryptofund @aethircloud @CryptoHayes  @etherary @akshat_hk   @0xngmi @functi0nZer0 @zachxbt @tier10k @CryptoCred @RookieXBT @TRADEMAYME @dubzyxbt @abetrade @icebagz_ @CryptoLady_M  @only1mrwhite  @crypticworld7 @CoinDesk @Cointelegraph @CoinMarketCap @TheBlockCo @Blockworks @ForbesCrypto @PeckShieldAlert  @BitcoinNews

On October 1, 2020, one day before the U.S. Department of Justice and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed charges against BitMEX  and its four key executives, Samuel Reed, co-founder and CTO of BitMEX，was taken into custody in Massachusetts and would be presented before a federal court in Massachusetts. On April 6, 2021, Arthur Hayes landed at an airport in Honolulu, where he surrendered to federal agents on the tarmac. In August 2021, BitMEX itself reached a civil settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, agreeing to pay $100 million in civil penalties. According to individuals familiar with the matter, all defendants initially pleaded not guilty in the criminal proceedings. However, between February and March 2022, BitMEX’s three co-founders each changed their pleas and agreed to plead guilty. Arthur Hayes pleaded guilty in February 2022 to violating the Bank Secrecy Act and related AML requirements, and agreed to pay a $10 million criminal fine.  In May 2022, he was sentenced by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York @SDNYnews to six months of home detention followed by two years of probation. The same court also ordered the other two BitMEX co-founders to each pay $10 million in penalties. Benjamin Delo was sentenced to 30 months of probation without home detention, while Samuel Reed received 18 months of probation. In late 2021, Gregory Dwyer agreed to be extradited from Bermuda to the United States. On August 9, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Gregory Dwyer, BitMEX’s Head of Business Development, had also pleaded guilty in the criminal case. He admitted to violating the Bank Secrecy Act by willfully failing to establish, implement, and maintain an AML program at BitMEX. Under the terms of his plea agreement, he agreed to pay a separate $150,000 criminal fine. Dwyer was subsequently sentenced to one year of probation. In total, BitMEX-related penalties amounted to approximately $130 million. Following the enforcement actions by U.S. authorities, both Arthur Hayes and BitMEX suffered significant reputational and operational setbacks. In the years that followed, Hayes increasingly repositioned himself as a high-profile commentator in the crypto space, frequently promoting speculative projects and leveraging his industry influence and social media presence to attract retail investors. @TheJusticeDept @CFTC  @USDOJ_Intl   @bitmex @CryptoHayes  @bendelo  @STRML_ @BitMEX_Ethan @Crypto_slutz @r_polansky @sudhu_aru @BitMEX_sandisam @business @markets @BloombergAsia @Reuters @watcherguru @zachxbt @insiderwire  @WhalePanda @Tintinx2021 @yq_acc @RichardPtardio @JamesWynnReal @muphasamc @huskyXBT @JSeyff @0xcryptosam @degeneratenews @crypto_condom

1 HDR Global Trading Limited was incorporated in the Seychelles in 2014.6.23 as a Seychelles International Business Company.  Throughout the Relevant Period, HDR has owned and operated the BitMEX trading platform. Despite being incorporated in the Seychelles, HDR does not have, and never has had, any operations or employees in the Seychelles. HDR operates, or has operated during the Relevant Period, out of various locations and offices throughout the world, including in New York, San Francisco, Milwaukee, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Bermuda.  “HDR” derives from the first letter of the last names of Hayes, Delo, and Reed, who are the three primary ultimate owners of HDR and its various subsidiaries, each holding  approximately a one-third ownership interest in HDR.  2 @100xGroup 100x Holdings Limited is a holding company  incorporated by Hayes,  Delo, and Reed in Bermuda.  In a July 15, 2020, blog post on the BitMEX website, Hayes “introduced” 100x and represented that “100x will become the new holding structure for HDR Global Trading and all our other assets, including the BitMEX platform.”  3 ABS Global Trading Limited is a Delaware limited liability company incorporated in 2017.4.27 through which BitMEX conducts some operations in the United States.  It is a subsidiary of HDR and 100x, and it is ultimately owned and controlled by Hayes, Delo, and Reed.  “ABS” derives from the first letters of the first names of Hayes, Delo, and Reed: Arthur,  Ben and Sam.  4 Shine Effort Inc Limited is a Hong Kong corporation incorporated in 2014.8.26, and  a subsidiary of HDR and 100x.  Shine is the corporate entity through which BitMEX conducts proprietary trading on its own BitMEX platform, as well as proprietary trading with other market participants on exchanges and over the counter throughout the world.  Shine is controlled by Hayes, Delo, and Reed.  5 HDR Global Services (Bermuda) Limited is a Bermudian entity incorporated in  2018 that employs certain personnel performing duties for BitMEX.  HDR, 100x, ABS, Shine, and HDR Services act as a single, integrated common enterprise. They share common office space, employees and operational resources. They advertise on a single website that does not distinguish between entities. They share common directors. They share common ownership. They share common legal and compliance resources.  They share operating expenses, and report financial activities in consolidated financial statements. BitMEX employees and executives refer to a BitMEX enterprise as opposed to distinguishing between legal entities. Employees of the various entities have “ email addresses. These entities operate as an integrated, common enterprise, and are described together in this complaint as “BitMEX.” @TheJusticeDept @CFTC  @USDOJ_Intl   @bitmex @CryptoHayes  @bendelo  @STRML_ @BitMEX_Ethan @Crypto_slutz @r_polansky @business @markets @BloombergAsia @Reuters

I am a Web3 Ambassador at World Liberty Financial. There are 12 of us on the team page. 4 are named Trump. 3 are named Witkoff. The page calls us "the passionate minds shaping the future of finance." 600,000 wallets bought our memecoin. They lost $3.87 billion. The family collected $350 million in trading fees. It launched 3 days before the inauguration. 80% of the supply went to CIC Digital LLC and Fight Fight Fight LLC. I did not choose the names. I designed the allocation, the vesting, the timing, and the distance between the product and the President. The distance is my best work. I am the reason these events are unrelated. World Liberty Financial sends 75 cents of every dollar to DT Marks DEFI LLC. That is the family entity. Zero capital contributed. Zero liability assumed. I wrote this into the Gold Paper. Page 14. The lawyers bound it in white leather. The binding cost more than the due diligence. Justin Sun invested $75 million. He was facing SEC fraud charges. The SEC dropped the case. He is now our advisor. These events are unrelated. Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to federal money laundering violations. He received a presidential pardon. The SEC dropped its lawsuit against his exchange the same week we listed our stablecoin. Then the exchange settled a $2 billion deal entirely in that stablecoin. These events are unrelated. Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, and Samuel Reed of BitMEX pleaded guilty to Bank Secrecy Act violations. All 3 received presidential pardons. Then the company itself was pardoned. $100 million in fines. Gone. An American first. These events are unrelated. Sheikh Tahnoun of Abu Dhabi paid $500 million for a 49% stake that was never publicly disclosed. Then the administration approved semiconductor exports to his companies over national security objections. These events are unrelated. Everything is unrelated. I track the unrelatedness on a dashboard I built. The dashboard has 7 columns now. I am proud of the dashboard. On May 22nd, 220 people paid a combined $148 million to eat dinner with the America First president. Over half were foreign nationals. Justin Sun paid $18.5 million for the first seat. He visited the Executive Office Building the day before. I designed the seating chart. I put it on the Investor Confidence page. That page is doing well. The team page lists 3 Witkoffs. All 3 are Co-Founders. Steven Witkoff is the President's Middle East envoy. He testified as a character witness at the President's fraud trial. His son Zach runs the crypto operation. His son Alex is also a Co-Founder. I have not been told what Alex co-founded. The father runs the diplomacy. The sons run the platform. The family runs both. That is organizational efficiency. Barron is 19. His title is Web3 Ambassador. The same as mine. Donald Jr. called the conflicts of interest "complete nonsense." Eric launched a Bitcoin mining company called American Bitcoin. America First. The mining partner is Hut 8. Hut 8 was founded in Canada. America First means the name. On March 6th, the President signed Executive Order 14233 creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. The order directs the government to hold Bitcoin. The President's family holds billions in Bitcoin. The executive order appreciates the President's assets by presidential decree. I did not write the executive order. I made sure it looked unrelated to the portfolio. Trump Media put $2 billion of Bitcoin on its balance sheet. The ticker symbol is DJT. His initials. The press secretary said it is absurd to insinuate the President profits off the presidency. Forbes calculated his crypto holdings exceed the combined value of Mar-a-Lago and Trump Tower. I would call that absurd too. That is my job. 600,000 wallets bought in. 1 of them asked why she could not withdraw her funds. I told her the protocol was experiencing dynamic market conditions. She asked what that meant. I sent her the Gold Paper. She said she had read the Gold Paper. I muted her channel. Dynamic means the conditions change. The condition that changed was her access. A congressman called us the world's most corrupt crypto startup operation. We put it on a coffee mug. Ironic merchandise. $45. The revenue split on the mug is also 75/25. My own tokens vest on a different schedule. I wrote that schedule. That is not in the Gold Paper. The memecoin funds the family. The family funds the platform. The platform funds the stablecoin. The stablecoin funds the deals. The deals require the pardons. The pardons free the partners. The partners fund the platform. The President signs the executive orders. The executive orders inflate the assets. The assets fund the family. I am the reason these events are unrelated.