好像所有的台湾朋友赚了钱，第一件事，都是想买房。最近见的几个 Web3 朋友，做钱包的，做 VC 的，做托管的，都这么说。 台湾人说这叫「有土斯有財」。两千多年了，是写在骨子里的。 我之前认识的朋友不是这样，他们会挑一个喜欢的城市，做数字游民，或者把钱放链上。 台湾反直觉的地方还很多。4月中，台股市值超过英国。4月29日，又超过加拿大，登上全球第6。多亏了台积电。第一季 GDP 增长 13.69%，1987 年以来最高。 税收超征，立法院通过特别条例，每人发10000元新台币，租屋补贴也增加了，每月2000到8000，对单身青年、新婚、育儿家庭可以再加，最多到14000元新台币。 经济被 AI 推到39年的新高，政府又把钱，发回每个人手里。”还税于民”。 台湾人自己说，能在岛上旅游的都是有钱人。一晚2万新台币的酒店，看起来很旧，还是住满。一次性拖鞋，要一双两百。合下来，一只脚一百。 以前电视上笑大陆人吃不起茶叶蛋。这回换我，真买不起拖鞋。 还是要到这里看一看走一走，才知道这里在发生什么。Web3 没有国界。每一个地方，都有它自己的古早灵魂。

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