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Sam Lyman

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Sam Lyman

@SamLyman33

Head of Research @bitcoinpolicy | Fmr Senior Advisor & Chief Speechwriter to @SecScottBessent | @Forbes Contributor | @PrincetonSPIA alum

Washington, DC

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Joined June 2022

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Sam Lyman
@SamLyman33
Jun 30
NEW: BPI research reveals that a Marxist-Leninist group with documented ties to China has been a critical mobilizer in efforts that have blocked or delayed $23.6 billion in AI investment in the US. Its scalps include 10 data center moratoria, 1 permanent data center ban, and 4
Sam Lyman
@SamLyman33
Jan 22, 2024
“Last year, the Department of Justice indicted a Sinaloa Cartel member who laundered nearly $900,000 in crypto.” What she doesn't want you to know: In the years prior, the Sinaloa & Norte del Valle cartels laundered nearly $900,000,000 in fiat currency through HSBC. That's a
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Sam Lyman
@SamLyman33
Oct 11, 2023
Critical context missing from the @WSJ piece on Hamas and crypto: In April 2023, Hamas warned its donors to STOP sending Bitcoin. Why? Because the transparent nature of the blockchain had Western intelligence following their every transaction like bloodhounds. Hence, the
Sam Lyman
@SamLyman33
Nov 22, 2023
“Let’s do a central bank digital currency … I think it’s time for us to move in that direction.” Amid Sen. Warren’s moralizing on crypto money laundering, never forget what her ultimate goal is: the destruction of Bitcoin to make way for a CBDC. Warren is usually effective at
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Sam Lyman
@SamLyman33
Jan 24, 2024
Crypto is the preferred currency of criminals in the same way Elizabeth Warren is Native American—which is to say, not at all. In 2022, only 0.24% of all crypto transaction volume was associated with illicit activity. Despite this, Warren claims that crypto’s main use case is
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Sam Lyman
@SamLyman33
Jun 12, 2023
If Gary looks slim, it’s because he’s been eating nothing but his own words since 2018. “Bitcoin. Ether. Litecoin. Bitcoin Cash. Why did I name those four? They’re not securities.” “Three-quarters of this market is probably not securities.”
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Sam Lyman
@SamLyman33
May 21, 2023
The SEC may have bitten off more than it can chew in its campaign against XRP. In my latest piece for @ForbesCrypto, I discuss how the "Ripple effects" from this lawsuit could benefit not just the #XRPArmy but also @coinbase & the industry as a whole. forbes.com/sites/digital-…
Sam Lyman
@SamLyman33
May 21, 2024
In retrospect, the decision to target the most passionate, anti-establishment, contrarian, and memetically powerful cults in the world … was a really bad idea. Cheers to Sen. Warren for accelerating crypto adoption w/one of the biggest political miscalculations of all time!
Sam Lyman
@SamLyman33
Oct 2, 2024
BREAKING: Rep. Khanna becomes 1st Democratic member of Congress to endorse a strategic Bitcoin reserve. Khanna: "Bitcoin that has been seized by the US government should be used as a strategic reserve asset given its potential for appreciation." My latest in Forbes 👇
Sam Lyman
@SamLyman33
Jun 6, 2023
The SEC had no idea what it was in for when it took on the #XRPArmy. Credit to @Ripple's lawyers and one of the wildest communities in crypto for giving Coinbase significant legal ammo in its own fight against the SEC. forbes.com/sites/digital-…
Sam Lyman
@SamLyman33
Oct 31, 2023
At what point does Sen. Warren’s crypto vendetta start to undermine US security interests? Take last week’s hearing. At multiple turns, the expert witnesses had to fact-check Warren in real time and correct her gross exaggerations about crypto’s role in terrorist financing.
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Sam Lyman
@SamLyman33
Nov 30, 2023
“The degree to which all Twitter was basically a sock puppet of the government was ridiculous.” Before 1436, Rome dominated Europe by holding absolute control over narrative formation. But the invention of the printing press changed everything. Elon’s purchase of Twitter = the
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Sam Lyman
@SamLyman33
Nov 8, 2023
Bad intel can get halfway across the world before the truth has a chance to put its pants on. In this case, it made it all the way to the Oval Office. In @ForbesCrypto, I tell the story of how anti-crypto misinformation duped nearly 20% of Congress. forbes.com/sites/digital-…
Sam Lyman
@SamLyman33
May 25, 2023
Right now, the #XRPArmy is carrying all of crypto on its back. If the court rules in favor of @Ripple, it would provide a critical legal precedent for the industry that would protect digital assets from further overreach by the SEC. forbes.com/sites/digital-…