Binance Says Sullivan & Cromwell, FRA To Serve As Monitors

By Aislinn Keely

Crypto exchange Binance said Monday that the federal government has selected a Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner and a Forensic Risk Alliance founding partner to serve as independent third-party monitors overseeing its compliance with the terms of its $4.3 billion settlement and guilty plea over money laundering, bank fraud and sanctions violations.

Sullivan & Cromwell Seeks To Ax Claims Of Aiding FTX Fraud

By Madison Arnold

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP wants a Florida federal court to dismiss a proposed class action alleging the firm knew about and helped facilitate the massive fraud by FTX, saying customers of the cryptocurrency exchange platform fail to claim anything beyond a "series of speculative allegations with no factual basis."

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From: Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io>
Date: Fri, May 10, 2024, 11:00 AM
Subject: Fwd: Your Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Request FOIL-2024-097305-022242 - Crypto's Most Powerful Regulator - Adrienne Harris Recusal Records
To: Katerina Ramoutsaki <ramoutsaki.k@unic.ac.cy>
Cc: Antonis Polemitis <polemitis.an@unic.ac.cy>, Elena Kontemeniotis <kontemeniotis.e@unic.ac.cy>, Reader, Shaun <sreader@curtis.com>, <cypherpunks@cpunks.org>, Harris, Adrienne A (DFS) <Adrienne.Harris@dfs.ny.gov>, <letitia.james@ag.ny.gov>

Dear Katerina:

I hope this email finds you well.

The email below from New York State does not allow me to take the quiz this weekend for religious purposes, as it says "In God We Trust" on the United States Dollar.

Can I please request an extension to the MOOC Quiz scheduled this weekend? I would like to take the quiz on June 10, 2024.

I do not feel comfortable taking the MOOC Quiz until New York State is clear with xNY.io - Bank.org on the recusal status of the DFS Superintendent. 

Katerina, without these crypto recusal records the MSc and UNIC in Cyprus would have been taken advantage of. 

xNY.io - Bank.org respectfully reserves all rights. 

Warm regards,

Gunnar 

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Gunnar Larson 

xNY.io | Bank.org

MSc - Digital Currency 

MBA - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ip)

 

G@xNY.io

+1-917-580-8053 

New York, New York 10001 

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From: <Idel.Lendoff@dfs.ny.gov>
Date: Fri, May 10, 2024, 10:41 AM
Subject: Your Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Request FOIL-2024-097305-022242
To: <G@xny.io>, <Pascale.JeanBaptiste@dfs.ny.gov>

Good morning,

Attached please find correspondence from the NYS Department of Financial Services, pertaining to your FOIL request.

 

Thank you.

Tracking Number:FOIL-2024-097305-022242

SENT VIA EMAIL

G@xny.io

May 10, 2024

Gunnar D. Larson

406 W. 25th Street 

New York, NY 10001

Re: Freedom of Information Law (“FOIL”) Tracking No. 2024-097305

Dear Gunnar D. Larson: 

I write in response to the FOIL request that you submitted to The New York State Department of 

Financial Services (“Department”), which has been assigned tracking number 2024-097305. The 

Department requires additional time to respond to your FOIL request because we are still 

working on your request. 

The Department intends to provide its determination of your request by June 10, 2024. 

Thank you.

2024-097305: 3/11/24: Dear Madam or Sir: On March 30, 2022 New York Magazine published a profile of NY-DFS Superintendent Adrienne Harris titled "Crypto’s Most Powerful Regulator Is Here Adrienne Harris, New York’s financial watchdog, has enormous sway over the industry’s future" (https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/03/adrienne-harris-is-cryptos-most-powerful-regulator.html). The profile of Superintendent Harris quotes "... that she would recuse herself from any dealings with companies she has conflicts with." xNY.io - Bank.org seeks access to any and all records specific to Superintendent Harris' recusal(s) as of February 1, 2024. Thank you, Gunnar -- Gunnar Larson xNY.io | Bank.org MSc - Digital Currency MBA - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ip) G@xNY.io +1-917-580-8053 New York, New York 10001