‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli Traded Crypto Behind Bars – Here Are Some Reactions

Following his release from prison, the former hedge fund manager and convicted felon, Martin Shkreli, discussed cryptocurrencies and using the decentralized exchange (dex) platform Uniswap from a federal penitentiary. The so-called ‘Pharma Bro’ further explained that eventually, a crypto entity could dethrone some of the largest banking giants. Martin Shkreli Talks Defi and Cryptocurrencies Martin Shkreli has been released from prison early and is now located at a halfway house located in New York. Shkreli’s federal custody will end in September, and as soon....

A few months ago, Turing Pharmaceuticals executive Martin Shkreli spread outrage across the world when he bought the rights to an HIV/AIDS medication and raised the price from $13.50 USD to $750. Shkreli made waves again when he purchased the highly desired, only copy of Wu Tang’s Once Upon a Time in Shaolin for $2 million. Now, might get his just desserts in prison, as the Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested him for securities fraud. According to prosecutors, Shkreli illegally used stock from Retrophin — a company he used to own — to pay off debts. Newsweek reported that his....

After fighting in court since 2015, the former hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli was sentenced to seven years in prison for conspiring to commit securities fraud and he was forced to pay $7.4 million in fines. One of Shkreli’s prized possessions, an unreleased Wu-Tang Clan album, was seized by the U.S. Marshals and sold for $4 million. Just recently, the public was told that the unreleased record called “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin” was sold to the non-fungible token (NFT) collectors syndicate called “Pleasrdao.” The New Owners of ‘Once Upon a....

The two showed up to talk about the big merger news in crypto on a Twitch podcast. The huge changes in the crypto exchange market on Nov. 8 led to equally massive waves of commentary. The UpOnlyTV channel on Twitch was a beneficiary of this activity with Do Kwon and Martin Shkreli showing up simultaneously to talk about the deal between Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) and FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) for the purchase of FTX.Shkreli, sometimes referred to as the “Pharma Bro” for his role in that industry before his conviction for securities fraud, had doubts the Binance-FTX deal would....

Big Pharma including Turing Pharmaceuticals and its former CEO Martin Shkreli have used public protection legislation as a weapon against vulnerable patients – and all lawmakers can do is beg them to stop. Yet the solution for consumers with Bitcoin is, as is being proven, far simpler than many would imagine from the scenes in the press. In September....