https://www.trustnodes.com/2021/08/08/janet-yellen-accused-of-banking-corruption Bitcoin,News,Politics,USA Trustnodes * NEWS + USA + Europe + China * EDITORIAL * POLITICS + Cryptopolitics * FINANCE + FinTech + Crypto Commerce + Trading + Stocks + Commodities * INDUSTRY + ARTS o Music o Culture o Memes + Mining + Energy + Real Estate + Transport + Supply Chains * CRYPTOS + Ethereum o Defi o NFT o Staking o Tokens o Dapps o Smart Contracts o ICO + Bitcoin + Blockchain + Bitcoin Cash + Ripple + Litecoin * CHARTS + Bitcoin + Ethereum + XRP + Bitcoin Cash + EOS + Top Tokens + Longs and Shorts + Stocks + Market Data * SUBSCRIBE + REGISTER + ACCOUNT + LOGIN + LOGOUT [ ] [] Janet Yellen Accused of Banking Corruption BitcoinNewsPoliticsUSA August 8, 2021 3:43 pm 8 [xyellen-speech] The US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has been accused of corruption due to receiving $7.2 million in 'speaking fees' from just Citi bank and the Citadel hedge fund. "Since much of America was locked down in 2020, those speeches are almost all Zoom calls, done from her home. $7.2 million total," Bruce Fenton, a long time bitcoiner, says. Yellen's official limited disclosure reveals she received millions more from other banks like Barclays, BNP, UBS, and more. That indicates that her incentives are completely misaligned because her government salary is just $221,400 a year, while just Citi has paid her more than $7 million. Moreover while this sum might look like a small amount for an open bribe, Yellen's wealth is estimated to be $20 million, so she has been given in one year almost half her net worth by just one bank. She is now serving her real employers, the banks and not the United States government, as Ron Hammond, Director of Government Relations at the Blockchain Association, says: "The public pressure is working as more Senators express concerns to us privately about the bill text, Treasury is pulling out all the stops to kill the Wyden amendment, general politics of the bill could force Sen. Schumer to say no amendments at all." For that $7 million, Yellen is now moving to effectively ban a competitor of their Citi pay masters, the defi space, with a section sneaked into the Infrastructure Bill at the last minute that holds smart contract coders responsible as brokers. An amendment to that bill to exclude coders was almost going to pass with general consent, but then Yellen moved in to push for a competing amendment that does not exclude coders, the so called Warren-Portman amendment. The risk is now the bill goes through without any amendment, something that would hold not only coders but also miners responsible in theory, although in context lawmakers have said the definition of a broker is not intended to cover miners. That would be a very big win for Yellen's pay masters, but a huge loss for Americans who may well see first hand just how open corruption leads to the selling out of the United States and all for just $7 million. Cheap money clearly talks in politics, so cryptonians will now have to [S:bribe:S] pay 'speaking fees' as well and 'donate' petty sums of $100,000 or $1 million to the 'elected' with it unclear whether that would be just in time to save the freedom to publish open source code on blockchain networks without any licensing requirements. If not, then US citizens will have no choice but to get politically involved and fight them in the ballot box with all legally available means because the crypto space most likely does have not just the cost of business political war chest, but also the numbers to defeat all enemies of freedom, corrupt or otherwise as they may be. Related posts [1] Democracy Fails August 8, 2021 9:30 pm Ryan Selkis "We're Going to Primary Everyone Who Votes Portman/Warner" Says Silicon Valley VC August 8, 2021 2:32 pm The battle of amendments, Aug 7 2021 Don't Pick Winners or Losers Says Musk to Senate August 7, 2021 11:47 am Comments (8) 1. Evan Sila August 8, 2021 at 5:48 pm How the fuck are you allowed to pay the person policing you?! Since when was this not called flat out a bribe? Leave a Reply 2. John Q anonymous August 8, 2021 at 6:03 pm Close to the grave, may as well take the free market with her to the deathbed. Leave a Reply 3. Denzel August 8, 2021 at 7:01 pm Why is this obvious corruption not frowned upon? Leave a Reply 4. Stonkforce.com August 8, 2021 at 7:32 pm Why does this surprise you? Nothing will change. No one will be held accountable. Rich mingle with the rich to increase wealth. The ole start up, sell out, bro down game plan. Leave a Reply 5. Sean August 8, 2021 at 7:34 pm In the ninth paragraph you called the amendment to the bill the "Warren-Portman" amendment but it is the Warner-Portman amendment. I'm not trying to be pedantic but it's important to know who the corrupted senators are Leave a Reply 1. Ryan Vader August 8, 2021 at 7:42 pm True. Warren is corrupt as F though as well. Leave a Reply 1. cryptocracy August 8, 2021 at 8:43 pm WARNER Leave a Reply 6. LukemNukem August 8, 2021 at 8:45 pm We must continue to bring such blatant corruption to the light. 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