Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Black Swan” author Nassim Nicholas Taleb contrasted the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation’s treatment of disgraced financier Bernie Madoff with how former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is being handled. What Happened: Taleb tweeted, “The FBI hunted down Madoff earlier...

Sam Bankman-Fried is “incapable of moving his lips without incriminating himself,” said “Black Swan” author Nassim Nicholas Taleb Wednesday. What Happened: Taleb made the comment on Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of the beleaguered cryptocurrency exchange FTX, in a Twitter...

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) co-creator Vitalik Buterin wanted to know if reading long-form books was “virtuous or even necessary” and he got 'schooled' on the topic by the author of the ‘Black Swan’ Nassim Nicholas Taleb. What Happened: Buterin asked his Twitter followers...

Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of beleaguered  FTX and Alameda Research, was in the crosshairs of the author, mathematical statistician, and former options trader Nassim Nicholas Taleb. What Happened: The "Black Swan" author tweeted Bankman-Fried "got *temporarily* rich because he is [...

"Black Swan" author Nassim Nicholas Taleb commented on the nature of the crisis affecting cryptocurrencies in the wake of FTX's liquidity issues. What Happened: "There is no such thing as a “liquidity” crisis with cryptos. A liquidity crisis is for something that has some hard intrinsic...

Edward Snowden reiterated his opposition to "fighting" in Ukraine, while Vladimir Putin's forces continue their invasion of the country, on social media but his stance was questioned by "The Black Swan" author Nassim Nicholas Taleb. What Happened: Snowden was tagged in a...

“Black Swan” author Nassim Nicholas Taleb said “Kremlin disinformation camp,” former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden and others are making everyone forget that “west lives in the most transparent times ever.” What Happened: Taleb tweeted that the idea that...

“Black Swan” author Nassim Nicholas Taleb commented on the exit of Michael Saylor as MicroStrategy’s (NASDAQ: MSTR) CEO on Tuesday. What Happened: Taleb asked on Twitter how much of the 120,000 Bitcoin  MicroStrategy will “have to sell?” He said the developments...

“Black Swan” author Nassim Nicholas Taleb took aim at what he called “Cryptoism” in a tweet on Monday. What Happened: Taleb said the disease of the 20th century was utopianism, while that of the 21st is “hypernaive utopianism.” The disease of the 20th C. is...

“Black Swan” author  Nassim Nicholas Taleb compared Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) maximalists to COVID-19 conspiracy theorists and followers of former President Donald Trump. What Happened: Taleb tweeted Tuesday, “With bitcoiners, Covidopaths,...

“Black Swan” author Nassim Nicholas Taleb advised investors in Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and other cryptocurrencies who followed recommendations from influencers to keep screenshots. What Happened: Taleb said in a recent Tweet that Bitcoin will be a “gold mine” for lawyers....

“Black Swan” author Nassim Nicholas Taleb used Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk as an illustration of how people are fooled by randomness. What Happened: Taleb said that while “solid financial success” is a result of skills, hard...

Former options trader and essayist Nassim Nicholas Taleb said on Twitter Wednesday that there is a lesson to be drawn from what is happening currently to the Russian oligarchs. What Happened: The author of “The Black Swan” said that an old trader told him that “It...

“The Black Swan” author Nassim Nicholas Taleb said that the woman arrested by U.S. law enforcement officials in the Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) money laundering case had managed to hack his Twitter account some years ago to get him to “follow” her. What Happened: Taleb said on...

“The Black Swan” author Nassim Nicholas Taleb adressed Spotify Technology S.A.’s (NYSE: SPOT) top podcaster Joe Rogan on Twitter to say that a “colossal audience” and age brings responsibility. What Happened: Taleb told Rogan that the latter should know...