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  “It’s a signal to the market of what those who have
  scrutinized the situation already believe: There is a 
  problem here,” said Jill Carlson, a former trader at Goldman
  Sachs who now consults with a variety of virtual currency 
  companies. “The dissolution of a relationship between an 
  auditor and a company is very rarely a good sign that the
  company is behaving in accordance with market best practices.”

When you're getting dunked on by Goldman Sachs for being unethical, you know you have a problem.

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I know what you said is in jest, but did you read what you quoted? The individual in question worked at goldman sachs as an analyst/trader for maybe 3 years (AngelList), and hasn't worked there in at least two years.

Yeah, it's a bit of a trope like "worked at NASA" (atm over 17.000 people work at NASA). "Worked at" means nothing; show us some achievements.

I cleaned those NASA-toilets super clean, good sir, so I find no reason why you shouldn't trust me on my knowledge about aerodynamics!

The new Star Wars movies have cemented that this is acceptable.

Knowledge of fluid dynamics, on the other hand... :-)

To be fair, a lot of those companies have very rigorous hiring standards. Also many are pretty quick to let people go.

So "hired by GS then left on my terms" is actually a pretty good credential.

This is actually very common, especially in "bulge" tier companies. My best friend interned at GS and has accepted a job there; apparently, all newly-hired analyst/traders bust their ass for the first 2 or 3 ish years before getting "hired away" by a better paying, less demanding company (typically in private equity, VC, asset management, etc). Same happens in the accounting industry.

I agree with your sentiment but come on. It's not like there are instances where GS would say "this seems slightly unethical, but so are we".

You're implying they ever admit wrongdoing.

Respectfully, it's a comment in jest not deserving of such logical scrutiny.

Respectfully, HN simply does not do jest very well.

Edit: See what I mean?

No, you’re getting downvoted because your comment adds nothing to the conversation. You’re saying the same as your parent comment, and that one is not being downvoted, so clearly it’s not the message that people disagree with.

And yet they were able to print like 800 million USDT a month after being subpoenaed by the US government.

Strange, no?

This is what I thought about too. So either they just thought screw it, let's make hay while the sun shines, the feds will never get us - or they are legit

Not necessarily. I don't believe Tether has the backing they claim. Given that though, the subpoena wasn't public yet and it is plausible clients may have been continuing to send Tether money during that time.

I'm not sure the US govt has any direct jurisdiction to stop them. And the investors receiving the USDT probably weren't aware of the subpoena.

That or they're jealous.

Why not both?

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