The GriftMatrix Investigation
Money Laundering
Follow the money long enough and it always ends up somewhere it shouldn’t be. These essays trace the financial architecture of the grift.
5 pieces since September 16th, 2025
The Man Who Might Be Satoshi Is Going Public Through the Commerce Secretary’s Son’s Firm
Adam Back, Howard Lutnick, and a $79 billion disclosure problem The guy the New York Times just identified as the secret creator of Bitcoin is in the process of going public through a company chaired by Howard Lutnick’s son. Take a second with that. Adam Back is a British cryptographer who invented Hashcash, the proof-of-work…
The Fed Just Lent Wall Street $420 Billion and Hoped You Wouldn’t Notice
The Fed handed Wall Street $420B through a program unused for 5 years, lifted the borrowing cap, and won’t tell us which banks needed it until 2028. Totally normal behavior.
The Crypto President’s Conflict of Interest Problem
Trump's family made over 800 million dollars in crypto this year. Now he's signing the laws that regulate it. The conflicts of interest are staggering, and Congress is pretending not to notice.
The Bond Heist: How Trump’s Cabinet Profits From Economic Chaos
Bessent made billions betting against currencies. Lutnick's company holds $113B in Treasury bonds. Sacks pushes laws requiring crypto to buy bonds. They're all designing our economic policy now.
The $2 Billion Trump Crypto Scam
How the Trump family turned Middle East diplomacy into a crypto cash grab