Amanda Fischer
@amandalfischer.bsky.social
Current: @bettermarkets.bsky.social
Former: Chief of Staff at the Securities & Exchange Commission and policy advisor in the House and Senate on financial services policy.
Former: Chief of Staff at the Securities & Exchange Commission and policy advisor in the House and Senate on financial services policy.
Over on the other site, Bill Ackman is urging Eric Adams to bet on Cuomo’s chances of winning the NYC election & then drop out & cash in his bet once Cuomo’s odds inevitably rise.
Ackman is also declaring this scheme legal when in fact it very much not.
Ackman is also declaring this scheme legal when in fact it very much not.
September 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Over on the other site, Bill Ackman is urging Eric Adams to bet on Cuomo’s chances of winning the NYC election & then drop out & cash in his bet once Cuomo’s odds inevitably rise.
Ackman is also declaring this scheme legal when in fact it very much not.
Ackman is also declaring this scheme legal when in fact it very much not.
An entire dissertation could be written about the visual accompanying this senate campaign announcement.
The men foregrounded and centered when *she* is the candidate is really communicating a lot without saying anything.
The men foregrounded and centered when *she* is the candidate is really communicating a lot without saying anything.
September 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
An entire dissertation could be written about the visual accompanying this senate campaign announcement.
The men foregrounded and centered when *she* is the candidate is really communicating a lot without saying anything.
The men foregrounded and centered when *she* is the candidate is really communicating a lot without saying anything.
Trump and FHFA Director Pulte have launched a smear campaign against Fed Governor Lisa Cook.
Setting aside the many offensive things about this post, the central image is also not Cook. It is an unflattering photo of a different Black woman that is not a Fed Governor.
Setting aside the many offensive things about this post, the central image is also not Cook. It is an unflattering photo of a different Black woman that is not a Fed Governor.
August 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Trump and FHFA Director Pulte have launched a smear campaign against Fed Governor Lisa Cook.
Setting aside the many offensive things about this post, the central image is also not Cook. It is an unflattering photo of a different Black woman that is not a Fed Governor.
Setting aside the many offensive things about this post, the central image is also not Cook. It is an unflattering photo of a different Black woman that is not a Fed Governor.
In 2021 when I was listening to @bft.wtf and @cascoinfoundation.org talk about the crazy history of Tether it would end up being the best prep for understanding influence peddling in the second Trump Admin
August 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
In 2021 when I was listening to @bft.wtf and @cascoinfoundation.org talk about the crazy history of Tether it would end up being the best prep for understanding influence peddling in the second Trump Admin
As Congress debates crypto giveaways @repmaxinewaters.bsky.social points out that, “we are supporting the same billionaires that just got massive tax cuts and sponsored Trump’s Stalinist military parade.”
July 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
As Congress debates crypto giveaways @repmaxinewaters.bsky.social points out that, “we are supporting the same billionaires that just got massive tax cuts and sponsored Trump’s Stalinist military parade.”
We are in the dumbest timeline
June 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We are in the dumbest timeline
Sound familiar? Brooksley Born in the late 90s heroically tried to regulate financial derivatives using existing legal authority but got smashed by a powerful lobby who argued that the tech was novel & Congress needed to pass new law to let innovation flourish
Now Born is speaking out on crypto
Now Born is speaking out on crypto
June 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Sound familiar? Brooksley Born in the late 90s heroically tried to regulate financial derivatives using existing legal authority but got smashed by a powerful lobby who argued that the tech was novel & Congress needed to pass new law to let innovation flourish
Now Born is speaking out on crypto
Now Born is speaking out on crypto
this is not legal advice but I said this last week so
June 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
this is not legal advice but I said this last week so
I spoke to the @Financialtimes.com about the obvious but unspoken truth on stablecoins: the product is clearly violative of Glass-Steagall, which predicted the exact problem of firms that are not banks doing bank stuff and made it illegal.
June 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I spoke to the @Financialtimes.com about the obvious but unspoken truth on stablecoins: the product is clearly violative of Glass-Steagall, which predicted the exact problem of firms that are not banks doing bank stuff and made it illegal.
Things in the crypto industry are going great when Omarosa is on TV talking about corruption and how the Trump Administration is exposing consumers to fraud
May 31, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Things in the crypto industry are going great when Omarosa is on TV talking about corruption and how the Trump Administration is exposing consumers to fraud
Shoutout to the city of DC for all the Pride flags on lamp polls around the White House
May 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Shoutout to the city of DC for all the Pride flags on lamp polls around the White House
Special shout to Rep. Richie Torres, who scolded the SEC for not suing Binance fast enough when Binance competitors wrote talking points for him, but who has gone silent now that the case is dropped.
May 29, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Special shout to Rep. Richie Torres, who scolded the SEC for not suing Binance fast enough when Binance competitors wrote talking points for him, but who has gone silent now that the case is dropped.
An absolute corrupt miscarriage from an agency that is disgracing its storied reputation.
Everyone involved - from the Commissioners to Binance to every lawmaker that scolded the SEC that we didn’t sue them fast enough - should hang their heads in shame.
Everyone involved - from the Commissioners to Binance to every lawmaker that scolded the SEC that we didn’t sue them fast enough - should hang their heads in shame.
May 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
An absolute corrupt miscarriage from an agency that is disgracing its storied reputation.
Everyone involved - from the Commissioners to Binance to every lawmaker that scolded the SEC that we didn’t sue them fast enough - should hang their heads in shame.
Everyone involved - from the Commissioners to Binance to every lawmaker that scolded the SEC that we didn’t sue them fast enough - should hang their heads in shame.
Cas watching people new to this
May 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Cas watching people new to this
Over on the other site they are giving advice on how not to get hacked, drugged or kidnapped at the big annual crypto conference. Normal!
May 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Over on the other site they are giving advice on how not to get hacked, drugged or kidnapped at the big annual crypto conference. Normal!
New Federal Reserve survey data just dropped & notwithstanding claims of the “rise of the crypto voter” usage remains flat. Almost like it’s a niche product and not the top issue on voters’ minds…
May 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
New Federal Reserve survey data just dropped & notwithstanding claims of the “rise of the crypto voter” usage remains flat. Almost like it’s a niche product and not the top issue on voters’ minds…
This is honestly so funny. Trump is saying he will privatize the profits of Fannie & Freddie to shareholders but don’t worry we will socialize the potential losses & everyone will know this implicitly.
May 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This is honestly so funny. Trump is saying he will privatize the profits of Fannie & Freddie to shareholders but don’t worry we will socialize the potential losses & everyone will know this implicitly.
I’m tired of posting about crypto here’s my dog
May 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I’m tired of posting about crypto here’s my dog
13. DeFi people - who are supposed to value privacy and hate the long arm of the feds - threatening to doxx users to the IRS when they steal from them when there’s a protocol bug
May 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
13. DeFi people - who are supposed to value privacy and hate the long arm of the feds - threatening to doxx users to the IRS when they steal from them when there’s a protocol bug
12. The crypto brain cannot contemplate that Elizabeth Warren criticizes crypto bc she earnestly cares about financial crime. Instead she is enmeshed in an elaborate plot with Big Bank Lobbyists
May 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
12. The crypto brain cannot contemplate that Elizabeth Warren criticizes crypto bc she earnestly cares about financial crime. Instead she is enmeshed in an elaborate plot with Big Bank Lobbyists
11. Crypto hated the SEC’s SAB121 crypto guidance, which made them protect crypto assets of customers in cases of bankruptcy.
After it got repealed, Coinbase filed a brief in a bankruptcy case asking a court for clarify… that customer assets were protected in bankruptcy
After it got repealed, Coinbase filed a brief in a bankruptcy case asking a court for clarify… that customer assets were protected in bankruptcy
May 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
11. Crypto hated the SEC’s SAB121 crypto guidance, which made them protect crypto assets of customers in cases of bankruptcy.
After it got repealed, Coinbase filed a brief in a bankruptcy case asking a court for clarify… that customer assets were protected in bankruptcy
After it got repealed, Coinbase filed a brief in a bankruptcy case asking a court for clarify… that customer assets were protected in bankruptcy
10. Helium (lmao)
May 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
10. Helium (lmao)
9. A huge lobbying push that the SEC was harming promising real-world use cases for crypto such as “play-to-earn” gaming and then it turns out the biggest crypto gaming project was a scam built on boiler rooms in the Phillipines
May 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
9. A huge lobbying push that the SEC was harming promising real-world use cases for crypto such as “play-to-earn” gaming and then it turns out the biggest crypto gaming project was a scam built on boiler rooms in the Phillipines
8. Crypto demanding that the SEC write rules for crypto and then the SEC clarifies the application of certain rules to crypto and crypto sues
May 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
8. Crypto demanding that the SEC write rules for crypto and then the SEC clarifies the application of certain rules to crypto and crypto sues
7. Tom Emmer sending the SEC a letter to stop doing crypto prosecutions and then Tom Emmer a few months later yelling at the SEC for not catching FTX
May 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
7. Tom Emmer sending the SEC a letter to stop doing crypto prosecutions and then Tom Emmer a few months later yelling at the SEC for not catching FTX