Caroline Ellison is out, but not really free.
By Maxime Laurent · 2025-12-17 10:53
Caroline Ellison is out, but not really free.
The former Alameda CEO left prison early, with her sentence cut by 9 months. Supervised release instead of bars — the FTX saga quietly turns a page.
When I read this, I didn’t feel anger or relief. Just a strange fatigue.
Caroline Ellison, once at the heart of the $FTX / $Alameda chaos, is now out of prison under supervision — home confinement or a detention center. Her original two-year sentence shrank by nine months. Time served, cooperation counted, system satisfied.
It’s surreal how these stories age. Two years ago, this was the apocalypse of crypto. Screens on fire, trust evaporating, everyone screaming. Now it’s a short news item, sand slipping through fingers. That’s how markets — and justice — move on.
I’m not here to judge her personally. But the contrast still hits hard. Retail lost savings, years of work, sometimes everything. Meanwhile, the core actors cycle back into semi-normal life faster than most expected. Ça laisse un goût bizarre.
What stays with me is the lesson: centralized power plus opacity is always dangerous, no matter how smart or well-intentioned the people look at first. $BTC didn’t promise returns. It promised rules. This mess happened far from that ethos.
From the south, watching the sea stay calm while headlines fade 🌊 — another reminder: scandals pass, but principles matter.
#crypto #FTX #Alameda #CarolineEllison #justice #markets ⚖️🧠
The former Alameda CEO left prison early, with her sentence cut by 9 months. Supervised release instead of bars — the FTX saga quietly turns a page.
When I read this, I didn’t feel anger or relief. Just a strange fatigue.
Caroline Ellison, once at the heart of the $FTX / $Alameda chaos, is now out of prison under supervision — home confinement or a detention center. Her original two-year sentence shrank by nine months. Time served, cooperation counted, system satisfied.
It’s surreal how these stories age. Two years ago, this was the apocalypse of crypto. Screens on fire, trust evaporating, everyone screaming. Now it’s a short news item, sand slipping through fingers. That’s how markets — and justice — move on.
I’m not here to judge her personally. But the contrast still hits hard. Retail lost savings, years of work, sometimes everything. Meanwhile, the core actors cycle back into semi-normal life faster than most expected. Ça laisse un goût bizarre.
What stays with me is the lesson: centralized power plus opacity is always dangerous, no matter how smart or well-intentioned the people look at first. $BTC didn’t promise returns. It promised rules. This mess happened far from that ethos.
From the south, watching the sea stay calm while headlines fade 🌊 — another reminder: scandals pass, but principles matter.
#crypto #FTX #Alameda #CarolineEllison #justice #markets ⚖️🧠
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