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Jorge I Velez
Personal blog · jorgevelez.substack.comaipoliticshealth
Jorge I Velez's personal blog at jorgevelez.substack.com covers ai, politics and health. Since 2020, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-04-11, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
One HN commenter cites the post as support for the view that FTX acted more like a bank than an exchange and escaped proper regulation. The post is about FTX.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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What Hacker News says?
Yes, because it acted more like a bank than an exchange : https://jorgevelez.substack.com/p/ftx One that seemingly failed to be properly regulated despite doing business in the USA, and where supposedly sophisticated investors seemingly failed to do due diligence. "Crypto" is being blamed a lot for FTX, but it's starts to feel more like it's a scapegoat at this point. (And/or an excuse for everyone to just look away…
Comment linking /p/ftx
on “Proof of solvency and beyond”Submitted Notes on Argentina as a story · 63 points
HN discussionSubmitted Update on the Mysterious Trump Buyers on Polymarket as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Gradual Disempowerment: Simplified as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted SARS-CoV-2 - Risk of reinfection and long term consequences as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence (2025) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Book Review: The Maniac as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Predictions of Near-Term Societal Changes Due to Artificial Intelligence as a story · 1 points
HN discussion