As predicted more than two weeks ago on Factland, a conspiracy theory making the rounds that SBF won’t face tough criminal charges because he donated millions to Democrats was, in fact, false. The founder of the FTX crypto exchange, Sam Bankman-Fried, was arrested and held without bail in the

A Factland jury this week weighed in on the FTX collapse. As it imploded from its perch as the second largest crypto exchange in the world - worth an estimated $32B to for all practical purposes zero in a matter of hours - many people latched onto a conspiracy theory:

Not so fast. A thread blew up on Twitter last week prediciting the short term rental platform's demise due to exorbitant fees and prices, after a user posted a screen shot of a private Superhost chat complaining about recent occupancy rates going to zero. Factland jurors declared the

Wrong. Factland jurors weighed the evidence and found the ubiquitous highway signs are sometimes true. Read on for this and other top claims posted this week on Factland.org, from Credit Suisse to a viral Hurricane Ian photo to Atmospheric Water Generators. Verdicts Despite signs on US highways, speeding is

Synthetic and manipulated media, chess cheating accusations, inaccurate burrito marketing, a dubious financial market prediction and Giselle and Tom drew the top Factland stakes this week. Our random sample anonymous juries issued three verdicts and 880 $FACT token rewards, while four disputed claims with 3,054 staked $FACT tokens remained

Crypto, the war on drugs and Russia were the top misinformation narratives on Factland this week. Juries received four claims and resolved three at the time of this email, issuing 1650 $FACT tokens to the winners and participants. Top claims Russia sabotaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines 1150 $FACT staked