Cryptocurrency consultant Nicolas Turnbull gave evidence to help the jury understand some of the jargon, but he said there seemed to be “no real structure” to DeLuney’s trading.

“There’s a lot of emotion in it, where if you’re trading, and you’re doing this as a job … in my professional opinion you need structure, you need risk management.”

This lady sounds incredibly stupid to me, some of the diary excerpts sound like a post on Wallstreetbets. Just fumbling around blindly while the pros help themselves to her money.

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    Chaotic and unstructured, sure, but planning your dream home while losing money hand over fist doesn’t scream smart person to me.

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      Lots of people dream of lambos and houses on the beach when trading crypto. That’s the whole lure of the market.

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      I dream of moving to Canada eventually. But now I am in Ukraine, a veteran, sitting under bombings. Do you think that I am also an idiot to have such dreams in my circumstances?

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        That remark was more driven by the fact she pretty much got called a colossal moron with no idea what she was doing by the court appointed expert.