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How Sam Bankman-Fried’s ‘Effective’ Altruism Blew Up FTX

The Alameda Research and FTX founder believed he had singular insight into how to fix the world's problems. Instead, he wound up exemplifying them.

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Finance

US Seizes 50K Bitcoins Related to Silk Road Marketplace

The bitcoin, which was obtained in 2012 and which was valued at $3.36 billion when it was discovered in November, is now worth $1.04 billion.

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Policy

CFTC Issues Order Against Fraudulent Crypto Arbitrage Company

Commissioner Kristen Johnson said investors may be lured into such schemes because "the technology supporting complex trading strategies is already readily accessible."

(Mark Van Scyoc/Shutterstock)

Opinion

The Missing CryptoQueen Has Friends in (Very) High Places

With evidence of complicity at the very highest levels of government, the BBC’s years-long investigation into the OneCoin pyramid scheme returns.

Ruja Ignatova (OneCoin Corporation)

Finance

South Korean Prosecutors Seeking 8-Year Sentence for Ex-Bithumb Chairman

Lee Jung-hoon, who led the company that operated the exchange, is charged with committing $70 million in fraud.

Bithumb is one of South Korea's largest crypto exchanges (Shutterstock)

Policy

Utah Man Charged With 7 Felonies in Connection to Alleged $1.7M Crypto Mining Scam

The DOJ says James Wolfgramm gained the trust of his victims by flaunting images on his social media of digital wallets filled with millions of dollars of crypto, among other lures.

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Policy

US Senators Press Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg to Combat Crypto Scams

An FTC study shows 49% of crypto-related frauds originated on social media platforms like Facebook, members of the Senate Banking Committee say.

Miembros del Comité Bancario del Senado buscan respuestas por parte de Mark Zuckerberg, CEO de Meta Platforms, sobre las estafas con criptomonedas. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Opinion

Vermont Regulators Didn't Use the Word, but I Will: Celsius Was a Ponzi

Alex Mashinsky always had plenty to say about Celsius’ finances. Most of it, a new filing claims, wasn’t true.

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Opinion

Beyond the Silk Road: Crypto Needs a Regulatory Course Correction

The Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists' crypto and illicit finance expert says the industry needs to be more than "reluctant good citizens." This article is part of CoinDesk’s Sin Week.

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Opinion

BitBoy Lost His Lawsuit the Instant He Filed It

The YouTube cryptocurrency promoter is only drawing more attention to the pump and dump-filled oeuvre he'd rather suppress.

Sometimes even the best-laid plans backfire. (Warner Bros.)