Crypto recaps

Crypto recaps

Issue 14 – FTX friends flip on fellow fraudster

SBF is in the US, where he has been released on bail. Meanwhile, two top executives are cooperating with the investigation and have pled guilty to their charges.

Crypto recaps

Issue 13 – Don't threaten me with a good time

Sam Bankman-Fried tells me he doesn't think he'll be arrested several hours before he is arrested. Also, Decentraland introduces landlords.

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Issue 12 – Destablecoins destabilize

Bankruptcies pile up, Orthogonal Trading goes pear-shaped, and crypto exchanges perform layoffs... again.

Crypto recaps

Issue 11 – A different sort of animal

Many, many companies look for a bailout in the wake of the FTX collapse while a group of Elon Musk stans take sycophancy to new heights.

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Issue 10 – Speedrunning the evolution of modern finance

The FTX dumpster fire rages on, Crypto.com had a quiet $400 million+ oopsie a month ago, and Binance comes up with a novel idea to add stability to a financial system.

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Issue 9 – How the mighty are falling

FTX goes from rescuer to rescuee, stolen Bitcoin is seized ten years after the theft, and a "whitehat" hack may not be so whitehat

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Issue 8 – French fry fiascos

A fast food franchise DAO apparently exists, and Hodlnaut tries to hodl on.

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Issue 7 – Stoppable domains

In the courts The judge overseeing the Voyager bankruptcy has allowed Voyager to move forward with the first steps of a deal in which FTX will buy Voyager's assets for $1.422 billion. This is despite an objection from Texas regulators, who disclosed in a filing that they

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Issue 6 – Vanity is often the unseen spur

Four hacks in one day, Gary Gensler v. Kim Kardashian, and a CNN rug pull

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Issue 5 – For thousands of years men dreamed of pacts with demons

The $160 million Wintermute hack, the fall of a young Crypto King, and the (possible) destruction of priceless art

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Issue 4 – The Ethereum Merge, Purge, Scourge, and Dirge

Immersive coffee experiences, Helium shortages, and a Do on the go

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Issue 3 – Stablecoin switcheroo

A SXSW announcement, a Bill Murray fumble, and a disastrous command

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Issue 2 – Scrappy startups

Celsius & Voyager tire fires, litigious cryptobros, and a 'scrappy startup'

Crypto recaps

Issue 1 – Sub-primate lending

Ape-induced cascading liquidations, a questionable 'hack', and an upcoming crypto conference