Joel Khalili

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I Went Undercover in Crypto’s Answer to ‘Squid Game.’ It Nearly Broke Me

I’m crouching in a seedy alleyway off Trafalgar Square, London, with my MacBook teetering on one knee. The heady reek of piss fills my nostrils. I’m hurriedly punching emoji into a dialog...

A Livestreamed Tragedy on X Sparks a Memecoin Frenzy

This story contains mentions of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, please call 1-800-273-8255 for free, 24-hour support from the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.Twenty-three-year-old Arnold Robert Haro addressed his...

Trump’s ‘Strategic Bitcoin Reserve’ Plan Comes With a Twist

US president Donald Trump has ordered his government to establish two national cryptocurrency reserves set to be worth many billions of dollars. In an executive order signed Thursday, Trump formalized the creation...

Donald Trump’s Not-So-Strategic Crypto Reserve

Donald Trump provoked a riot of cryptocurrency trading and accusations of favoritism on Sunday after identifying several coins that may feature in a future US strategic crypto reserve. Alongside bitcoin, Trump said...

The SEC Is Abandoning Its Biggest Crypto Lawsuits

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is backing away, one by one, from the volley of lawsuits and investigations it brought against cryptocurrency businesses under the Joe Biden administration, in a...

After a Violent Kidnapping, Crypto Elites Hire Bodyguards

In the early morning of January 21, David Balland and his wife were forced at gunpoint into separate vehicles outside their home in Méreau, a commune in the opulent Loire Valley, France....

Chokepoint 2.0: An Investigation Promises the Truth About Crypto’s Biggest Conspiracy

Last spring, Austin Federa was eyeing up a new property in Brooklyn, New York. After passing an initial round of vetting for a mortgage with HSBC, he put in an offer, eager...

Binance Moved Fast, Broke Things—and Paid the Price. Richard Teng Is Cleaning Up

Richard Teng would rather not be compared with Changpeng Zhao, his predecessor as chief executive at crypto exchange Binance. He intends to wear his own shoes, he says, not fill anybody else’s.Teng...

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