Joel Khalili

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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...

The Untold Winners of the Trump Memecoin Frenzy

It was the early hours of January 18, two days before Donald Trump was set to return to the White House. Tom had just slumped into bed when his phone lit up...

Early Investors in Donald Trump’s Memecoin May Have Been Tipped Off, Experts Claim

At 02:01:33 am UTC on January 18, a crypto trader identified only by their wallet address—an alphanumeric string ending in J9tXv—purchased $1.1 million worth of TRUMP, a new cryptocurrency launched by US...

The Trump Cryptonaissance Is Here

The wheels are already beginning to turn on Donald Trump’s plan to make the US into the “crypto capital of the planet” following his return to the White House.In an executive order...

The Trump Memecoin’s ‘Money-Grab’ Economics

Late Friday evening, three days before his return to the Oval Office, Donald Trump performed an act of crypto alchemy. Pretty much all it took was a few strokes of the keyboard....

They Went After the Hawk Tuah Crypto Promoters. Now They’re Suing Pump.Fun

A crypto investor has brought a class action lawsuit against Pump.Fun, a platform for launching and investing in meme-inspired cryptocurrencies, after suffering trading losses.Representing the plaintiffs are Wolf Popper and Burwick Law,...

The First Bitcoin President? Tracing Trump’s Crypto Connections

President Trump has surrounded himself with crypto enthusiasts. That’s no coincidence. In 2024 the cryptocurrency industry spent millions backing friendly congressional candidates, many of whom were Republicans, and many crypto execs endorsed...

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