Joel Khalili

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As Trump’s Family Crypto Business Gains Steam, Ethical Concerns Mount

As the leaders of World Liberty Financial, a crypto company part-owned by US president Donald Trump and his family, fan out across the globe to try to win new business, critics have...

Trump’s Quest for Crypto Riches Is a Constitutional Scandal Waiting to Happen

When Donald Trump agreed to attend a dinner with the largest investors in his own-brand cryptocurrency, he transformed the TRUMP coin into something else entirely: a means of access to the sitting...

The Real Winners of the Trump Memecoin Feeding Frenzy

On Wednesday, the team behind the official Donald Trump memecoin sparked a trading frenzy after announcing that the investors who held the largest amount of the crypto coin in the coming weeks...

He Built Memecoin Factory Pump.Fun. Did He Make a Small Fortune Dumping His Own Shitcoins as a Teen?

Pump.Fun, the world’s largest memecoin factory, has made it possible for anybody to create their own cryptocurrency. But years before the platform launched, an individual going by the same name as one...

The US Is Turning a Blind Eye to Crypto Crimes

Since President Donald Trump took office, US authorities have increasingly abdicated responsibility for policing crypto-related offenses. Attorneys and lawmakers fear the resulting enforcement vacuum could be used to violate rules with impunity.While...

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...

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