Cryptocurrencies
‘Greatest financial fraud ever’: Sam Bankman-Fried’s former girlfriend sentenced to jail over her role in FTX collapse
The judge told Caroline Ellison it was clear that Bankman-Fried had become her “kryptonite”.
- by Larry Neumeister
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The $6 trillion gamble the RBA isn’t willing to take
The Reserve Bank has ruled out creating its own digital currency, partly over fears it could undermine the nation’s entire banking system.
- by Shane Wright
‘I want to take risks while I can’: What young investors are betting on
Two investment options have been surging in anticipation of lower interest rates, but each attracts very different investors.
- by Brittany Busch
‘Lived in dread’: Caroline was the star witness in one of the biggest fraud cases in US history
Caroline Ellison is the former girlfriend of crypto wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried who helped prosecutors unearth crimes they didn’t know about at FTX. Now she is pleading to be spared from spending a single day in prison.
- by Ava Benny-Morrison and Robert Burnson
Criminal case against souvlaki and crypto king Sam Karagiozis collapses
Sam Karagiozis, who made millions from trading cryptocurrency and founding a souvlaki restaurant chain, has gone free from court after drug trafficking charges were dropped.
- by Chris Vedelago
The ‘NASA command controller’ and the $50 million of lost crypto
Ash Balanian’s investors were told he was a NASA scientist, had a degree from Harvard and their investments would be safe. The Federal Court has since heard that it’s likely that none of those things are true.
- by Sarah Danckert
This child actor became a crypto billionaire. But a big gamble is starting to unravel
He appeared in the 1990s Mighty Ducks movies before building a billion-dollar fortune through crypto. Then he turned his attention to Puerto Rico.
- by David Yaffe-Bellany and Laura N. Pérez Sánchez
He was an online drug lord. Now he’s a crypto entrepreneur
After Blake Benthall was arrested for running Silk Road 2.0, the infamous illegal drug bazaar, things didn’t go the way you might expect.
- by Ryan Mac and Kashmir Hill
Opinion
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Who is really powering J.D. Vance’s political rise? Tech bros not hillbillies
A small group of technology billionaires, including PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, are behind his ascent.
- by Paul Krugman
How a $60m crypto group in watchdog’s crosshairs rebranded to target new customers
NGS Crypto is accused of inappropriately encouraging investors to take money out of super to invest in bitcoin – and three of the men behind the company continue to promote cryptocurrency investments.
- by Sarah Danckert
Australian who says he invented bitcoin referred to UK prosecutors for alleged perjury
A judge at London’s High Court has referred Craig Wright to British prosecutors for alleged perjury, saying the Australian lied “extensively and repeatedly”.
- by Reuters
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