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Crypto Comeuppance: A Deep Dive Into the Sentencing of FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried
The National Law Review· 2 weeks agoFTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced this week to 25 years in prison for his role in an $10 billion cryptocurrency fraud, dodging the 40- to 50-year sentence requested by the government ...
Perspective | Scammers are having a cultural moment. Why are we so obsessed with them?
Washington Post· 2 weeks agoYou could say that scammers have been having a pop cultural moment of late. From the disastrous Fyre...
The Meta-morphosis of Mark Zuckerberg
New York Times· 13 hours agoThe robotic nerd depicted in “The Social Network” has turned into the kinder, more accessible face of Silicon Valley. In the run-up to Meta’s...
Start-Up Founder Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Fraud
New York Times· 5 days agoManish Lachwani, who founded the software start-up HeadSpin, is the latest tech entrepreneur to face time in prison in recent years. Another start-up founder is going to prison for overstating ...
Former CEO of HeadSpin jailed for 18 months, fined $1M
The Register· 2 days agoManish Lachwani, former CEO of app testing firm HeadSpin, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and will pay a fine of $1 million. The co-founder of the software-as-a-service biz pleaded ...
Bitcoin’s next ‘halving’ is right around the corner. Here’s what you need to know
San Jose Mercury News· 5 days agoSometime in the next few days or even hours, the “miners” who chisel bitcoins out of complex...