Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
Boom Times
The ‘Largest Illicit Online Marketplace’ Ever Is Growing at an Alarming Rate, Report Says
Huione Guarantee, a gray market researchers believe is central to the online scam ecosystem, now includes a messaging app, stablecoin, and crypto exchange—while facilitating $24 billion in transactions.
Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman
down in the dumps
Judge Ends One Man’s 11-Year Quest to Recover $765 Million in Bitcoin by Digging Up a Landfill
Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica
Gone in 60 Seconds
A Kid Made $50,000 Dumping Crypto He’d Created. Then Came the Backlash
Joel Khalili
Crypto Kingmakers
The Crypto Industry Is Helping Donald Trump Pick SEC Chair
Makena Kelly and Joel Khalili
Free Ross
Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht Is Waiting for Trump to Keep His Word—and Set Him Free
Joel Khalili and Andy Greenberg
Dark Knight
Meet ZachXBT, the Masked Vigilante Tracking Down Billions in Crypto Scams and Thefts
Andy Greenberg
Final Countdown
Nigeria Drops Charges Against Tigran Gambaryan, Jailed Binance Exec and Former IRS Agent
Andy Greenberg
It Wasn't Me
Peter Todd Was ‘Unmasked’ as Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto. Now He’s in Hiding
Joel Khalili
globetrotting
Sam Altman’s Eye-Scanning Orb Has a New Look—and Will Come Right to Your Door
Lauren Goode