Joel Khalili

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A Kid Made $50,000 Dumping Crypto He’d Created. Then Came the Backlash

On the evening of November 19, art adviser Adam Biesk was finishing work at his California home when he overheard a conversation between his wife and son, who had just come downstairs....

Celsius Founder Alex Mashinsky Pleads Guilty to Fraud

Alex Mashinsky, former CEO of bankrupt crypto lender Celsius, has pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud, which together carry a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison.In the wake of the...

Elizabeth Warren Calls for Crackdown on Internet ‘Monopoly’ You’ve Never Heard Of

US senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and congressman Jerry Nadler of New York have called on government bodies to investigate what they allege is the “predatory pricing” of .com web addresses, the...

Taylor Swift Fans Sue Ticketmaster for Price Gouging

A group of almost 400 fans of Taylor Swift and other musicians filed a new lawsuit in California state court on Friday against Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation, accusing them...

The Creator of Houseparty Is Back. This Time He’s Taking on Slack and Discord

Starved of social interaction by lockdown restrictions in the spring of 2020, tens of millions of people turned to Houseparty. The app let people dive into group video chats at will, provided...

As Trump Takes a Victory Lap, the Crypto Faithful Kiss the Ring

The denizens of cryptoland have erupted into celebration and gleeful told-you-so's after Donald Trump, the self-styled “crypto president,” was voted back into the White House on Wednesday morning.Under the Democratic administration led...

Peter Todd Was ‘Unmasked’ As Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto. Now He’s In Hiding

When Canadian developer Peter Todd found out that a new HBO documentary, Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery, was set to identify him as Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, he was mostly...

In the Kentucky Mountains, a Bitcoin Mining Dream Becomes the Stuff of Nightmares

On a dead-end road that climbs out of the tiny city of Jenkins, in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in Eastern Kentucky, there stands a large warehouse with a mint green...

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