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Posted on November 17, 2022November 18, 2022

How FTX built a house of cards

A few months ago, news broke of an insider trading ring at Coinbase, one of the many crypto exchanges hoping to make the world of magical Internet money easy for normals. SEC and other authorities acted swiftly and nailed down the perpetrators; their ill-gotten gains were around million-and-a-half dollars. The accused awaits sentencing. The swift action, … Continue reading How FTX built a house of cards

Posted on November 10, 2022November 10, 2022

Ever since the FTX story broke, I have had two recurring thought. This company reminds me of Enron, the energy company that wanted to make markets in everything — especially in gullibility. I wrote about their remarkable similarities in my piece for The Spectator, which is a news outlet where I have recently become a … Continue reading In Good Times, FOMO beats Diligence

Posted on December 11, 2018December 11, 2018

12/11: What I am reading today

12/11: What I am reading today

Here are some of the stories that caught my attention today. Some of them are about technology, but not all of them. Updated all through the day, and shared via email newsletter in the evening. You like the links, sign-up for the email newsletter. Four Days trapped at sea with Crypto’s Nouveau Riche:  How many … Continue reading 12/11: What I am reading today

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Om Malik is a a San Francisco-based writer, photographer, and investor. He has spent three decades in the trenches of Silicon Valley as a journalist, entrepreneur, and, more recently, as a venture capitalist. He has been writing about the commercial Internet since its birth. Read more

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