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Sam, Changpeng, and the fall of crypto

ANALYSIS: With two huge blows for the cryptocurrency industry this month, the once-hot sector faces a colder reality.

It turns out criminal activity was part of Binance’s business model.

Tim Hunter Fri, 24 Nov 2023

Cryptocurrency is so last year, darling. This year, everyone’s wearing AI.

Such is the way of investment fashion. In 2017, blockchain was so hot you could change a company’s name from Long Island Iced Tea to Long Blockchain and its shares would go nuts. Today, the in-crowd is in artificial

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Tim Hunter Fri, 24 Nov 2023
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