“How two men charged with an outrageous kidnapping scheme introduced a new kind of crime to the city.”
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The Crypto Racket
“Public officials at all levels are propping up a Texas Bitcoin mining boom that’s threatening water and energy systems while afflicting locals with noise pollution.”
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The Untold Story of a Crypto Crimefighter’s Descent Into Nigerian Prison
“As a US federal agent, Tigran Gambaryan pioneered modern crypto investigations. Then at Binance, he got trapped between the world’s biggest crypto exchange and a government determined to make it pay.”
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The For-Profit City That Might Come Crashing Down
“The dream of Próspera, founded by a U.S. corporation off the coast of Honduras, was to escape government control. The Honduran government wants it gone.”
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‘We’re Living in a Nightmare:’ Inside the Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town
“Ultimately, Granbury is just one canary of several in the proverbial mine.”
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From High Life Hackers to National Menace: The Rise and Fall of Digital Bandits ‘ACG’
“Hackers ‘ACG’ popped champagne and bought sports cars. Then the group and its associates ushered in a bold new era of crime where anything is possible.”
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Paradise at the Crypto Arcade: Inside the Web3 Revolution
I know, I know: another story set at a gathering of brotastic crypto-utopians. But this one is no scene piece. Instead, it manages to stake out a thoughtful middle ground between the wonkiness of a blockchain white paper and the rolled eyes of “Web3 Is Going Just Great” — smart, incisive, and informative enough for […]
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The Bored Apes take Manhattan
“Now he owns an enviable 11 apes. He estimates his total NFT collection, which also includes a CryptoPunk, to be ‘like $10 million.’ ‘You couldn’t make it up if you tried, right?’ his brother laughs. And I laugh, too — maniacally — in an unexpected fit of FOMO.”