Lobbying to salvage crypto’s reputation

Kristin Smith, executive director of the Blockchain Association, one of the largest cryptocurrency lobbying groups, knows it won’t be easy to rebuild the industry’s reputation. Lawmakers are outraged ...

Betting against the Bank of Japan: podcast

Investors are closely watching for signs that Tokyo might finally start winding down its ultra-low interest rates as inflation rises. In this Exchange episode, Pete Sweeney chats with Sayuri Shirai, ...

Crypto Was Always Smoke and Mirrors

Block, a vehement crypto skeptic, has spent the past 18 months doing forensic blockchain research. He uses open-source tools to follow flows of money between crypto companies, repeatedly demonstrating how shadow banks and nefarious scammers inflate the value of worthless assets in order to generate enormous wealth that exists only on paper.