Bitcoin - Nov 16, 2022

The team uses a secret technique to locate AlphaBay’s server. But just as the operation heats up, the agents have an unexpected run-in with their target.

Sam Bankman-Fried has tipped the cryptocurrency industry into crisis. But the spectacular implosion of FTX, the exchange he founded, has done the broader financial system a big favour. The curly-haired kingpin was at the forefront of pushing regulators and po…

Asian share markets were mixed on Tuesday and oil was weaker as investors sought to digest the economic implications of China's COVID policy adjustments and a rescue package for the country's struggling property sector.

Cryptoverse: So long, Solana? Ether rival clobbered by FTX crash  Reuters

Sam Bankman-Fried was what everyone wanted a crypto billionaire to be – until things began to go very, very wrong<ul><li>Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here</li></ul>Every week after I finish writing this newsletter,…

Bankman-Fried promoted himself as an eccentric genius. In reality, his image was a distraction from what was going on inside FTXLast Tuesday, FTX, the second-largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, closed withdrawals, blaming “severe liquidity problems”…

The collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange will cost investors billions. But why would anyone give money to a man who plays video games in important meetings?Do you ever get the impression that the entire economy is an elaborate scheme and nobody in charge a…

The producer price index rose 0.2% in October from the prior month, below the consensus estimate for a 0.4% gain.

From BlackRock to Apollo, the biggest names on the Street have been dabbling in crypto. FTX's implosion, however, is a huge setback for the industry.