"I have come to view cryptocurrencies not simply as exotic assets but as a manifestation of a magical thinking that had come to infect part of the generation who grew up in the aftermath of the Great Recession — and American capitalism, more broadly."
Mihir A. Desai
#CryptoCollapse #magicalthinking
A bad night at the casino
#ftx #ftxhearings #cryptocurrency #CryptoCollapse
Caroline Ellison, the Newton native and business executive tied to the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges of defrauding investors out of billions of dollars https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/12/21/metro/caroline-ellison-plead-guilty-fraud-over-ftx-collapse/ #CryptoCollapse
#Layoff spree in #SiliconValley spells end of an era for #BigTech - A #cryptocollapse, layoffs at #Facebook and #carnage at #Twitter are rocking the #techindustry. It’s stoking memories of the #dotcomcrash 20 years ago. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/12/tech-facebook-twitter-layoffs-dotcom/
#layoff #siliconvalley #bigtech #CryptoCollapse #facebook #carnage #twitter #techindustry #dotcomcrash
This is a case study in absolutely terrible corporate governance. #FTX #Crypto #CryptoCollapse https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/11/10/bankman-frieds-cabal-of-roommates-in-the-bahamas-ran-his-crypto-empire-and-dated-other-employees-have-lots-of-questions/?outputType=amp