ALEC LIU
The Wall Street Issue
What Led Whistle-Blower Haim Bodek to Expose the Biggest Scam on Wall Street?
The Goldman Sachs alum, was once what Wall Street calls a "big swinging dick." But two years after going to authorities with what he claims to be one of the largest heists in Wall Street history, he was practically blackballed.
ALEC LIU
12.19.14
Motherboard Blog
'It's Hard to Put the Genie Back in the Bottle': Bitcoin's Top Cop Opens Up
Bitcoin's top US regulator took to Reddit to hang out, answer questions, and face the mob.
ALEC LIU
2.21.14
Motherboard Blog
Asia’s Richest Man Is Betting Big On Silicon Valley’s Fake Eggs
And why not? They may very well be better than the real thing.
ALEC LIU
2.18.14
Motherboard Blog
Millennials Have Been Permanently Scarred by the Financial Crisis
But maybe that’s not such a bad thing.
ALEC LIU
2.12.14
Motherboard Blog
The World’s Oldest Bitcoin Exchange Might Be Dead
Now that Mt. Gox has suspended all withdrawals, worried users are short tens of millions of dollars.
ALEC LIU
2.10.14
Motherboard Blog
It's Time to Take Dogecoin Seriously
Dogecoin has improbably become Bitcoin’s killer app.
ALEC LIU
2.6.14
Motherboard Blog
You Don't Need a License to Mine Bitcoin
US regulators published two new rulings regarding virtual currency miners and investors.
ALEC LIU
1.31.14
Motherboard Blog
The US Government Closes In On Bitcoin, And Some Bitcoiners Are Smiling
Because maybe that's a good thing.
ALEC LIU
1.30.14
Motherboard Blog
Bitcoin's Star Entrepreneur Was Arrested by the Feds for Silk Road Money Laundering
Winklevoss Capital, a major backer in BitInstant, has distanced itself from the company's indicted CEO.
ALEC LIU
1.27.14
Motherboard Blog
The Most Powerful Man on Wall Street Made Some Pretty Weak Arguments Against Bitcoin
Is JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon genuinely unimpressed, or just strategically uninformed?
ALEC LIU
1.27.14
Motherboard Blog
Why Silicon Valley (and Google) Loves Bitcoin
Bitcoin is the ultimate backdoor into the long fortified financial sector, and Google just let slip that they want in.
ALEC LIU
1.23.14
Motherboard Blog
T-Mobile Wants to Crash the Banking Industry's Party
T-Mobile CEO and infamous party-crasher John Legere yesterday announced a new personal finance service. It's further evidence the industry is ripe for disruption.
ALEC LIU
1.23.14
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