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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