Speak for yourself, BBC. I knew crypto was a load of old tulips from the start. Ergo, I knew SBF was just a dodgy salesman.

Everyone got duped by Sam Bankman-Fried's big gamble

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67302950

Everyone got duped by Sam Bankman-Fried's big gamble

The dishevelled former wunderkind fooled Silicon Valley and stole billions from customers, a court found.

BBC News

@rosamundi @cstross
I've been calling the entire space bullshit since 2013. And, once again, being very old school fraud further confirms my mantra.

With one or two exceptions, the primary accomplishment of cryptocurrency is repeatedly speed-running half a millenia of financial failures.

@cstross @rosamundi
Although I do have to admit it has been good for my CV as I have a business model: As an academic I was able to mine the space for comedy godl [sic] and turn it into academic and non-academic writing.