In-depth stories about the people, the misconduct and the moments that shaped the crypto market. Independently researched, with sources, and with nothing held back.
100x: the rise and fall of BitMEX
From rented Lamborghinis to a bank that was lied to and a $100 million criminal case.
9 min read → Malpractice$3 million, frozen for winning too much
Win too much on the wrong exchange and your account gets locked. The playbook of the frozen winners.
7 min read → HackThe biggest heist ever
$1.5 billion in a single signature: how North Korea cracked Bybit.
6 min read → LegendMt. Gox: the king who lost everything
850,000 bitcoin vanished. The nerd took the blame — but the real thieves were in Russia.
8 min read → FraudFTX: the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried
From ‘crypto messiah’ to 25 years in prison — how SBF borrowed 8 billion in customer money that was not his.
11 min read → MysteryQuadrigaCX: the dead CEO with the keys
A CEO dies, 190 million is locked away forever — until it turns out the vault had long been empty.
9 min read → ManhuntDo Kwon: the manhunt for the crash king
$40 billion evaporated in seven days, a global flight on false passports, and 15 years in prison.
12 min read → MissingOneCoin: the missing Cryptoqueen
A ‘coin’ without a blockchain, Wembley packed with fans, 4 billion raised — and a woman who vanished without a trace.
10 min read → ComebackWinklevoss: revenge of the twins
Robbed by Zuckerberg, laughed at by Hollywood — and then the world's first bitcoin billionaires.
10 min read → FraudCelsius: the banker who hated banks
‘Banks are not your friends’, 18% interest and weekly reassurance — while he quietly dumped his own coin.
11 min read → ManhuntThree Arrows: the fall of the supercycle
A hedge fund on borrowed money, a yacht called ‘Much Wow’, and two founders who felt no remorse after the crash — but went to Bali.
14 min read → HeistRazzlekhan: the Bitfinex heist
120,000 bitcoin stolen, six years untraceable — until one cloud file triggered the largest seizure ever.
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