Episode 550: Zeke Faux

Published: Sept. 20, 2023, 5:43 p.m.

b'Zeke Faux is an investigative reporter for\\xa0Bloomberg. His new book is\\xa0Number Go Up: Inside Crypto\\u2019s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall.\\n\\u201cI have a rule of thumb, which is that if somebody did one scam, they probably did another scam. If they did one scam in the past and now they have a new thing, odds are good it\\u2019s also a scam. That\\u2019s not always true, but that was definitely borne out sometimes in crypto-world.\\u201d\\nShow notes:\\n\\n@ZekeFaux\\n\\nzekefaux.com\\n\\nFaux on Longform\\n\\nFaux\\u2019s\\xa0Bloomberg\\xa0archive\\n\\n06:00\\xa0\\u201cSecret Network Connects Harvard Money to Payday Loans\\u201d\\xa0(Bloomberg \\u2022 Sept 2014)\\n\\n08:00\\xa0\\u201cAnyone Seen Tether\\u2019s Billions?\\u201d\\xa0(Bloomberg \\u2022 Oct 2021)\\n\\n21:00\\xa0Matt Levine\\u2019s\\xa0Bloomberg\\xa0archive\\n\\n\\n22:00\\xa0\\u201c\\u2018Don\\u2019t You Remember Me?\\u2019 The Crypto Hell on the Other Side of a Spam Text\\u201d\\xa0(Bloomberg \\u2022 Aug 2023)\\n\\n32:00\\xa0\\u201cThe Rise of FTX, and Sam Bankman-Fried, Was a Great Story. Its Implosion Is Even Better.\\u201d\\xa0(Alexandra Alter \\u2022 New York Times \\u2022 May 2023)\\n\\n58:00\\xa0The Mastermind\\xa0(Evan Ratliff \\u2022 Penguin Random House \\u2022 2020)\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'