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FT Alphaville
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The FT’s financial blog. We love balance sheets, financial plumbing, debt crises, margin calls and snark.
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    Why bitcoin is worse than a Madoff-style Ponzi scheme on.ft.com/3mLUFxJ
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    Dec 5, 2023
    The French government makes unemployed people go on blockchain awareness courses run by Binance, where if they gain sufficient blockchain awareness they're given an NFT diploma. Really. This is a thing that actually happens.
    Inside France’s courtship of Binance
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    Sep 8, 2022
    Celsius admitted “that the company had never earned enough revenue to support the yields being paid to investors. This … suggests that at least at some points in time yields to existing investors were probably being paid with the assets of new investors.” on.ft.com/3KSbPV0
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    Elon Musk becomes Twitter’s largest shareholder on.ft.com/3KcYh5l
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    Hodlers: an apology
    Hodlers: an apology
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    Oct 21, 2022
    If Musk can successfully dodge buying Twitter just by tweeting, it suggests Twitter is worth more than he won't be paying. Whereas if he can't, it suggests it's worth less than he will be forced to pay. Tricky.
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    Aug 7, 2023
    Icahn seen clearly now the gains have gone
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    Icahn seen clearly now the gains have gone
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    Jan 8, 2024
    Bill Ackman or American Psycho? Take the quiz
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    Oct 12, 2022
    We have a new logo for the @bankofengland. on.ft.com/3fP45aP
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    Sep 9, 2023
    Re-upping this for … reasons. Apple is a Chinese company on.ft.com/3ARgRgp
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    May 14, 2021
    Tether says its reserves are backed by cash to the tune of . . . 2.9%
    Tether says its reserves are  backed by cash to the tune of . . .  2.9%
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    Nov 14, 2022
    We’re all about high-impact investigative journalism at FTAV. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bankm…