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Against the Rules with Michael Lewis cover image

On Background: Bad Actors on the Blockchain

Against the Rules with Michael Lewis

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Is It Basically Imperceptible to Use FTX Money Without Being Identified?

I am almost certain that whoever took this FTX money will be identified through cryptocurrency tracing and we'll find out if that was Sandbankman-Freed or some hacker in North Korea. It seems almost like the possibility is just vanishingly small. So there's half a billion dollars of unspendable Bitcoin that was stolen out of FTX. What would the Department of Justice need in order to seize it? They know it's there. Why can't they seize it? Well, let's see. Here's a few ways you could figure out who took that money.

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