Heathermorgan's social media stunts were part of an elaborate act to confront social pressures. I think she was just trying to say, you know, you can also have some fun while being a tet interpreter. Her lyrics like talk about crict currency, talk about like people trying to get rich, talk about hackers. She talks about having some mental health issues, dealing with burnout around 20 18,. which is when she launched his rap career. It would be really interesting to know what she thinks and what she would say about tha.
Paris Marx is joined by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai to discuss the arrest of Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan for trying to launder the $5 billion in Bitcoin stolen in the 2016 Bitfinex hack, how they were moving the money, how the authorities found them, and what lessons the case might hold.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai is senior staff writer at Motherboard. Follow Lorenzo on Twitter at @lorenzofb.
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