People are talking about crypto as though it's the future of money. But what you're getting in return is also an equo system that doesn't look very secure. There aren't really federal regulations or any laws that obligate them to refund you if your crypto gets hacked or stolen.
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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