Washington Is Knocking On Crypto’s Door

The epic crash and burn of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX crypto empire in November was huge global news. Eight months later, the crypto world is still feeling the after-shocks—with embarrassed celebrity endorsers, a scrubbed stadium logo and billions of dollars drained from the accounts of ordinary people.

Bloomberg’s Hannah Miller and Allyson Versprille join this episode to talk about the next big challenge for crypto exchanges: Washington. Federal agencies are taking a hard look at new regulations to police cryptocurrencies and protect investors–and taking legal action against some of the industry’s biggest players. Read more: Crypto Gets Its Moment of Clarity, But Not the One It Wanted Listen to The Big Take podcast every weekday and subscribe to our daily newsletter: https://bloom.bg/3F3EJAK Have questions or comments for Wes and the team? Reach us at [email protected].

This episode was produced by: Supervising Producer: Vicki Vergolina, Senior Producer: Kathryn Fink, Producers: Mo Barrow, Rebecca Chaisson, Michael Falero and Federica Romaniello, Associate Producers: Sam Gebauer and Zaynab Siddiqui. Sound Design/Engineers: Raphael Amsili and Gilda Garcia.

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Release date

Lydbog: 13. juli 2023