Sunday Reads – Things I Found Interesting 2021-07-04

Fraud in the art world

Vulture had a fantastic article about a fraudulent art dealer. See if you can find analogies to crypto and especially NFTs. Read it here.

ICYMI

In this article I attempt to challenge those who malign Tether researchers and journalists covering Tether as ‘conspiratorial truthers’.

https://bennettftomlin.com/2021/07/03/tether-truthers-and-the-inconvenient-conspiracy-theories/

In this episode Cas and I took a look at Bitcoin becoming ‘legal tender’ in El Salvador. It is a nuanced issue, complicated by a history of foreign intervention.

https://bennettftomlin.com/2021/06/28/episode-11-el-salvador-and-bitcoin-crypto-critics-corner/

In this episode Cas and I took a look at the new tendency among crypto companies to hire former regulators.

https://bennettftomlin.com/2021/06/30/episode-12-regulatory-capture-and-regulatory-arbitrage-sleeping-with-your-enemy-crypto-critics-corner/

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