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Kristen Hutchens

@kristenhutchens.bsky.social
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Public Policy Executive | Adjunct Professor | Focused on AI, Crypto, and Financial Regulation | Grateful American | Personal Account

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/06/2026
Mark Zuckerberg has directed Meta to build an app similar to fast-growing prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi. The experimental app, internally called “Arena,” would be independent of Facebook and Instagram. nyti.ms/43TjexF
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The Economist @economist.com · 16/06/2026
For the clearest demonstration of investors’ manic mood, look beyond the stock market to the trade in options
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America’s bull market has entered its manic phase
Options markets show optimism is giving way to euphoria
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
It’s the Second Time he has done this for our State! Thank You Stephen Colbert….
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John Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.
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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
After Claudia Goldin became the first woman to win a solo Nobel in economics, she got hundreds of invitations. She accepted three. One was advising WNBA players on a labor deal. She helped players land the biggest % raise in US sports history. www.wsj.com/economy/wnba...
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WNBA Players Had an Ace Up Their Sleeve in Pay Negotiations: A Nobel Laureate
Harvard economist Claudia Goldin helped WNBA players win a nearly 400% raise. Starting this season, players’ average salary will top $580,000.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 27/03/2026
Only one perfect March Madness bracket remains among the 40 million entries tracked across all the major sites. It belongs to 14-year-old Otto Schellhammer, an eighth grader from the Pittsburgh area.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 01/03/2026
As US and Israeli bombs fell on Iran this weekend, bettors on Polymarket — where $529 million was traded on contracts tied to the timing of the strikes — were cashing in
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Polymarket Iran Bets Hit $529 Million as New Wallets Draw Notice
As US and Israeli bombs fell on Iran this weekend, bettors on Polymarket — where $529 million was traded on contracts tied to the timing of the strikes — were cashing in. Almost immediately, blockchain sleuths began hunting for unusual patterns in recent bets.
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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
NEW: A video editor working for MrBeast is accused of trading on insider information on Kalshi, which has fined, suspended and reported the editor to federal regulators in the first public instance of the platform disclosing an insider trading investigation www.npr.org/2026/02/25/n...
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Kalshi reveals insider trading case against editor for MrBeast
With prediction markets booming, so have concerns about insider trading. Now, Kalshi has disclosed its first public actions against accounts suspected of trading on confidential information.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 16/02/2026
Predicting the next economic crash or financial crisis has always been more art than science. Today there’s an added complication — the increasing shortage of information about what’s really going on in the economy and financial system. Read The Big Take: bloom.bg/4kJLf2u 🎨: Grace J. Kim
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Quantum Magazine @quantum-magazine.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Coinbase has formed a quantum computing advisory board to address future bitcoin security concerns and the impact of quantum threats on cryptography. The move aims to prepare for post-quantum risks as blockchain security evolves. #Quantum #QuantumComputing #technology #Science
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Coinbase Forms Quantum Computing Advisory Board
Coinbase has launched an Independent Advisory Board on Quantum Computing and Blockchain to proactively safeguard Bitcoin and other digital assets against potential future quantum threats.
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
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SSRN @ssrn.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Strategic Bot Activity in Financial #SocialMedia This paper examines whether automated social media accounts ("bots") target stocks strategically or randomly. Authors: Mahnaz Paydarzarnaghi, David A. Rakowski Read More: spkl.io/63324As1g4 @rakowskidr.bsky.social
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 14/02/2026
Here’s the stupid thing about romance scams ft.trib.al/qAX3EHy | opinion
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Here’s the stupid thing about romance scams
If anyone should be ashamed of this crime, it’s the social media platforms
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Crypto News @crypto.at.thenote.app · 12/02/2026
BlackRock takes first DeFi step, lists BUIDL on Uniswap as UNI jumps 25% BlackRock will make shares of its $2.2 billion tokenized U.S. Treasury fund tradable on the decentralized exchange Uniswap. #crypto #defi #uni
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BlackRock takes first DeFi step, lists BUIDL on Uniswap as UNI jumps 25%
BlackRock will make shares of its $2.2 billion tokenized U.S. Treasury fund tradable on the decentralized exchange Uniswap.
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Kristen Hutchens @kristenhutchens.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Congrats to all the artists—especially my dad—whose work was selected for the 2026 Regional Juried Exhibition at the Hill Center Galleries. Only 124 of 800 entries were chosen. The exhibition runs 1/21/26 to 5/2/26. Exceptional work in a venue rich with history. Well worth a visit.
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Andrew Jennings @andrewkjennings.com · 08/12/2025
Should law give preferential treatment to small businesses? Brian Feinstein, associate professor of legal studies and business ethics at the University of Pennsylvania, joins @busscholarship.bsky.social to discuss his paper "Small Business Favoritism." 1/2
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Business Scholarship Podcast - Ep.267 – Brian Feinstein on Small-Business Favoritism |
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Decrypt @decrypt.co · 17/01/2026
DTCC 'Not Building Walled Gardens' for Tokenization, Says Digital Assets Head decrypt.co/354791/dt...
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Kristen Hutchens @kristenhutchens.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
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NYSE to Launch 24/7 Trading Platform for Blockchain-Based Securities
Some of the biggest names on Wall Street have recently announced tokenization initiatives.
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Crypto News @crypto.at.thenote.app · 16/01/2026
NCAA urges CFTC to pause college sports prediction markets The group says contracts mirror sports betting but lack safeguards, warning transfer portal markets could pose “catastrophic” risks to student athletes. #cftc #crypto #news
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NCAA urges CFTC to pause college sports prediction markets
The group says contracts mirror sports betting but lack safeguards, warning transfer portal markets could pose “catastrophic” risks to student athletes.
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Kristen Hutchens @kristenhutchens.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
600+ followers and counting 🎉 Since 2025, I’ve been fortunate to connect with a Bluesky community at the nexus of academia, capital markets, law, public policy, and regulation. Thanks to everyone who engaged or quietly followed along. Excited for 2026 and the insights it will bring.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 22/12/2025
Betty Reid Soskin, an iconic former National Park Service ranger, has died, according to her family. She was 104.
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Betty Reid Soskin, the oldest National Park Service ranger, dies at 104
Soskin became a permanent National Park Service employee in 2011. She retired in 2022.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 24/11/2025
Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, has died. She was 111. "I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021. Geoff Bennett has more.
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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
More The WH is considering an executive order preempting state legislation on AI if the moratorium does not pass in the NDAA, according to a person familiar with the matter. However, a WH official said until such an order is announced, "discussion about potential executive orders is speculation."
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HoyaSaxa.com @hoyatalk.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Basketball Update/Final: Georgetown 70 Maryland 60 --First home court opening loss for Terrapins since 1976-77 season (48 straight wins until tonight) --First Georgetown win in College Park since 2/25/1964
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Diana B. Henriques @dianabhenriques.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Andrew Ross Sorkin and I agree: "The pattern is familiar, stretching back to 1929: Whenever access expands faster than safeguards, charlatans rush in and ordinary investors are often left holding the bag." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/m...
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The Rules of Investing Are Being Loosened. Could It Lead to the Next 1929?
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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Stocks took a nosedive on Friday after President Trump threatened a big tariff hike on China. Until then, Wall Street had been at record highs for months, which is why we decided to check in with Andrew Ross Sorkin. cbsn.ws/4mXotn3
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AI boom propping up economy as some guardrails are coming off, journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin warns
Stocks on Wall Street have rallied in recent months, but author Andrew Ross Sorkin sees a crash coming. The question is: when will the bubble pop, and how much will the market slump when it does?
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Law360 @law360.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sent home 90% of its staff, including the bulk of its enforcement division, as the agency braces for a shutdown of uncertain length by drawing on lessons from two prior long-running impasses in the past 12 years. www.law360.com/artic...
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 29/09/2025
Charlie Javice was sentenced to more than 7 years in prison for defrauding JPMorgan Chase when she sold her startup to the megabank for $175 million and provided bogus evidence that her company had millions of customers that didn’t actually exist.
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Startup Founder Charlie Javice Sentenced to More Than 7 Years for Defrauding JPMorgan
The Frank founder acknowledged she “made mistakes,” but her attorneys say they plan to appeal her conviction.
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Securities Law @securitieslaw.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
CFTC Seeks Public Feedback on Tokenized Collateral and Stablecoins Initiative
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CFTC Seeks Public Feedback on Tokenized Collateral and Stablecoins Initiative
On September 23, Acting Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Caroline Pham announced the launch of an initiative focused...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 26/09/2025
US regulators probe stock moves before companies made crypto-treasury announcements, WSJ reports reut.rs/3W8U5uV
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US regulators probe stock moves before companies made crypto-treasury announcements, WSJ reports
U.S. regulators have examined sharp movements in the stock prices of companies before they announced plans to raise money to buy cryptocurrency for signs of potential insider trading and disclosure violations, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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SSRN @ssrn.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
From No-Win to No-Lose: Legislating #AI in US States This article examines the emerging landscape of state-level #AI policies. Authors: Emmie Hine, Luciano Floridi Read More: spkl.io/63328Armlu
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Crypto News @crypto.at.thenote.app · 16/09/2025
‘A New Level of Insanity’: Bank of Thailand Freezes Over 3 Million Accounts, Sets Transfer Limits The Central Bank of Thailand intensified its fight against online scams by freezing over 3 million accounts linked to illicit activity. Nonetheless, thousands say they were affected by … #crypto #news
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‘A New Level of Insanity’: Bank of Thailand Freezes Over 3 Million Accounts, Sets Transfer Limits
The Central Bank of Thailand intensified its fight against online scams by freezing over 3 million accounts linked to illicit activity. Nonetheless, thousands say they were affected by the measure despite not being involved in the scams. Central Bank of Thailand Acts Against Online Scams, Freezes Millions of Accounts Thailand, a nation plagued by thousands […]
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Page One: @nytimes.com @ericlipton.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
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Crypto News @crypto.at.thenote.app · 17/08/2025
S&P Dow Jones in talks to bring tokenized indexes to exchanges, DeFi: Exec S&P Dow Jones Indices is exploring partnerships with major exchanges, custodians and DeFi protocols to launch tokenized versions of its benchmarks. #crypto #defi #news
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S&P Dow Jones in talks to bring tokenized indexes to exchanges, DeFi: Exec
S&P Dow Jones Indices is exploring partnerships with major exchanges, custodians and DeFi protocols to launch tokenized versions of its benchmarks.
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Paul Kiernan @pkwsj.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Fraud was defined by lawmakers as an unauthorized transfer. Pig-butchering scams often slip through the cracks because victims are tricked by scammers into authorizing fraudulent transactions themselves. www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
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Millions Stolen, Death Threats: Should Banks Do More to Fight ‘Pig Butchering’?
Scams that trick people into transferring funds fall outside most current fraud protections. Some victims want banks to take responsibility.
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Hannah Natanson @hannahnatanson.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
SCOOP: DOGE has built an AI tool to cut 50 percent of federal regulations. The goal is to kill 100,000 regs by the one year anniversary of Trump's inauguration. wapo.st/451U8wD w/ @jeffstein.bsky.social @ddiamond.bsky.social @rachelsiegel25.bsky.social
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DOGE builds AI tool to cut 50 percent of federal regulations
The U.S. DOGE Service is using a new AI tool to eliminate federal regulations, aiming to cut 50 percent of rules by the first anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
"Overall, do you think that AI should be..." 🟢 More Regulated: 71% 🟡 No Change: 11% 🔴 Less Regulated: 5% Full poll breakdown -> usapolling.substack.com/p/the-need-f...
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Matt Levine @matt-levine.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
What we discussed was how to address the inequality between people who have historically had access to this newsletter and everyone else. That’s the really exciting part: Now everyone will be able to get it. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...
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The Stocks Will Be Tokenized
Also BlackRock and privates, Vanguard and privates, the Paramount settlement and Enron 2.0.
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Blockchain Report @blockchainreport.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
SIFMA wants the SEC to slow down approvals for digital securities trading (like on-chain stocks), pushing for public review. Paradigm argues SIFMA defends traditional finance & questions applying existing KYC/AML rules to decentralized platforms, advocating for tech-specific regulation.
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Frank Pasquale @frankpasquale.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
In a crisis, we “assume that the Fed would indeed come to the rescue. But can that be taken for granted, especially after Jay Powell is replaced next year?” www.ft.com/content/182f...
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The risks of funding states via casinos
It is easy to imagine conditions in which money simply dries up, perhaps in response to large movements in bond yields
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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 01/07/2025
The Senate votes 99-1 to remove a Trump tax bill provision that would have barred states from regulating AI if they got funding from a $500M broadband program (Bloomberg) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 01/07/2025
Investment firm Linqto helped pioneer a private stock trading avenue for the little guy. Now it’s facing federal investigations into its practices and a possible bankruptcy filing.
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A Hot New Firm Opened the Private Market to the Little Guy. Now It Is in Big Trouble.
Linqto, which offered stakes in highflying companies such as Ripple, is facing federal investigations and a possible bankruptcy filing.
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Dustin Volz @dustinvolz.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
How a North Korean scammer stole hundreds of thousands from a crypto startup www.wsj.com/business/he-...
wsj.com
He Thought an Employee Stole Crypto. The FBI Says It Was a North Korean Scammer.
An army of North Korean workers have taken tech jobs at companies around the world, gaining funds for the regime through paychecks, theft and extortion.
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Kristen Hutchens @kristenhutchens.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Playing chess while only seeing half the board. That’s what managing risk potentially looks like in AI-powered markets. www.wsj.com/opinion/is-t...
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Opinion | Is the Fed Ready for an AI Economy?
Your computer may soon take out a loan, approved by a bank’s computer. Millions of such transactions can determine the money supply.
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SSRN @ssrn.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Does private equity outperform public markets? Not, this paper argues, when it is measured appropriately. spkl.io/63320fhakQ #Finance #EconSky
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Reuters @reuters.com · 24/06/2025
Central bank body BIS delivers stark stablecoin warning reut.rs/3T6miRF
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Central bank body BIS delivers stark stablecoin warning
The Bank for International Settlements issued its starkest warning yet on the risks posed by stablecoins and urged countries to move rapidly towards the tokenisation of their currencies.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Reconciliation news: The Senate Parliamentarian has allowed for 10-year ban on regulating AI to stay in the One Big, Beautiful Bill. It passes the Byrd Rule.
Provisions Not Subject to a 60-Vote Byrd Rule Point of Order

Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Support for Artificial Intelligence. This provision provides federal aid to states under the condition that states agree not to regulate AI. (Section 0012)

The Parliamentarian’s advice is based on whether a provision is appropriate for reconciliation and conforms to the limitations of the Byrd Rule; it is not a judgement on the relative merits of a particular policy.
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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 10/06/2025
SEC Chair Paul Atkins says the agency is working on an "innovation exemption" to boost onchain product creation and support Trump's vision of a US crypto hub (Stephen Katte/Cointelegraph) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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Chris Whittall @chriswhittall.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
NEW: Humans + machines join forces in Morgan Stanley’s credit trading revolution MS has rolled out its bond trading algo across its entire credit franchise Traders + computers share risk books, balance sheet, P&L - a radical departure for this human-centric business www.ifre.com/people-and-m...
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Kristen Hutchens @kristenhutchens.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
“Love is a battlefield.” So, increasingly, is fintech. Huione’s alleged $28 billion role in investment romance scams, also known as pig butchering schemes, exposes critical regulatory gaps that allow platforms to become global hubs for financial crime. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
wsj.com
Inside the Online Marketplaces That Enable ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams
Investigators say a Cambodia-based company, and others like it, are helping swindlers to defraud Americans.
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