Crypto
Vox's coverage of crypto news, cryptocurrency, crypto regulation, and more.
The latest in Crypto
![How Sam Bankman-Fried’s sentence stacks up against the century’s biggest fraudsters](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25358698/1607950830.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![How Sam Bankman-Fried’s sentence stacks up against the century’s biggest fraudsters](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25358698/1607950830.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
SBF vs. Bernie Madoff, Elizabeth Holmes, Allen Stanford, and Jeffrey Skilling.
![Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial pulled back the curtain on crypto](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25054414/GettyImages_1556770851.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.675%2C0%2C66.65%2C100&w=2400)
![Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial pulled back the curtain on crypto](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25054414/GettyImages_1556770851.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.012500000000003%2C0%2C99.975%2C100&w=2400)
The criminal conviction of the once-lionized cryptocurrency billionaire will have ripple effects on the entire industry.
![Bitcoin is ... back?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25318474/2042525422.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Bitcoin is ... back?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25318474/2042525422.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
![The author Michael Lewis on the lessons of Sam Bankman-Fried](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24998496/1607951333.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.656830923576%2C0%2C66.686338152847%2C100&w=2400)
![The author Michael Lewis on the lessons of Sam Bankman-Fried](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24998496/1607951333.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.014749262536881%2C100%2C99.970501474926&w=2400)
Why did so many people believe in SBF — and what should we think now?
![Hollywood’s got a crypto critic. Should we pay attention?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24797762/GettyImages_1258543894.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=23.029411764706%2C0%2C66.676470588235%2C100&w=2400)
![Hollywood’s got a crypto critic. Should we pay attention?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24797762/GettyImages_1258543894.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.014703720041183%2C100%2C99.985296279959&w=2400)
It’s probably wise to avoid celebrity advice on money, but The O.C.’sBen McKenzie has a point.
![Now might be a good time to consider quitting crypto](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24709963/1258513251.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=18.15%2C0%2C66.65%2C100&w=2400)
![Now might be a good time to consider quitting crypto](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24709963/1258513251.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.012500000000003%2C0%2C99.975%2C100&w=2400)
What the SEC’s lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase mean for the future of cryptocurrencies — and for you.
![Why the SEC is cracking down on crypto and big tech companies](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24709344/GettyImages_1239056826.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.659759635309%2C0%2C66.680480729383%2C100&w=2400)
![Why the SEC is cracking down on crypto and big tech companies](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24709344/GettyImages_1239056826.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.010358400662938%2C100%2C99.979283198674&w=2400)
The SEC has come for Coinbase.
![The 2023 Forbes billionaire ranking: Crypto down, sports up](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24561319/1247426656.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.663235899547%2C0%2C66.673528200906%2C100&w=2400)
![The 2023 Forbes billionaire ranking: Crypto down, sports up](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24561319/1247426656.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0051456210764655%2C100%2C99.989708757847&w=2400)
What the list says about uber-wealth right now.
![The world’s largest crypto exchange is in trouble with the US government](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24545756/1247577382.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.74%2C0%2C66.52%2C100&w=2400)
![The world’s largest crypto exchange is in trouble with the US government](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24545756/1247577382.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.11%2C0%2C99.78%2C100&w=2400)
Binance is the latest crypto exchange to get into hot water with regulators.
![A new indictment shows how Sam Bankman-Fried’s political influence worked](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24455672/GettyImages_1247199394.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.6625%2C0%2C66.675%2C100&w=2400)
![A new indictment shows how Sam Bankman-Fried’s political influence worked](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24455672/GettyImages_1247199394.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0062492188476426%2C100%2C99.987501562305&w=2400)
One FTX executive donated to “woke shit for transactional purposes.” Another gave to Republicans.
![How crypto failed Black investors](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24435382/crypto_fail.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![How crypto failed Black investors](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24435382/crypto_fail.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
The American financial system has long fallen short for Black communities. Crypto is just another iteration.
![Last year’s Super Bowl ads aged like milk](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24419158/GettyImages_1434284049.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.866748166259%2C0%2C66.674816625917%2C100&w=2400)
![Last year’s Super Bowl ads aged like milk](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24419158/GettyImages_1434284049.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.006111722283336%2C100%2C99.987776555433&w=2400)
Don’t expect to see any crypto ads this year.
![Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest is the culmination of an epic flameout](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24291505/GettyImages_1245594206b.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.65%2C0%2C66.7%2C100&w=2400)
![Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest is the culmination of an epic flameout](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24291505/GettyImages_1245594206b.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.02498750624688%2C100%2C99.950024987506&w=2400)
After quickly amassing political and philanthropic influence, the former billionaire has been arrested for fraud.
![FTX’s implosion and SBF’s arrest, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24185501/FTX_implosion_blur_v2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
Sam Bankman-Fried and his crypto company FTX experienced a shocking downfall. Now, Bankman-Fried has been arrested in the Bahamas.
![The people who hate Sam Bankman-Fried the most](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24274084/sbf_comp_board_1a.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![The people who hate Sam Bankman-Fried the most](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24274084/sbf_comp_board_1a.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
And the people who don’t (which makes the haters even angrier).
![The riveting train wreck of a Sam Bankman-Fried interview](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24245828/GettyImages_1445842991.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=12.0166015625%2C0%2C66.69921875%2C100&w=2400)
![The riveting train wreck of a Sam Bankman-Fried interview](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24245828/GettyImages_1445842991.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.024402147388969%2C100%2C99.951195705222&w=2400)
“I’ve had a bad month,” said the former CEO of FTX, speaking at his first public interview since his crypto exchange went up in smoke.
![FTX is over. Is crypto, too?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24219859/GettyImages_1338902668.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=13.705708661417%2C0%2C72.588582677165%2C100&w=2400)
![FTX is over. Is crypto, too?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24219859/GettyImages_1338902668.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C4.0790960451977%2C100%2C91.841807909605&w=2400)
Crypto is the cat with nine lives, but some wonder if FTX might be the last one.
![“Stealing customers’ money is a tale as old as time.”](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24204002/GettyImages_1238327415.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![“Stealing customers’ money is a tale as old as time.”](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24204002/GettyImages_1238327415.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Everyone agrees crypto needs to be regulated, but no one agrees about how.
![Sam Bankman-Fried tries to explain himself](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24202810/1232818175.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Sam Bankman-Fried tries to explain himself](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24202810/1232818175.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The fallen crypto CEO on what went wrong, why he did what he did, and what lies he told along the way.
![Welcome to the crypto ice age](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24203184/GettyImages_1244772036.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Welcome to the crypto ice age](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24203184/GettyImages_1244772036.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The implosion of the crypto exchange FTX will likely set the industry back years.
![The impact of Sam Bankman-Fried’s support for Democrats is massively overstated](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24199388/1238327312.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The impact of Sam Bankman-Fried’s support for Democrats is massively overstated](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24199388/1238327312.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The one-time crypto darling didn’t have much to do with Democrats’ midterms performance.
![Rich crypto executives really want voters to care about crypto. Good luck with that.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24156523/GettyImages_1240624535.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Rich crypto executives really want voters to care about crypto. Good luck with that.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24156523/GettyImages_1240624535.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Why the crypto industry wants bitcoin holders to vote.
![Kim Kardashian’s Instagram story just cost her $1.26 million](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24077395/GettyImages_1241465546.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Kim Kardashian’s Instagram story just cost her $1.26 million](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24077395/GettyImages_1241465546.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The Securities and Exchange Commission kept up with the Kardashians.
![Why does the WeWork guy get to fail up?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23951483/GettyImages_1236030372.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.67%2C0%2C66.66%2C100&w=2400)
![Why does the WeWork guy get to fail up?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23951483/GettyImages_1236030372.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0050000000000026%2C0%2C99.99%2C100&w=2400)
Adam Neumann burned billions. Now investors are giving him more money.
![How effective altruism went from a niche movement to a billion-dollar force](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23923655/ea_future_perfect_board1c.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.865384615385%2C0%2C56.269230769231%2C100&w=2400)
Effective altruism has gone mainstream. Where does that leave it?
![The crypto crackdown begins](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23920450/GettyImages_1241318773.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=28.133333333333%2C0%2C43.733333333333%2C100&w=2400)
![The crypto crackdown begins](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23920450/GettyImages_1241318773.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.2%2C0%2C65.6%2C100&w=2400)
What will it take to send some crypto bros to prison?
![Now might be a good time to think about crypto insurance](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23634123/GettyImages_1319580947.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=10.941024814695%2C0%2C78.117950370609%2C100&w=2400)
![Now might be a good time to think about crypto insurance](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23634123/GettyImages_1319580947.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C7.3294829482948%2C100%2C85.34103410341&w=2400)
As crypto crashes, the state of cryptocurrency and insurance is nebulous.
![Crypto’s winter is here again. How long will it last?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23613685/1240152444.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=14.884893947232%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Crypto’s winter is here again. How long will it last?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23613685/1240152444.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
It feels a little like the end of the web boom. But crypto bulls say things are just getting started.
![Business is booming for crypto scammers](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23606246/GettyImages_1238838038.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.669675090253%2C0%2C66.660649819495%2C100&w=2400)
![Business is booming for crypto scammers](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23606246/GettyImages_1238838038.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0045126353790579%2C0%2C99.990974729242%2C100&w=2400)
More than $1 billion was lost to crypto scams in the last 15 months, according to the FTC.
![WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann’s new crypto project sounds like a scam within a scam](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23588745/945571920.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.630434782609%2C0%2C66.739130434783%2C100&w=2400)
![WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann’s new crypto project sounds like a scam within a scam](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23588745/945571920.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.054288816503799%2C100%2C99.891422366992&w=2400)
Turning carbon credits into crypto won’t fix climate change.
![The government detectives and private eyes of the bitcoin age](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23453088/GettyImages_1340545324.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.990882917466%2C0%2C68.018234165067%2C100&w=2400)
![The government detectives and private eyes of the bitcoin age](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23453088/GettyImages_1340545324.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.99353321575543%2C100%2C98.012933568489&w=2400)
The government is looking for tech-savvy detectives who can crack down on crypto.
![The daunting task of making cryptocurrency climate-friendly](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23392699/glennharvey_2022_04_11_vox_Final5.gif?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.65%2C0%2C66.6%2C100&w=2400)
Crypto-mining chips get more efficient each year. So why does bitcoin still use more energy than Finland?
![The growing, lightly controversial industry teaching kids crypto](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23382829/GettyImages_1005738506.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=9.4620253164557%2C0%2C53.333333333333%2C100&w=2400)
![The growing, lightly controversial industry teaching kids crypto](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23382829/GettyImages_1005738506.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=9.4620253164557%2C0%2C80%2C100&w=2400)
Today’s parents must ask the age-old question: When’s the right time to teach my 5-year-old about NFTs?