Matthew Goldstein covers Wall Street and white-collar crime and housing issues.
Changpeng Zhao will pay a $50 million fine and step down as chief executive of the company he created, the latest blow to the crypto world since the implosion of FTX last year.
By David Yaffe-Bellany, Emily Flitter, Matthew Goldstein and Glenn Thrush
Truth Social, the online platform at the core of Trump Media, has had challenges attracting advertising revenue.
By Matthew Goldstein
The nation’s largest bank was sued for ignoring red flags about Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation while he was a client.
By Matthew Goldstein
This was featured in live coverage.
By Matthew Goldstein, J. Edward Moreno and David Yaffe-Bellany
The case against the founder of the failed FTX exchange had come to symbolize the excesses of the volatile cryptocurrency industry.
By David Yaffe-Bellany, Matthew Goldstein and J. Edward Moreno
This was featured in live coverage.
By Matthew Goldstein
This was featured in live coverage.
By David Yaffe-Bellany, Matthew Goldstein and J. Edward Moreno
Prosecutors said Mr. Bankman-Fried had built his FTX crypto exchange into a “pyramid of deceit” while the defense said he was simply a “math nerd” who had no intent to defraud.
By Matthew Goldstein, J. Edward Moreno and David Yaffe-Bellany
The founder of the FTX crypto exchange was grilled by a federal prosecutor for a second day, just before both sides rested their case in the criminal fraud trial.
By J. Edward Moreno, Matthew Goldstein and David Yaffe-Bellany
Asked during his cross-examination about his public statements and how he ran his crypto empire, the FTX founder repeatedly said he couldn’t remember.
By David Yaffe-Bellany, Matthew Goldstein and J. Edward Moreno