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Caroline Ellison testimony: SBF bribed Chinese officials for $150M to unfreeze funds
12.10.2023
Caroline Ellison, the star witness in the Sam Bankman-Fried criminal trial, testified that SBF tried to use identities linked to Thai sex workers to unfreeze funds before bribing Chinese officials for millions
Alameda’s $150M Bribery Bombshell: Thai Sex Workers and Sam Trabucco’s Disappearance Fuels Mystery
12.10.2023
In a riveting development, Caroline Ellison’s recent testimony revealed that Alameda Research is believed to have shelled out a whopping $150 million to Chinese officials to unlock accounts valued over $1 billion. The narrative thickens as the former co-CEO, Sam Trabucco, has seemingly...
Crypto's Initial Hope for Sex Workers Gives Way to New Challenges
9.8.2023
Crypto was once one of the best ways for sex workers to get paid. Now, it’s scarcely more supportive of the industry than the banking sector.
Joining a slew of banks and payment providers that have shunned the adult industry for decades, regulatory pressure is even encouraging crypto exchanges...
Web3 Is Still Censoring Sex Workers
1.9.2022
Internet decentralization has stopped the shadow-banning of sexual images, adult performers say
One Ex-Sex Worker’s Web3 Solution to Ethical Porn Consumption
1.9.2022
Crass Kitty, founder of adult content platform Proof of Peach, describes how Web3 tools can make porn creation and consumption more ethical
What Sex Workers Want to Do With Bitcoin
26.7.2020
Sex workers are starting their own businesses and working online, thanks to social media, according to this adult content creator
How the Porn Industry Changed During Coronavirus, With Performers Wary of Bitcoin
13.6.2020
CoinDesk’s Leigh Cuen and adult content creator Allie Awesome talk about payments and money in the sex industry, especially the trends impacted by the coronavirus crisis
LISTEN: How Crypto and Porn Go Hand in Hand
4.2.2020
Spankchain's Allie Eve Knox talks to CoinDesk's Leigh Cuen about why sex workers need crytpo
Zcash Foundation Funds App Mixing Private Messaging and Payments
3.12.2019
Meet Cwtch, a zcash-fueled messaging app with more decentralization than Telegram or Signal