Was the Archegos implosion illegal?

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The construction of the Erie Canal is one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in American history. But its most influential legacy is not the waterway itself, it is how it was paid for. Hosts Gillian Tett and Robin Wigglesworth speak with financial historian Richard Syl ...  Show more

Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News Personal Finance Editor Ben Steverman talk about Ben's magazine story Cathie Wood’s Bad Spring Is a Blip When Future Is So Magnificent. Bloomberg News Finance Reporter Sri Natarajan explains the Department of Justice pla ...  Show more

Archegos founder Bill Hwang found guilty of fraud, investors are selling off risky US junk bonds, and women’s tennis is getting big investments from Saudi Arabia and private equity firms. Plus, the FT’s Ryan McMorrow explains how Amazon is fighting back against rivals like Tem ...

Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the jury finding Roger Ng, the only Goldman Sachs banker to go to trial over the global 1MDB scandal, guilty for his role in the epic looting of the Malaysian fund.David Voreacos, Bloomberg Legal Reporter, discusses the surge ...  Show more

In this episode, we attempt to unpack what exactly happened in the crypto market this week which was rocked by news about FTX and Binance, two of the world's largest crypto exchanges.

The move came as FTX CEO and founder Sam Bankman-Fried, who was hailed as something ...