The Trump trade is unravelling

The Trump trade is unravelling

For much of this year,investors have been betting heavily on Donald Trump winning back the presidency. Over the past few days,they’ve gotten cold feet.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz

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Australian gaming billionaire ‘beat up’ in failed Estonian kidnap plot

Australian gaming billionaire ‘beat up’ in failed Estonian kidnap plot

The men allegedly posed as painter-decorators,wore hi-vis vests and entered the stairwell of an Old Town apartment building where Tim Heath lives.

  • byRob Harris
In markets,bets are on a Trump victory

In markets,bets are on a Trump victory

After last month’s debate debacle,financial markets wrote down the odds of his return to the White House. This month,however,his prospects,as seen by the markets,appear to have strengthened significantly.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
The ‘crypto punks’ behind Trump’s murky new business venture

The ‘crypto punks’ behind Trump’s murky new business venture

Donald Trump’s project is part of an extraordinary effort to mix his personal finances with his bid to return to political power.

  • bySharon LaFraniere andDavid Yaffe-Bellany
A new bitcoin documentary reopens the search for Satoshi Nakamoto

A new bitcoin documentary reopens the search for Satoshi Nakamoto

One of the internet’s great mysteries is the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto,the pseudonymous programmer who created bitcoin in 2008.

  • byKevin Roose
‘Greatest financial fraud ever’:Sam Bankman-Fried’s former girlfriend sentenced to jail over her role in FTX collapse

‘Greatest financial fraud ever’:Sam Bankman-Fried’s former girlfriend sentenced to jail over her role in FTX collapse

The judge told Caroline Ellison it was clear that Bankman-Fried had become her “kryptonite”.

  • byLarry Neumeister
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The $6 trillion gamble the RBA isn’t willing to take

The $6 trillion gamble the RBA isn’t willing to take

The Reserve Bank has ruled out creating its own digital currency,partly over fears it could undermine the nation’s entire banking system.

  • byShane Wright
‘I want to take risks while I can’:What young investors are betting on

‘I want to take risks while I can’:What young investors are betting on

Two investment options have been surging in anticipation of lower interest rates,but each attracts very different investors.

  • byBrittany Busch
‘Lived in dread’:Caroline was the star witness in one of the biggest fraud cases in US history

‘Lived in dread’:Caroline was the star witness in one of the biggest fraud cases in US history

Caroline Ellison is the former girlfriend of crypto wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried who helped prosecutors unearth crimes they didn’t know about at FTX. Now she is pleading to be spared from spending a single day in prison.

  • byAva Benny-Morrison andRobert Burnson
Criminal case against souvlaki and crypto king Sam Karagiozis collapses

Criminal case against souvlaki and crypto king Sam Karagiozis collapses

Sam Karagiozis,who made millions from trading cryptocurrency and founding a souvlaki restaurant chain,has gone free from court after drug trafficking charges were dropped.

  • byChris Vedelago
The ‘NASA command controller’ and the $50 million of lost crypto

The ‘NASA command controller’ and the $50 million of lost crypto

Ash Balanian’s investors were told he was a NASA scientist,had a degree from Harvard and their investments would be safe. The Federal Court has since heard that it’s likely that none of those things are true.

  • bySarah Danckert