By now it’s a truism that the evolution of the fledgling crypto world is one of progressively learning anew all the oldest lessons of establishment finance. It turns out governments do care about money laundering. Turns out you do need deposit insurance. Turns out wildly manipulated markets aren’t fun. The flip side of that process is that as bitcoin and its peers grow, all the same hucksters and opportunists that prowl mainstream finance have set up shop amid the irresistible gold rush of crypto land. So it was only a matter of time before we encountered Bitcoin Boiler Room. That’s the actual name of an actual ... (full story)