Zeke Faux
@zekefaux.bsky.social
NUMBER GO UP * Bloomberg investigative reporter
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we had two great guests this week on Everybody's Business. @justinwolfers.bsky.social on the shutdown, @zekefaux.bsky.social on crypto. SUBSCRIBE!! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Everybody's Business
Business News Podcast · Updated Weekly · Bloomberg Businessweek brings you a smart and fun chat show about all things...business. Hosted by award-winning business and economics journalists Max Chafkin...
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October 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
we had two great guests this week on Everybody's Business. @justinwolfers.bsky.social on the shutdown, @zekefaux.bsky.social on crypto. SUBSCRIBE!! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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For various reasons the audiobook of @zekefaux.bsky.social's "Number Go Up" is a regular wee-hours companion. I really enjoy his depictions of the various colourful characters in the 2021-2023 crypto scene—but then I'm occasionally shocked to be reminded that they're real people still doing stuff
Crypto billionaire Brock Pierce, speaking at Fraunces Tavern in downtown Manhattan alongside Rev. Al Cockfield, says he's launching the "draft Eric back campaign" to try to get Eric Adams back in the mayoral race.
More about it here: www.nydailynews.com/2025/09/30/b...
More about it here: www.nydailynews.com/2025/09/30/b...
October 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
For various reasons the audiobook of @zekefaux.bsky.social's "Number Go Up" is a regular wee-hours companion. I really enjoy his depictions of the various colourful characters in the 2021-2023 crypto scene—but then I'm occasionally shocked to be reminded that they're real people still doing stuff
NEW: How fake Taylor Swift ads, a wannabe hip-hop mogul and a blue chip private equity firm turned Obamacare into a health-care hustle
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June 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
NEW: How fake Taylor Swift ads, a wannabe hip-hop mogul and a blue chip private equity firm turned Obamacare into a health-care hustle
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bloomberg.com/features/202...
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bloomberg.com/features/202...
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I recently went to a fun little conference where most in attendance were central bankers & financial journalists; plus Chris Desan, P. Mehrling, B. Eichengreen and me (?!!). Here’s one of the panels in podcast form thanks to @weisenthal.bsky.social @tracyalloway.bsky.social
@bhgreeley.bsky.social
@bhgreeley.bsky.social
Check out the latest Odd Lots, featuring @rlspang.bsky.social, Stefan Ingves & yours truly, a recorded panel of a great conference on “how to write the biography of a currency” hosted by Harold James & @bhgreeley.bsky.social at Princeton in early May open.spotify.com/episode/3Bzs...
How Do We Define a Currency?
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May 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I recently went to a fun little conference where most in attendance were central bankers & financial journalists; plus Chris Desan, P. Mehrling, B. Eichengreen and me (?!!). Here’s one of the panels in podcast form thanks to @weisenthal.bsky.social @tracyalloway.bsky.social
@bhgreeley.bsky.social
@bhgreeley.bsky.social
Some legit good deals at my schools auction
Giants tix, Hamilton tix, under face value
Anyone can bid!
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Giants tix, Hamilton tix, under face value
Anyone can bid!
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May 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Some legit good deals at my schools auction
Giants tix, Hamilton tix, under face value
Anyone can bid!
Ps316spring25.givesmart.com
Giants tix, Hamilton tix, under face value
Anyone can bid!
Ps316spring25.givesmart.com
update on this story
Quick Health and four of its top leaders were indicted three days after we published -- federal charges of wire fraud and conspiracy
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Quick Health and four of its top leaders were indicted three days after we published -- federal charges of wire fraud and conspiracy
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Telemarketers Are Using a Weird Trick to Sell Bare-Bones Health Plans
How a former TV comedy writer’s fake-job loophole could blow up Obamacare.
www.bloomberg.com
May 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
update on this story
Quick Health and four of its top leaders were indicted three days after we published -- federal charges of wire fraud and conspiracy
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Quick Health and four of its top leaders were indicted three days after we published -- federal charges of wire fraud and conspiracy
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
telemarketers are using one weird trick to get around Obamacare rules: fake jobs
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Telemarketers Are Using a Weird Trick to Sell Bare-Bones Health Plans
How a former TV comedy writer’s fake-job loophole could blow up Obamacare.
www.bloomberg.com
May 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
telemarketers are using one weird trick to get around Obamacare rules: fake jobs
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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Maybe I should have done a rug pull for journalism?
What Next: TBD dove into the shady, unregulated world of memecoins.
Here, host @lizzieohreally.bsky.social explains how the team came up with their own memecoin and the reception it received.
👉 Listen to “We Made a Memecoin” on What Next: TBD for more: link.chtbl.com/WNTBDEp328
Here, host @lizzieohreally.bsky.social explains how the team came up with their own memecoin and the reception it received.
👉 Listen to “We Made a Memecoin” on What Next: TBD for more: link.chtbl.com/WNTBDEp328
April 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Maybe I should have done a rug pull for journalism?
New story - the loan shark pardoned by Trump got arrested yet again. This time it’s federal
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Loan Shark Freed by Trump Said to Be Arrested by Federal Agents
Jonathan Braun was arrested by US Marshals last Saturday, according to people familiar with the matter
www.bloomberg.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
New story - the loan shark pardoned by Trump got arrested yet again. This time it’s federal
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Excited for this one from @eosnos.bsky.social !
Flo Rida bar mitzvahs, gigayachts and the “Donald Trump of Beijing”
Flo Rida bar mitzvahs, gigayachts and the “Donald Trump of Beijing”
March 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Excited for this one from @eosnos.bsky.social !
Flo Rida bar mitzvahs, gigayachts and the “Donald Trump of Beijing”
Flo Rida bar mitzvahs, gigayachts and the “Donald Trump of Beijing”
Slate and @lizzieohreally.bsky.social made their own memecoin. It went to $1.2mln, because of course it did
slate.com/podcasts/wha...
slate.com/podcasts/wha...
We Made a Memecoin
Diving into the shady, unregulated world of memecoins.
slate.com
March 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Slate and @lizzieohreally.bsky.social made their own memecoin. It went to $1.2mln, because of course it did
slate.com/podcasts/wha...
slate.com/podcasts/wha...
late to this but this Nick Paumgarten piece on the Super Bowl is so so good
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
A Fan’s Notes on the Spectacle of Super Bowl Week
There’s the game itself, and then there are the parties and promotions, a glad-handing orgy for the sports-entertainment complex.
www.newyorker.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
late to this but this Nick Paumgarten piece on the Super Bowl is so so good
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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When the first two lines are as great as this...
"I'm not going to lie," Sam Bankman-Fried told me.
This was a lie.
... it's no surprise the next 242 pages fly by.
To understand crypto—or to understand why there is no understanding crypto—you gotta read "Number Go Up," by @zekefaux.bsky.social.
"I'm not going to lie," Sam Bankman-Fried told me.
This was a lie.
... it's no surprise the next 242 pages fly by.
To understand crypto—or to understand why there is no understanding crypto—you gotta read "Number Go Up," by @zekefaux.bsky.social.
March 13, 2025 at 2:46 AM
When the first two lines are as great as this...
"I'm not going to lie," Sam Bankman-Fried told me.
This was a lie.
... it's no surprise the next 242 pages fly by.
To understand crypto—or to understand why there is no understanding crypto—you gotta read "Number Go Up," by @zekefaux.bsky.social.
"I'm not going to lie," Sam Bankman-Fried told me.
This was a lie.
... it's no surprise the next 242 pages fly by.
To understand crypto—or to understand why there is no understanding crypto—you gotta read "Number Go Up," by @zekefaux.bsky.social.
"You think, Well, if I get fired, I can always go out and work on the industry side. What if industry realizes we don’t need to follow the laws anymore?"
Nick Summers in New York on Russell Vought's plan to "traumatically affect" federal workers
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Nick Summers in New York on Russell Vought's plan to "traumatically affect" federal workers
nymag.com/intelligence...
The Lost Do-Gooders
Most Ivy Leaguers in civil service will land jobs post-DOGE. But they may not find a new calling.
nymag.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"You think, Well, if I get fired, I can always go out and work on the industry side. What if industry realizes we don’t need to follow the laws anymore?"
Nick Summers in New York on Russell Vought's plan to "traumatically affect" federal workers
nymag.com/intelligence...
Nick Summers in New York on Russell Vought's plan to "traumatically affect" federal workers
nymag.com/intelligence...
the cyber truck that got egged now has defensive stickers. these are all over it
March 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
the cyber truck that got egged now has defensive stickers. these are all over it
nyc parents--I highly recommend the Blast Off Kids newsletter. it's how i hear about fun stuff to do
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March 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
nyc parents--I highly recommend the Blast Off Kids newsletter. it's how i hear about fun stuff to do
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Jon Braun, the Brooklyn loan shark pardoned by Trump, was arrested AGAIN on new charges
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www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Predatory Lender Freed by Trump Arrested Again on New Charge
Jonathan Braun, the loan shark freed from prison by President Donald Trump in 2021, was arrested for a second time since his release and charged with grabbing a nanny in a sexual manner.
www.bloomberg.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Jon Braun, the Brooklyn loan shark pardoned by Trump, was arrested AGAIN on new charges
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www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
assignment desk--why don't these guys get in trouble if they do so many crimes?
bail is not the issue here.... do the arrests just not get adjudicated because the system is so slow?
nypost.com/2025/03/02/u...
bail is not the issue here.... do the arrests just not get adjudicated because the system is so slow?
nypost.com/2025/03/02/u...
Exclusive | Meet the five worst subway offenders in NYC — with 590 career busts between them: ‘Wanted, dangerous people’
A new NYPD pilot program at two city transit districts has shown immediate results — including getting the city’s worst career transit offenders into handcuffs.
nypost.com
March 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
assignment desk--why don't these guys get in trouble if they do so many crimes?
bail is not the issue here.... do the arrests just not get adjudicated because the system is so slow?
nypost.com/2025/03/02/u...
bail is not the issue here.... do the arrests just not get adjudicated because the system is so slow?
nypost.com/2025/03/02/u...
Giancarlo Devasini, the former plastic surgeon turned billionaire Tether boss, is transitioning to chairman
tether.io/news/tether-...
tether.io/news/tether-...
Tether Appoints New CFO to Drive Full Audit, Reinforcing Transparency Focus - Tether.io
3 March 2025 – Tether, the pioneer of the stablecoin industry and issuer of USD₮, today announced the appointment of Simon McWilliams as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) as the company takes a historic ...
tether.io
March 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Giancarlo Devasini, the former plastic surgeon turned billionaire Tether boss, is transitioning to chairman
tether.io/news/tether-...
tether.io/news/tether-...
Reading @davidenrich.bsky.social’s latest and it’s great!
Hes one of the best business writers around and this story couldn’t be more relevant now
Hes one of the best business writers around and this story couldn’t be more relevant now
February 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Reading @davidenrich.bsky.social’s latest and it’s great!
Hes one of the best business writers around and this story couldn’t be more relevant now
Hes one of the best business writers around and this story couldn’t be more relevant now
