Larry David

A screenshot from the FTX ad featuring comedian Larry David that ran during the Super Bowl in February 2022.Screenshot: FTX / YouTubeThe Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating FTX, a crypto platform that halted withdrawals on Tuesday, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. And while the SEC’s investigation has reportedly been going “for months,” the agency’s scrutiny has only expanded this week following the liquidity crisis at FTX, which has caused the entire…

Gary Gensler, chair of SEC, testifies during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, September 15, 2022. Photo: Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA (AP)Ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency in the world, continued to plunge in price over the weekend following the network’s highly publicized technical change known as ‘the Merge’ last Thursday as well as comments from the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission that ether might need to be a treated as a security.…

With his remaining media platforms, controversial actor Alec Baldwin sometimes likes to give a reputational boost to his famous male friends who have become similarly polarizing figures in American public life, most recently Woody Allen and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In June, Baldwin hosted a bizarre Instagram live chat with Woody Allen, during which he and the 86-year-old director sadly battled wi-fi difficulties, lamented the changing nature of the movie industry and totally avoided any discussion about Allen’s three decades…