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The amateur investors ruined by the crypto crash

20 mins | Jul 18, 2022
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"They couldn't even scream anymore. They were just sobbing." Fuelled by hype and hysteria, the bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies market went from an obscure niche to a $3trillion industry. Then the house of cards collapsed. Sirin Kale reflects on the crypto crash and the amateur investors who have been lured into that world, only to have now lost everything.

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