Nathaniel Popper

Nathaniel Popper appears in the following:

A Very Crypto Future

Friday, July 05, 2019

If money is a story we tell ourselves, the plot is thickening.

Should We Trust Facebook's New Cryptocurrency?

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Can we trust it?

A Very Crypto Future

Friday, October 12, 2018

If money is a story we tell ourselves, the plot is thickening.

What You Should Know About Bitcoin and Other Digital Currencies

Friday, January 05, 2018

They're setting record prices and getting a lot of scrutiny. So is now the time you should start paying more attention?

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Understanding Bitcoin: The Untraceable Digital Currency

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Charting the rise of Bitcoin through the eyes of the movement’s colorful central characters, including an Argentinian millionaire, a Chinese entrepreneur, and the Winklevoss twins.

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Is S&P Engaging in the Same Old Practices?

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Concerned that it might be losing out on business, a major ratings agency loosens its standards for analyzing bonds tied to home mortgages. Right away, clients start lining up for gold star, Triple-A ratings on these real estate bonds that might get a lower rating somewhere else. Sound familiar?

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$5.7 Trillion in Shares Locked Up During Glitch at Nasdaq

Friday, August 23, 2013

Nasdaq—the world’s largest electronic stock exchange—closed trading for more than three hours on Thursday. The stock exchange says it experienced a malfunction in “disseminating price...

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Errant Trades Shake Up Wall Street

Friday, August 03, 2012

A massive trading glitch at the New York Stock Exchange this week may cost Wall Street brokerage and market maker Knight Capital as much as $440 million. Nathaniel Popper from our par...

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Cost of Glitch for Knight Capital: $440M

Thursday, August 02, 2012

It's turning out to be one costly glitch. A technical problem that briefly threw dozens of stocks into chaos Wednesday will cost Knight Capital Group $440 million.

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Underreported: Book Power

Thursday, June 19, 2008

When Francisco Goldman's book The Art of Political Murder was published in the U.S., it had ripple effects in Guatemala, where the book was used to prove points by warring factions in the country's civil war. Nathaniel Popper has written a new article, "The Novelist and the ...

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