Dave Davies

There has been concern about Letnick and his bank's ties to a cryptocurrency operator called Tether. You want to explain what Tether is and what it does?

You mean there were 50 billion Tether coins in circulation, for which they presumably had 50 billion in U.S. dollars somewhere?

You mean there were 50 billion Tether coins in circulation, for which they presumably had 50 billion in U.S. dollars somewhere?

You mean there were 50 billion Tether coins in circulation, for which they presumably had 50 billion in U.S. dollars somewhere?

Yeah. So it's not like Lutnik himself is personally making deals with human traffickers or drug dealers. He accepts assets from this company Tether that uses its stable coin for transactions with all kinds of people, including people who in some cases are criminals. Is that the case?

Yeah. So it's not like Lutnik himself is personally making deals with human traffickers or drug dealers. He accepts assets from this company Tether that uses its stable coin for transactions with all kinds of people, including people who in some cases are criminals. Is that the case?

Yeah. So it's not like Lutnik himself is personally making deals with human traffickers or drug dealers. He accepts assets from this company Tether that uses its stable coin for transactions with all kinds of people, including people who in some cases are criminals. Is that the case?

You know, in your book, you describe discovering a center of ripoff artists, scammers based in Cambodia, like a whole kind of little mini city of apartment blocks of people in these rooms, calling people, luring them into handing over their money. And Tether is involved in all this. Tell us what you found.

You know, in your book, you describe discovering a center of ripoff artists, scammers based in Cambodia, like a whole kind of little mini city of apartment blocks of people in these rooms, calling people, luring them into handing over their money. And Tether is involved in all this. Tell us what you found.

You know, in your book, you describe discovering a center of ripoff artists, scammers based in Cambodia, like a whole kind of little mini city of apartment blocks of people in these rooms, calling people, luring them into handing over their money. And Tether is involved in all this. Tell us what you found.

I have to ask you, since people read stories about crypto going through the roof and Bitcoin being worth $100,000, have you invested in any crypto? And what do you say – I'm sure friends must ask you since they know you're reporting on this. Hey, should I get into this?

I have to ask you, since people read stories about crypto going through the roof and Bitcoin being worth $100,000, have you invested in any crypto? And what do you say – I'm sure friends must ask you since they know you're reporting on this. Hey, should I get into this?

I have to ask you, since people read stories about crypto going through the roof and Bitcoin being worth $100,000, have you invested in any crypto? And what do you say – I'm sure friends must ask you since they know you're reporting on this. Hey, should I get into this?

All right. Well, we'll leave it there. Zeke Fox, thanks so much for speaking with us. Thanks, Dave. Zeke Fox is an investigative reporter for Bloomberg. His book is Number Go Up, Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall. We recorded our conversation earlier this week. Coming up, we remember cartoonist and writer Jules Feiffer, who died last week. This is Fresh Air.

All right. Well, we'll leave it there. Zeke Fox, thanks so much for speaking with us. Thanks, Dave. Zeke Fox is an investigative reporter for Bloomberg. His book is Number Go Up, Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall. We recorded our conversation earlier this week. Coming up, we remember cartoonist and writer Jules Feiffer, who died last week. This is Fresh Air.

All right. Well, we'll leave it there. Zeke Fox, thanks so much for speaking with us. Thanks, Dave. Zeke Fox is an investigative reporter for Bloomberg. His book is Number Go Up, Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall. We recorded our conversation earlier this week. Coming up, we remember cartoonist and writer Jules Feiffer, who died last week. This is Fresh Air.

Jules Feiffer, the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, playwright, and screenwriter, died Friday at his home in Richfield Springs, New York. He was 95. Feiffer's syndicated strip, titled Feiffer, used simple line drawings to portray characters in scenes that satirized contemporary life. The strip began in the Village Voice and ran for more than four decades.

Jules Feiffer, the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, playwright, and screenwriter, died Friday at his home in Richfield Springs, New York. He was 95. Feiffer's syndicated strip, titled Feiffer, used simple line drawings to portray characters in scenes that satirized contemporary life. The strip began in the Village Voice and ran for more than four decades.

Jules Feiffer, the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, playwright, and screenwriter, died Friday at his home in Richfield Springs, New York. He was 95. Feiffer's syndicated strip, titled Feiffer, used simple line drawings to portray characters in scenes that satirized contemporary life. The strip began in the Village Voice and ran for more than four decades.

Pfeiffer's creative impulses found expression in many media. He illustrated the classic children's book The Phantom Tollbooth. He wrote screenplays for the films Little Murders and Carnal Knowledge, among others. He wrote novels and Broadway plays, and his cartoons appeared in The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and Playboy magazine.