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Wirecard vs. the Twitter hack

Fintech Beat, Ep. 61

Olaf Scholz (SPD), federal minister of finance, speaks to reporters after a meeting of the Bundestag's Finance Committee on the Wirecard scandal. The opposition sees open questions as to when the government became aware of irregularities at the now insolvent Dax group Wirecard and what it did about them.
Olaf Scholz (SPD), federal minister of finance, speaks to reporters after a meeting of the Bundestag's Finance Committee on the Wirecard scandal. The opposition sees open questions as to when the government became aware of irregularities at the now insolvent Dax group Wirecard and what it did about them. (Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images)
By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted August 4, 2020 at 4:00am

Charles Delingpole, the founder of Complyadvantage, and Jonathan Levin, the co-founder of Chainalysis, demystify the historic Wirecard accounting scandal and the role of Bitcoin in the massive hack of Twitter and its most high-profile customers.

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