Citadel CEO Ken Griffin Didn’t Want to ‘Help Fund the North Koreans’ by Entering Crypto
The Wall Street titan used to refer to crypto as “a jihadist call” against the U.S. dollar. His tone has changed, but he’s still reticent.
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