Thursday, Jun 04, 2026

Max Hasselhoff

Max Hasselhoff

Max was born at the end of 80s in Frankfurt, Germany. He studied engineering and telecom at university, and had internships in the US and UK. At the same time, he was coding on the side in С++ and scripting languages. After entering the Bytecoin team in 2016 as a technical support engineer, he rose through the ranks and now works as an integration engineer. Max is collecting vintage gaming consoles and loves English literature.

Stories By Max Hasselhoff

Max’s Corner: après moi, le déluge, or what to make of the repo bailout

Max’s Corner: après moi, le déluge, or what to make of the repo bailout

If you’re tuned into the workings of the financial market you may have noticed that the Fed stepped in this past week to...

by Max Hasselhoff
Max’s Corner: What Edward Snowden Is Telling Us About Centralized Authority (Part 2)

Max’s Corner: What Edward Snowden Is Telling Us About Centralized Authority (Part 2)

Snowden first got involved with American intelligence agencies after visiting a job fair in 2006. The CIA offered him a...

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Max’s Corner: What Edward Snowden Is Telling Us About Centralized Authority (Part 1)

Max’s Corner: What Edward Snowden Is Telling Us About Centralized Authority (Part 1)

Edward Snowden remains one of the most controversial figures of modern life. He found himself in the headlines again thi...

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Max’s Corner: An Exercise In Crypto Cetology

Max’s Corner: An Exercise In Crypto Cetology

This past Thursday, the crypto community started buzzing about a whale sighting. Rumors abounded. It was a big one, one...

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Max’s Corner: An Out of Touch Summit and an Escalating Problem

Max’s Corner: An Out of Touch Summit and an Escalating Problem

The first Swiss Global Digital Summit was held this week in Geneva, drawing some of the biggest figures from the tech an...

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Max’s Corner: Doing Away with the Crypto=9/11 Meme - Part 2

Max’s Corner: Doing Away with the Crypto=9/11 Meme - Part 2

The 9/11 terrorists used US dollars to finance their attack and did it by taking part in the “financial system” the Pomp...

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Max’s Corner: Doing Away with the Crypto=9/11 Meme - Part 1

Max’s Corner: Doing Away with the Crypto=9/11 Meme - Part 1

Having worked in fintech for some time now, one thing that never ceases to bother me is the cloud of ignorance that shro...

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Max’s Corner: Regulators Crank The Heat Up

Max’s Corner: Regulators Crank The Heat Up

During the Libra hearings in Congress and the US Senate last month one thing that was often brought up by crypto skeptic...

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Max’s Corner: The Great Coinbase Hack That Almost Was

Max’s Corner: The Great Coinbase Hack That Almost Was

Towards the end of this past Spring, a number of people working for Coinbase started receiving emails from Gregory Harri...

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Max’s Corner: Steve Bannon And The Politics Of Cryptocurrency

Max’s Corner: Steve Bannon And The Politics Of Cryptocurrency

A few weeks ago I used this space to take a look at all the opposition that was forming against Libra, Facebook’s announ...

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