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But as the day of the 2024 festival approached, Miles's promises of tickets proved to be a mirage, created out of false invoices and fake email addresses.

Silicon Valley’s startup model encourages “a fake it until you make it” strategy: Pretend to be successful to attract the coders, venture capitalists and customers that bring actual success.

Harkins used the fake name Christopher Telfer when speaking to Caitlyn, who had recently split from the father of her two young children.

But instead of getting formal permission to use the data, he faked a data-use agreement after the company wanted to pull out, he told other students via a WhatsApp message in May.

The launch of those ETFs has fundamentally changed the entire bitcoin market, tying the fake currency’s price much more closely to the rest of the market because, increasingly, its investor base is the same.