The strangest story of 2024 just dropped. ⁠ ⁠ An investigation by The Guardian found that Steven Reece Lewis, the CEO of now-shuttered crypto fund Hyperverse, never actually existed. ⁠ ⁠ Lewis was introduced in 2021 to fanfare that featured welcome videos by Chuck Norris, Lance Bass, and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. He came with a résumé that included time at Goldman Sachs, a web development company he sold to Adobe, and an education covering the University of Leeds and University of Cambridge.⁠ ⁠ Following the fund's collapse (which racked up consumer losses of $1.3 billion) and rumors that Lewis wasn't even a real person, The Guardian looked into his background.⁠ ⁠ Reaching out to Goldman, Adobe, both universities, the UK companies register, and US SEC, The Guardian was left with no record of Lewis outside of an account on X that hadn't posted since June 2022. As for the celebrity videos, they concluded these were Cameos someone had paid for in advance.⁠ ⁠ #business #businessnews ...