# @morningbrew on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C1w8XjCsCrZ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/17630048-morningbrew-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-01-06T16:00:36.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Morning Brew ☕️ (@MorningBrew) — https://gondola.cc/MorningBrew

## Caption

The strangest story of 2024 just dropped. ⁠
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An investigation by The Guardian found that Steven Reece Lewis, the CEO of now-shuttered crypto fund Hyperverse, never actually existed. ⁠
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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.⁠
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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.⁠
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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.⁠
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#business #businessnews #technews

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## Credits

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Morning Brew ☕️ | @MorningBrew | https://gondola.cc/MorningBrew | Media Company |
| Liam Fennessy | @LiamFennessy_ | https://gondola.cc/LiamFennessy_ | Editor |

## Tags

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