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Ignoring all the ways that tech and finance crisscross one another these days and focusing specifically on HN: Y Combinator is a venture capital firm, and startups are businesses. HN is inextricably tied to finance.

Agreed. I would say fin tech is somewhat relevant, since it has the tech component. But finance in general does not interest me at all. And that's coming from a former accountant.

Stories are relevant if people find them interesting, and that’s about all the rhyme or reason there is to it. Somebody losing $20 billion in a matter of days is very eye-catching.

You are definitely on the wrong end. HN is for any articles that are interesting, with a bias towards tech but not exclusively about it. This is a fascinating article and I’m glad that it was posted.