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Senators Ask Regulators About Bank-Crypto Firm Ties
Senators Ask Regulators About Bank-Crypto Firm Ties
December 08, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Two senators are asking regulators about links between banks and cryptocurrency firms.  In letters sent Wednesday (Dec. 7) to the heads of the Federal Reserve...

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Crypto Exchange Gemini Seeks to Recover $900M Invested in Genesis
Crypto Exchange Gemini Seeks to Recover $900M Invested in Genesis
December 04, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto broker Genesis owes $900 million to the Winklevoss twins’ Gemini exchange. A report Saturday (Dec. 3) by the Financial Times (FT) says brothers Tyler...

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Why Can’t Bankman-Fried Stop Talking?
Why Can’t Bankman-Fried Stop Talking?
November 30, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

FTX’s sullied ex-CEO, truly a trader at heart, won’t stop taking giant risks. Pleading the fifth may well be one of the best-known pieces of...

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BlockFi Looks to Recoup $680M Lost in FTX Collapse
BlockFi Looks to Recoup $680M Lost in FTX Collapse
November 29, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

BlockFi reportedly will try to collect $680 million from Alameda Research.  The bankrupt cryptocurrency lender told a federal judge that Alameda, the bankrupt trading operation...

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Crypto Creditors Clamor as FTX Employees Get Paid
Crypto Creditors Clamor as FTX Employees Get Paid
November 29, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Insolvent cryptocurrency exchange FTX doesn’t just owe its million-plus creditors money. The once-heralded crypto platform, formerly helmed by the now disgraced Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), also...

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Alameda Bank Accounts Linked FTX to Customers
Alameda Bank Accounts Linked FTX to Customers
November 28, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

FTX mingled customer and business funds to access regulated banks, according to a new report. When now-bankrupt FTX couldn’t access regulated banks because the banks...

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African Startups With Ties to FTX Face Heavy Losses, Uncertain Future
African Startups With Ties to FTX Face Heavy Losses, Uncertain Future
November 28, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Prior to its dramatic collapse earlier this month, the Bahamas-based cryptocurrency exchange FTX was preparing to debut an Africa-focused version of the platform that would...

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Physics of the FTX Bubble: Hot Air Rises Fastest
Physics of the FTX Bubble: Hot Air Rises Fastest
November 24, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Fraud is often obvious in retrospect, and as the dust around a scandal settles, it is often easy to point fingers at the failings of...

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Sens. Warren and Durbin Seek Explanation From FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried
Sens. Warren and Durbin Seek Explanation From FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried
November 22, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The developments around the collapse of FTX justify concerns that the crypto industry “is built to favor scammers,” U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Dick...

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