Caroline Ellison

FTX Star Witness Caroline Ellison Begins 2-Year Prison Sentence
FTX Star Witness Caroline Ellison Begins 2-Year Prison Sentence
November 07, 2024  |  Legal

Cryptocurrency-executive-turned-government-witness Caroline Ellison’s stint in prison is officially underway. Ellison, whose testimony helped convict FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried for fraud last year, arrived at a...

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FTX Engineering Chief Gets Probation in Crypto Fraud Case
FTX Engineering Chief Gets Probation in Crypto Fraud Case
October 30, 2024  |  Legal

One-time FTX executive Nishad Singh was sentenced to three years of supervised release — with no prison time — Wednesday (Oct. 30) afternoon. Before announcing the...

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FTX Creditors Will Earn 119% Profit in Bankruptcy Settlement
FTX Creditors Will Earn 119% Profit in Bankruptcy Settlement
October 08, 2024  |  Legal

Most of FTX’s creditors will profit from their investments in the failed cryptocurrency exchange. That’s according to a bankruptcy agreement approved Monday (Oct. 7) by...

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Stablecoins, Tokenization and Caroline Ellison Headline This Week in Web3
Stablecoins, Tokenization and Caroline Ellison Headline This Week in Web3
September 25, 2024  |  Blockchain

Cryptocurrency’s wild ride isn’t over yet. Regulators are closing in, and innovation is speeding up. It’s safe to say that the blockchain landscape remains a...

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Caroline Ellison Gets 2 Years in Prison for Role in FTX Collapse
Caroline Ellison Gets 2 Years in Prison for Role in FTX Collapse
September 24, 2024  |  Legal

Caroline Ellison, the former executive who played a role in the collapse of the FTX crypto exchange and later became the star witness in the...

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This Week in Web3: Crypto Scams and Payments Surge
This Week in Web3: Crypto Scams and Payments Surge
September 11, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrencies were created to address supposed pain points across the financial system. By decentralizing transaction verification and record-keeping through a distributed ledger, blockchain-based digital assets...

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Caroline Ellison Seeks No Jail Time in FTX Case
Caroline Ellison Seeks No Jail Time in FTX Case
September 11, 2024  |  Legal

Caroline Ellison hopes to avoid prison time for her role in the FTX collapse. Ellison, the former CEO of FTX sister company Alameda Research, should...

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For Sam Bankman-Fried, Pointing Fingers Never Goes Out of Style 
For Sam Bankman-Fried, Pointing Fingers Never Goes Out of Style 
October 27, 2023  |  Legal

Four of Sam Bankman-Fried’s closest friends have testified against him in his criminal trial.  Over the better part of four weeks, U.S. prosecutors have brought...

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FTX Trial: The Adults Are Tanking ‘Cool Kid’ Bankman-Fried’s Defense
FTX Trial: The Adults Are Tanking ‘Cool Kid’ Bankman-Fried’s Defense
October 20, 2023  |  Legal

It is the end of the third week of Sam Bankman-Fried’s multibillion-dollar criminal fraud trial. The trial itself is approaching halftime, with the prosecution expected...

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