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FTX Raising Money at $32B Valuation After Buying Crypto Firms
FTX Raising Money at $32B Valuation After Buying Crypto Firms
July 20, 2022  |  Investments

Cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which was co-founded by billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, is reportedly looking into raising a new round of capital after its recent spending spree...

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FTX’s Bankman-Fried Minted Massive Crypto Fortune by Taking (Relatively) Long View
FTX’s Bankman-Fried Minted Massive Crypto Fortune by Taking (Relatively) Long View
July 07, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Sam Bankman-Fried became one of the richest names in crypto by building a better mousetrap: a stable and customer-focused exchange that grew primarily by word...

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Crypto’s Celebrity Endorsements Attract Customers, Repel Critics
Crypto’s Celebrity Endorsements Attract Customers, Repel Critics
July 06, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto has a long — but not always proud — history of turning to celebrity endorsers to pitch everything, from shady cryptocurrencies to, more recently,...

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Sam Bankman-Fried’s Buyouts Aren’t Stopping Crypto’s Dominoes From Falling
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Buyouts Aren’t Stopping Crypto’s Dominoes From Falling
July 05, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Sam Bankman-Fried’s stated goal of stopping a few insolvent crypto lenders from cascading into a failed string of dominoes is starting to look a lot...

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Report: FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Considers Miner Acquisitions
Report: FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Considers Miner Acquisitions
July 03, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto exchange FTX US co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried said he would consider making acquisitions among beaten-up crypto mining companies, Bloomberg reported Friday (July 1). Bankman-Fried said...

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Today in Crypto: OneCoin Founder Ruja Ignatova Added to FBI’s Most Wanted List; Report: FTX Nears Deal to Acquire BlockFi
Today in Crypto: OneCoin Founder Ruja Ignatova Added to FBI’s Most Wanted List; Report: FTX...
June 30, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The founder of OneCoin, Ruja Ignatova, is now on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list after she allegedly defrauded over $4 billion from investors, CoinDesk...

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FTX Passed on Celsius After Seeing Balance Sheet
FTX Passed on Celsius After Seeing Balance Sheet
June 30, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency exchange operator FTX was contemplating a deal to bail out troubled Celsius but ultimately walked away because the crypto lender’s balance sheet added up...

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Robinhood Deal Would Give FTX Key Piece for Trading Superapp
Robinhood Deal Would Give FTX Key Piece for Trading Superapp
June 27, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

When news broke that cryptocurrency billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried was looking into buying Robinhood, shares of the crypto and stock brokerage did something they haven’t done...

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Today in Crypto: Three Arrows Capital Defaults on $670M Loan; Crypto Lending Returns Tank
Today in Crypto: Three Arrows Capital Defaults on $670M Loan; Crypto Lending Returns Tank
June 27, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

With crypto melting down, short sellers have been adding more bets against Tether, the world’s biggest stablecoin, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday (June 27)....

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