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FTX Inquiry Sets Stage for Regulatory Turf War
Cryptocurrency // December 01, 2022

Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) isn’t the only one going in front of an audience this week. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Rostin Behnam appeared before the Senate Agriculture Committee in Washington on Thursday (Dec. 1) to answer questions about the FTX collapse, just one day...

CFTC’s Behnam to Testify at Senate Committee on FTX
Cryptocurrency // November 21, 2022

The collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX will be the focus of a Dec. 1 hearing to be held by the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.  The hearing is to be called “Why Congress Needs to Act: Lessons Learned from the FTX Collapse,”...

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FTX Wants Politicians to Return Bankman-Fried Donations

February 05, 2023
Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX wants to recoup millions in political contributions made by its founder. The company says it is sending “confidential letters to political figures, political action funds, and other recipients of contributions or other payments,” made by FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, according to a Sunday (Feb. 5) news release. The release says the […]

CFTC’s Behnam to Testify at Senate Committee on FTX

November 21, 2022
The collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX will be the focus of a Dec. 1 hearing to be held by the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.  The hearing...