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Former Alameda Research CEO Sam Trabucco Defends FTX Exec Ryan Salame Ahead Of Sentencing
17.5.2024
Sam Trabucco, the once co-CEO of Alameda Research, has spoken out in support of FTX executive, Ryan Salame, ahead of his sentencing on May 28, an updated court filing reveals. Salame has largely kept out of the spotlight since FTX's collapse and is facing a maximum of 10 years in prison for...
Former Alameda Research Boss Sam Trabucco Reemerges to Defend Ryan Salame Before Sentencing
16.5.2024
Reports indicate that Sam Trabucco, the former co-CEO of the cryptocurrency trading firm Alameda Research, penned a letter to the judge set to sentence Ryan Salame, co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets. Trabucco’s letter emerged amidst numerous inquiries about his whereabouts throughout the ongoing...
Ex-Alameda Research co-CEO calls for ‘fair’ sentencing of Ryan Salame
16.5.2024
Sam Trabucco, who resigned as co-CEO of Alameda Research in August 2022, has largely remained absent from the public eye since the collapse of FTX
Blockchain ID project Humanity Protocol hits unicorn status with $30M raise
16.5.2024
Over half a million people are already on the waitlist for Humanity Protocol’s public testnet launch, expected to take place in the back half of 2024
FTX Gets Backlash Despite Planned Full Repayment Plus Interest
15.5.2024
FTX is planning to repay customers, but the plan is facing a backlash from creditors. The plan involves paying creditors in US dollars based on their account value at the time of FTX's collapse, not the current market value of their crypto holdings. This has caused outrage among creditors who feel t...
Ex-FTX exec Ryan Salame asks for no more than 18 months in prison
15.5.2024
The former FTX Digital Markets co-CEO pleaded guilty to two felonies and was one of the only figures connected with the defunct crypto exchange who didn’t testify at SBF’s trial
Leading Trader Criticizes Worldcoin’s ‘Predatory’ Tokenomics, Labels WLD a Fake $60B AI Coin
15.5.2024
The Worldcoin project’s predatory tokenomics will not result in the “greatest transfer of wealth” to the masses but a transfer to the “pockets of the Worldcoin team and insiders,” a top-ranked trader has asserted. The top trader also accused project promoters of using...
OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist departs AI firm
15.5.2024
Illya Sutskever said he’s leaving OpenAI for a “personally meaningful” project, and research director Jakub Pachocki is now taking over the role
OpenAI’s latest upgrade essentially lets users livestream with ChatGPT
14.5.2024
A major ChatGPT upgrade, dubbed GPT Omni, allows the chatbot to interpret video and audio in real-time and speak more convincingly like a human
Openai CEO Sam Altman Believes Processing Power Might Be the New UBI
12.5.2024
Sam Altman, CEO of Openai, the company behind the artificial intelligence (AI) model Chatgpt, has reflected on how the new wave of universal basic income (UBI) initiatives might be organized. In an interview at the All-in podcast, Altman stated that he favored UBI initiatives given the magnitude...
Was Sam Bankman-Fried Proven Right About FTX’s Solvency?
10.5.2024
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Sam Bankman-Fried, Commodities Trader Behind Bars: Former FTX CEO’s Prison Life While Awaiting Appeal
10.5.2024
Sam Bankman-Fried, former FTX CEO, discusses prison life and maintains his innocence after a 25-year fraud sentence.
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SBF maintains his innocence as he trades rice in jail
10.5.2024
FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried gave his first in-person media interview since being locked up, saying he’s gotten “good at faking” that he’s doing well
FTX plans full pay back all creditors ‘plus billions in compensation’
8.5.2024
Under the plan, 98% of FTX creditors will get at least 118% of their claims back — the remainder will receive all of their claims “plus billions in compensation,” says FTX
Former FTX Europe Head Pays $1.5M for Gold Watch Recovered From Titanic: WSJ
2.5.2024
Patrick Gruhn, the former head of FTX Europe, has paid nearly $1.5 million for a gold pocket watch recovered from the body of the Titanic’s richest passenger, The Wall Street Journal has reported
Popular Internet Game Show Made A Video Game You Can Play Right Now
1.5.2024
What if a game show took one of its games and made it into a video game? Is that confusing? Well, it happened. On May 1,Dropout TV’s Sam Reich, host of the internet game show/social experiment Game Changer, announced the release of a new video game based on a specific game played on a recent...
Changpeng Zhao gets 4 months, Sam Bankman-Fried gets 25 years — Why?
1.5.2024
One former CEO went to trial and maintained his innocence, one admitted fault and turned himself in
As CZ Gets His Sentence, Michael Lewis Should Rewatch 'Star Wars'
1.5.2024
He likened FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried to Luke Skywalker and Binance's Changpeng Zhao to Darth Vader. Federal judges saw it differently
Dimon Doubles Down on Bitcoin Dislike, SBF to Aid Legal Action Against Celebrities, and More — Week in Review
28.4.2024
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has reiterated his critical stance on bitcoin, labeling it a fraud and dismissing its potential as a legitimate currency. Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has agreed to a settlement that involves cooperating with legal actions against celebrities linked...
Sam Altman’s Crypto Project Worldcoin Needs More Orbs for Sign-Ups
25.4.2024
Sam Altman's Worldcoin project is reportedly running low on orbs, the devices used for iris scans in return for tokens. These orbs are biometric imaging devices that securely verify a person's identity using iris scans.
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