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Sam Bankman-Fried Seeks to Avoid Jail, Denies Witness Tampering in FTX Case

3.8.2023
Founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), has sought to avoid being jailed, denying prosecutors’ accusations of witness tampering that followed an interview he gave for the New York Times. The indicted crypto mogul also argued that revoking his bond would violate his right...

Maine Senator Urges Biden to Consider Clemency for Ross Ulbricht During President’s Auburn Visit

30.7.2023
On July 28, 2023, U.S. president Joe Biden made a trip to Auburn, Maine, where he delivered a speech at Auburn Manufacturing and subsequently attended a private fundraising gathering. Eric Brakey, the Republican senator representing Maine, greeted Biden upon his arrival in Auburn and handed him...

Decoding Ripple’s Ruling: A Potential Tsunami for the SEC

25.7.2023
In a groundbreaking decision earlier this month, the Southern District Court of New York determined that institutional sales of XRP conducted directly by Ripple constitute securities sales. However, intriguingly, XRP sales on secondary markets, specifically crypto exchanges, do not. A verdict that...

The Skyrim Modding Community Has Its Own Deepfake Porn Controversy

5.7.2023
The Skyrim modding community is currently embroiled in its own deepfake porn controversy, with popular modding site NexusMods and AI voice-cloning technology at its center. Ahead of the release of Bethesda’s upcoming space epic, Starfield, and the belief that the game will be a sort of Eden for...

Hester Peirce: US crypto laws can’t assume ‘everything is a financial asset’

29.6.2023
SEC commissioner Hester Peirce discussed a possible U.S. crypto legal framework, giving a reminder that not all uses are financial

Biggest Movers: SHIB, MATIC Fall 5% Lower on Wednesday, Hitting 1-Week Low

28.6.2023
Shiba inu was down by as much as 5% on Wednesday, as the meme coin slipped to a one-week low in today’s session. Market uncertainty has heightened in recent days, following the news that Prime Trust has been placed into receivership. Additionally, traders’ nerves increased ahead of Federal...

'Keep Australia safe': Dystopian draft bill against 'misinformation' unveiled

26.6.2023
The proposed legislation could have serious implications for free speech in Australia says Shadow Communications Minister David Coleman

Garlinghouse: SEC Official Received ‘Millions’ From Vested Interests, Tradfi Heavyweight Crypto Exchange EDX Launches, Peter Schiff on USD Decline — Week in Review

25.6.2023
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse recently asserted that former SEC Division of Corporation Finance Director William Hinman “received millions of dollars of payments from his law firm” which had a vested interest in a well-known 2018 speech given by the then SEC official. In other news, crypto exchange...

ECB official labels crypto as 'deleterious' with 'no societal benefits' in scathing speech

23.6.2023
According to Fabio Panetta, the volatility of crypto and aspects of blockchain technology made digital assets only suitable for gambling

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse: Former SEC Official William Hinman Received ‘Millions of Dollars’ From Law Firms With a ‘Vested Interest’ in His Speech

19.6.2023
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has blasted the enforcement approach of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after the release of the Hinman docs, which contain internal discussions that the institution had before the now famous 2018 speech offered by former SEC Division of Corporation...

Meta’s new ‘Voicebox’ AI is a text-to-speech tool that learns like ChatGPT

16.6.2023
Meta claims Voicebox is the first AI that can generalize text-to-speech tasks it wasn’t trained to accomplish and describes it as a “breakthrough.”

The Hinman docs: Implications for XRP, SEC credibility and more

16.6.2023
The Hinman documents have been available to Ripple for over two years, and their public release has been eagerly awaited by many, but some were disappointed by the lack of any real bombshells

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse: SEC ‘Weaponized the Lack of Regulatory Clarity,’ Threw ‘an Entire Industry Into Chaos’

16.6.2023
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has criticized the role that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) decided to assume against the cryptocurrency industry. After the release of the Hinman docs, which explain the internal discussions of the institution before the now famous Hinman speech...

Playboy Founder’s Son Funds His Pokémon Obsession With An OnlyFans

15.6.2023
Marston Hefner, the son of the late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, is probably the most down-bad person on the planet. He started an OnlyFans account this year to sell tasteful and steamy nudes, and then used that secondary income to fund his habit of collecting Pokémon cards.Read more

Ripple, SEC Seem to Agree About Not Taking Hinman Speech Seriously

15.6.2023
Ripple Labs and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seem to be on the same page about the documents known as the Hinman Emails: The former official’s past remarks shouldn’t govern current policy

BRICS Bank President Dilma Rousseff Calls for the Creation of a Global South Focused Financial System

14.6.2023
Dilma Rousseff, president of the New Development Bank — also known as the BRICS bank — and former Brazilian president, has called for establishing a financial architecture designed for the so-called Global South. In a keynote speech at the 14th Lujiazui Forum, Rousseff remarked on the importance...