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Voyager Creditors Subpoena Sam Bankman-Fried, Other Former FTX, Alameda Executives
20.2.2023
Voyager’s Creditors also subpoenaed Samuel Trabucco, Nishad Singh, Gary Wang, and Caroline Ellison
Democrats to Return 2.2% of $45.2 Million Donation Made by FTX’s Co-Founder Sam Bankman-Fried
19.2.2023
After the disgraced co-founder of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), donated $5.2 million to Joe Biden’s campaign in 2020 and more than $40 million to Democrats leading up to the U.S. midterm election cycle, three major Democratic organizations plan to return 2.2% of the funds, or $1 million,...
FTX Warns Community of Phony ‘Debt Tokens’ and Scams Claiming to Be Affiliated With the Bankrupt Exchange
19.2.2023
On Friday, debtors who control the official FTX Twitter account warned the community to “be on alert for scams from entities claiming to be affiliated with FTX.” They also noted that neither FTX debtors nor any entity related to the company has issued any IOU crypto assets...
Bitcoin Continues to Record Blocks Above the 3.75 MB Range as Ordinal Inscriptions Near 150,000
19.2.2023
As Ordinal inscriptions approach the 150,000 mark, blocks larger than 3 MB have become commonplace, with many blocks near the 4 MB range. Meanwhile, after the average transaction fee on-chain rose 122% higher at the beginning of February 2023, the average fee has remained the same over the last...
Brazilian Government Preparing New Decree to Clarify Cryptocurrency Rules
18.2.2023
The Brazilian government is preparing to release a decree to fill the blank spaces that the recent approval of the cryptocurrency law has left open. The document, prepared by the Ministry of Finance, will establish the areas of oversight and responsibilities for the Central Bank of Brazil and...
Bill Allows Russian Financial Platforms to Operate Blockchains, Issue Digital Assets
18.2.2023
A draft law filed in the Russian parliament permits operators of platforms providing financial services to also run blockchain platforms. The legislation will allow them to combine their regular activities in the traditional financial market with issuing digital assets. New Law Opens Door...
Filecoin’s FIL Token Jumps More Than 30%, Sparking Interest in Virtual Machine Launch
17.2.2023
It wasn’t immediately clear what prompted the rally
SEC’s staking crackdown has uncertain consequences for DeFi: Finance Redefined
17.2.2023
The DeFi market’s total value locked surpassed $50 billion for the first time in six months thanks to the bullish burst in the crypto market over the past week
Bank of Russia to Pilot CBDC in April
17.2.2023
Digital ruble payments will be launched for retail purchases and peer-to-peer transactions, a central bank official said
Coinbase Investors Prepare for Another Likely Disappointing Quarter
17.2.2023
The crypto exchange is expected to report a slight drop in quarterly revenue from the third quarter, and a 61% drop in revenue in 2022 from the previous year
Jump Crypto Is Unnamed Firm That Made $1.28B From Do Kwon’s Doomed Terra Ecosystem: Sources
17.2.2023
A complaint by the SEC against Do Kwon and Terraform Labs revealed an unnamed trading firm helped Kwon restore UST’s $1 peg in 2021 in exchange for discounted LUNA tokens
Binance Considers Severing US Ties in Face of Crypto Crackdown: Bloomberg
17.2.2023
The crypto exchange has been investigated by a host of U.S. regulators and government agencies
JPM Cuts Coinbase Price Target Due to Regulatory Risks
17.2.2023
Analysts at J.P. Morgan cut their price target for Coinbase (COIN) stock from $60 to $52 for the year ending in December, a report from the bank on Friday showed
Crypto Miner Core Scientific Paid More Than $1M to CEO-Affiliated Personal Jet Company
17.2.2023
The bankrupt bitcoin miner stopped making payments to the company right before it stopped paying off its debt
MicroStrategy Has Raised $46.6M Through Share Sales Since September
17.2.2023
The company in September issued a prospectus for the sale of up to $500 million in common stock
Trader Frontruns Gains Network's Listing on Crypto Exchange Binance to Profit $100K
17.2.2023
A trader bought $208,000 worth of Gains Network (GNS) tokens less than 30 minutes before the token was listed on Binance, making a profit of $106,000 according to blockchain sleuth Lookonchain
Celsius Failed to Record Some 7,000 Intercompany Transfers Worth Billions Leading Up to Bankruptcy
17.2.2023
A lack of record-keeping could make it impossible to "fully reconstruct" the bankrupt crypto lender's intercompany claim, court filings show
Report: FTX Promised High Earnings to African Students That Successfully Recruited Fellow Learners
17.2.2023
The collapsed crypto exchange FTX reportedly used the lure of high earnings to convince African university students to become its ambassadors. In addition to encouraging new FTX investors to use the platform, student ambassadors were also required to teach them about crypto and the blockchain. Some...
How Solvency Check Error Led to USP Depegging on Avalanche Based Platypus Finance
17.2.2023
Platypus Finance’s native stablecoin fell to 48 cents from $1 earlier on Friday following the attack
USP Stablecoin Loses Dollar Peg as DeFi Protocol Platypus Suffers $8.5M Attack
16.2.2023
The flash loan attack caused Platypus Finance’s native stablecoin to fall to 48 cents from $1. The potential loss is $8.5 million, according to blockchain security firm CertiK