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Sam Bankman-Fried Wanted to Close Alameda in 2022, Unpublished Posts Show
11.10.2023
He had hoped to continue Alameda as an investment firm and infrastructure developer, but claimed in the posts that Alameda wouldn’t actively trade
SBF's Lawyers Want to Ask Caroline Ellison About FTX's Anthropic AI Stake
11.10.2023
Sam Bankman-Fried's attorneys asked Judge Lewis Kaplan, who's overseeing the case, to grant them permission to ask former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison about whether she deleted Signal messages at FTX lawyers' advice and what Anthropic AI's recent fundraise means for FTX creditors
Tokenized RWA Platform Untangled Goes Live, Gets $13.5M Funding to Bring Private Credit On-Chain
11.10.2023
Tokenized real-world asset (RWA) marketplace Untangled Finance went live Wednesday on the Celo network after securing a $13.5 million venture capital boost to bring tokenized private credit to the blockchain, the company told CoinDesk
U.K. Group Calls for NFT Copyright Infringement Safeguards and Code of Conduct
11.10.2023
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee, which includes representatives from several political parties, started an inquiry into non-fungible tokens in November
Bitcoin Hovers Above $27,000 as U.S. Stocks Advance
10.10.2023
Meanwhile, bitcoin's dominance continues to climb
Defending the Indefensible? Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Deserve Better
10.10.2023
BlockFi Bankruptcy Judge Says He Wants 3AC’s $284M Claim Resolved in Mediation
10.10.2023
Failed crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital’s (3AC) attempt to pursue a $284 million claim against crypto lender BlockFi was put into mediation by the U.S. bankruptcy judge overseeing BlockFi’s case
Israeli Crypto Firms Scramble to Deal With War, in Between the Sirens
10.10.2023
Few operational disruptions were reported, but some crypto employees were getting called up for reserve duty. Executives and developers coped with the stress of attending funerals, responding to security warnings and encountering supermarket shortages
LIVE: Caroline Ellison, Ex-Alameda CEO and SBF's Ex, Takes the Stand
10.10.2023
Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of crypto hedge fund Alameda Research, is the government's star witness in its prosecution of alleged crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried
Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones Backs Bitcoin and Gold as Geopolitical Risks Rise
10.10.2023
Jones said the U.S. in moving towards an “untenable fiscal position.”
Binance's UK Partner Can't Approve Crypto Ads, Regulator Says
10.10.2023
The Financial Conduct Authority may have derailed Binance's plans to comply with the new crypto marketing regime by imposing restrictions on the firm's recently enlisted local partner
Key Points From the Sam Bankman-Fried Trial's First Week
10.10.2023
It’s been less than a week since the federal government’s trial against FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried began, but we’ve already heard from an FTX co-founder, a former developer, a customer and an investor
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Dominance Continues to Climb
10.10.2023
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Oct. 10, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
JOE Sinks as Retailer Trader Joe’s Sues Namesake DEX
10.10.2023
Grocery chain Trader Joe’s alleged the Trader Joe exchange chose a similar name to benefit from the former’s popularity
Bitcoin Could Fall Due to Israel-Hamas Tensions, Traders Worry
10.10.2023
Several analysts have weighed in on the impact of the ongoing conflict on crypto markets, particularly bitcoin
Ether-Bitcoin Ratio Drops to 15-Month Low as ETFs Fail to Uplift Sentiment
10.10.2023
The ratio has declined nearly 30% since Ethereum's Merge upgrade in September 2022
Hamas-Linked Crypto Accounts Frozen by Israeli Police, With Binance's Help: Report
10.10.2023
Israeli authorities had previously seized around 190 Binance accounts with alleged ties to terrorist groups
Gary Wang, Caroline Ellison: Looking at Day 5 of Sam Bankman-Fried's Trial
10.10.2023
FTX co-founder and former Chief Technology Officer Gary Wang began testifying in earnest last Friday in Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial. Later on Tuesday, Caroline Ellison is expected to take the stand
Bankman-Fried Seeks to Probe Lawyers’ Involvement in $200M ‘Sham’ Alameda Loans
10.10.2023
The defendant in a multi-billion fraud trial is pressing to blame legal advice, despite judicial reluctance to let him
Bitcoin, Ether Options Order Books Signal Calm Amid Mounting Risks
10.10.2023
The bid-ask ratio in bitcoin and ether options markets leans below one, signaling a bias for volatility selling, one observer said