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Galaxy Digital's Head of Research Sees More Venture Funding for Web3 Firms This Year
9.1.2023
The crypto-native financial-services firm found that crypto VC funding in 2022 reached its second highest year, with Web 3 and trading based platforms leading a majority of those efforts
CoinDesk Research’s 2022 Annual Crypto Review
9.1.2023
Even though 2022 was a bear market, it was an eventful year for all facets of the crypto industry
SBF Fights for Robinhood Shares — Says He Needs Them More Than FTX Customers Who Only Suffer ‘Possibility of Economic Loss’
9.1.2023
Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) is attempting to regain access to his Robinhood shares, worth over $460 million. The former CEO of the collapsed crypto exchange claimed that he needs them to “pay for his criminal defense,” stressing that without them the consequences would...
DOJ Asks Victims of Sam Bankman-Fried’s Fraud to Come Forward
8.1.2023
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked victims of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF)’s fraud to come forward. The former FTX executive has been charged with “defrauding customers of FTX.com, investors in FTX.com, and lenders to Alameda Research,” the Justice Department...
US With Highest Number of Closed Bitcoin ATMs in Negative Growth Year
6.1.2023
The number of ATMs supporting digital currencies has fallen around the world over the course of a turbulent year for the whole industry. According to a new report, the United States has lost more machines offering crypto teller services than any other country, while Australia tops the chart...
2023 could be a rocky year for crypto venture investments: Galaxy Research
6.1.2023
Around $30 billion was invested into crypto and Web3 startups in 2022, but will it be repeated this year?
Unreported Transactions Linked to Disgraced FTX Co-Founder Revealed by Onchain Investigation
5.1.2023
According to onchain research, wallets connected to Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced co-founder of FTX, transferred a significant number of previously unreported transactions across various blockchains. The transfers were discovered by Conor Grogan, a director at Coinbase, and while most of...
Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research Joins Chorus Objecting to Binance Voyager Buy
5.1.2023
The $1 billion transaction has also been opposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Texas regulators
Binance Controlled 92% of Bitcoin Spot Trading Volume at End of 2022: Arcane Research
4.1.2023
A summer move to eliminate bitcoin trading fees and the collapse of rival exchange FTX pushed even more investors to the Binance platform
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Pleads Not Guilty to Criminal Charges, Bond Signees’ Names Remain Sealed
4.1.2023
On Jan. 3, 2023, the former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) pleaded not guilty to eight criminal charges that involve two counts of wire fraud and six counts of conspiracy. In addition to the not guilty plea, SBF’s judge Lewis Kaplan granted the defendant’s request to keep the names of his $250...
NFT Research Tool NFT Inspect Is Shutting Down
4.1.2023
The decision to shutter the service comes as the NFT market faces intense headwinds, with sales volume dropping by double digits quarter-over-quarter
Indians Moved Over $3.8B to Foreign Exchanges Since Crypto Tax Rules: Research Study
4.1.2023
A research study found that Indians moved more than $3.8 billion in cumulative trading volume from local to international crypto exchanges after the nation announced stiff crypto tax rules last year
New Report: Sam Bankman Fried’s Empire Began to Crumble Long Before the Crypto Crash – Here’s What Happened
3.1.2023
The crypto empire controlled by disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was fragile for years, with cracks starting to show up already in 2022, a new report has suggested.
According to the report, published by the Wall Street Journal on New Year’s Eve, Bankman-Fried’s crypto trading firm Alameda...
Report Shows Financial Troubles Plagued Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research as Early as 2018
2.1.2023
Before FTX collapsed it was assumed that Alameda Research was one of the top quantitative trading firms and market makers within the industry. However, much of that perception may have been a facade as a recent report details that Alameda suffered from financial troubles as early as 2018. People...
Research shows fake unregulated crypto exchange volume
2.1.2023
A paper titled “Crypto Wash Trading,” published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, also known as the NBER shows that almost 70% of the transactions on unregulated crypto exchange platforms are made up of wash trades. In other words, those transactions are fake. A “wash...
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research troubles predate FTX: Report
2.1.2023
SBF had claimed that the operations of FTX and Alameda were independent, but the recent lawsuit has revealed that both firms worked in conjecture from day one
Gold, Silver, and Oil Predictions; Ellison’s FTX Testimony and the Sam Trabucco Mystery; Massively Eroded Dollar Sees the Fed Turn 109 — Week in Review
1.1.2023
Robert Kiyosaki says the time to buy gold and silver is now, predicting a stock market crash will send prices of the precious metals higher. In other news, the crypto community has been curious about the former Alameda Research co-CEO Sam Trabucco, and his whereabouts, as the guilty plea...
China’s Digital Yuan Little Used, Former Central Bank Official Says
31.12.2022
Trials of the digital yuan have produced disappointing results, according to a report quoting the former head of research at the Chinese central bank. The new form of national fiat has brought no benefits to the banks and should expand beyond being employed only as a substitute for cash, the banker...
Sam Bankman-Fried Returns to Twitter, Denies Moving Funds in Wallets Associated with Alameda Research
31.12.2022
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has returned to Twitter, denying allegations that he moved funds out of wallets associated with now-bankrupt trading firm Alameda Research.
In a response to a story that said wallets associated with Alameda transferred funds just days after Bankman-Fried...
Central Bank of Turkey Reports First Payment Transactions on Digital Lira Network
31.12.2022
The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) has conducted the first payment transactions on the test network of the digital lira. The monetary authority intends to proceed with more testing in 2023 and plans to invite banks and fintech companies to join the trials. Turkey to Widen...