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Texas Democrat Beto O’Rourke Returned $1,000,000 Donation From FTX Founder Before Collapse – Here’s Why

30.11.2022
American politician Beto O’Rourke reportedly returned a $1 million donation from the now-infamous founder of the failed FTX exchange Sam Bankman-Fried on November 4, four days before the US elections and a week before the exchange collapsed. The Texas Tribune reported on "the reimbursement of...

US lawmaker questions major crypto exchanges on consumer protection amid FTX collapse

29.11.2022
Binance, Coinbase, Bitfinex, Gemini, Kraken and KuCoin were targets of one senator's probe into protections the firms had in place if a failure similar to FTX's occurred again

Crypto Exchange Bitfront Shuts Down Amid Industry Challenges

29.11.2022
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfront has announced its intention to cease operations in the coming months, citing challenges facing the industry. The U.S. trading platform, backed by Japan’s social media giant Line, indicated the decision is unrelated to the collapse of FTX. Line-Supported Digital...

Ukraine-based blockchain firm blasts 'fake news' for crypto donation rumors amid FTX collapse

29.11.2022
Sergey Vasylchuk, the CEO of Everstake, said individuals behind Russian propaganda used the fall of FTX "to spin yet another tale about money laundering."

Serum exchange rendered 'defunct' following the collapse of Alameda and FTX

29.11.2022
The project shared that “a community-wide effort to fork Serum is going strong,” however

Sam Bankman-Fried Addresses Withdrawals, FTX Collapse in Newly Released Audio Interview

29.11.2022
The FTX founder said he unpaused Bahamian FTX withdrawals to “appease” local customers, and also added his lawyers to the groups of people he said can “go f-ck themselves.”

Blockchain Pilgrimage: Regulating Crypto ‘Should Be Combined With Education’ Says Top Wadzpay Executive

29.11.2022
The collapse of Do Kwon’s Terra empire in May, and Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX in early November 2022, will be remembered as two incidents that put the crypto industry on the back foot. It is now widely expected that regulators around the world will use the two incidents to justify...

BlockFi takes action to protect clients from FTX collapse

29.11.2022
It was the management team at BlockFi that was responsible for not wasting a single valuable moment and took the opportunity to create and implement alternate methods and measures so as to be able to effectively protect all of its clients from the adverse effects of the FTX bankruptcy and...

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde Calls For Crypto Regulation in EU Following FTX Collapse, Says It is ‘Very Much Needed’

29.11.2022
Christine Lagarde, head of the European Central Bank (ECB), has once again reiterated the need for bringing crypto under regulatory oversight in the European Union (EU) amid the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX.... Read More: European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde Calls For Crypto...

Calls for regulation get louder as FTX contagion continues to spread

29.11.2022
The FTX saga has made some crypto executives, researchers, analysts, and politicians more aligned on regulation than ever

Mark Cuban: If I Were Sam Bankman-Fried, I’d Be Afraid of Going to Jail for a Long Time

29.11.2022
The billionaire owner of the NBA team Dallas Mavericks and a Stark Tank star, Mark Cuban, says that if he were the former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, he would be afraid of going to jail for a long time. “I talked to the guy and thought he was smart … I had no idea he […]

JPMorgan Expects Major Changes Coming to Crypto Industry and Regulation Post FTX Collapse

29.11.2022
JPMorgan has outlined key changes it expects in the crypto industry and its regulation following the collapse of crypto exchange FTX. The global investment bank envisages several new regulatory initiatives, including those focusing on custody, customer asset protection, and transparency. JPMorgan...

Kevin O’Leary Reveals How He Almost Secured $8 Billion to Rescue FTX Before It Collapsed

29.11.2022
Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, has shared how he and Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) almost raised $8 billion from institutional investors to save crypto exchange FTX before it collapsed. However, when reports emerged of FTX being investigated by several authorities, including...

ECB president reiterates calls for 'MiCA II' in response to FTX collapse

28.11.2022
In June, Christine Lagarde said a potential MiCA II framework “should regulate the activities of crypto-asset staking and lending, which are definitely increasing.”

FTX collapse impacts Miami’s nightclub scene: Report

28.11.2022
Young crypto entrepreneurs went from spending big bucks on champagne showers to being visibly absent from the nightclub scene

Terra Supporters Hope to ‘Defy the Odds’ by Pumping the Now-Defunct Stablecoin USTC Back to $1 Parity

28.11.2022
It’s been six months since Terra’s algorithmic stablecoin UST (now USTC) depegged from the U.S. dollar and the price has remained depegged from the greenback since May 9, 2022. Currently, the former stablecoin is exchanging hands for $0.02 per unit, but a number of Terra Classic supporters believe...