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Did Caroline Ellison and SBF Cook Alameda’s Books to Save the World?
12.10.2023
Alameda Lost Nearly $200M to Phishing Attacks, Ex-Engineer Says
12.10.2023
Lax security practices seemed to be a feature of the former crypto trading titan
Crypto Bills May Depend on U.S. House GOP Battle Over Scalise Speaker Pick
11.10.2023
The U.S. House of Representatives won’t get back to work on crypto legislation if Republicans can’t unify behind majority choice Steve Scalise – or some alternative – after the party’s ousting of Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) derailed the congressional agenda
LIVE: Caroline Ellison Starts Day 2 of Testimony Against Sam Bankman-Fried
11.10.2023
Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison retook the stand on Wednesday, after testifying that her former boss and boyfriend, Sam Bankman-Fried, had directed many of FTX's now-public missteps
EU Markets Regulator Warns of DeFi’s ‘Serious Risks’
11.10.2023
ESMA, responsible for rulemaking under the bloc’s landmark new crypto law MiCA, is worried about new forms of market manipulation when there’s no central counterparty
Tornado Cash Trading Volumes Nosedived 90% After U.S. Sanctions
11.10.2023
While North Korean hackers have mostly moved to other Bitcoin mixers, some illicit use of Tornado Cash continues, a report from TRM Labs says
U.S. State Regulators Intervene in Coinbase’s Unregistered Securities Case
11.10.2023
Amicus briefs filed to support the SEC argue crypto is insignificant, only used for speculation, and captured by existing investor-protection rules
Ellison Was CEO But SBF Was Still Boss at Alameda, Her Testimony Suggests
11.10.2023
The testimony of Caroline Ellison, the former business, romantic – and by her estimation, criminal – partner of Sam Bankman-Fried, whom she identified upon prosecutors’ request – began in the vaguest of ways
Sam Bankman-Fried Wanted to Close Alameda in 2022, Unpublished Posts Show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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Analyst Warns of US Dollar Collapse, Predicts Bitcoin Owners to Benefit
10.10.2023
Global financial services firm Jefferies has warned of “the collapse of the U.S.-dollar paper standard to the benefit of both gold bullion owners and also owners of bitcoin.” He explained that the Federal Reserve, and other G7 central banks, “will not be able to exit from...
What to Expect When Caroline Ellison Takes Stand in Sam Bankman-Fried's Trial
9.10.2023