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FTX Execs Gave $70 Million to Both Democrats and Republicans Heading Into the 2022 US Midterms
18.11.2022
After the collapse of FTX, a number of journalists reported on the fact that FTX executives deployed significant donations to political leaders in the United States. During the most recent election cycle leading up to the U.S. midterms in 2022, reports claim that Sam Bankman-Fried donated more than...
Bitcoin price dips to $16.4K over Genesis woes as execs defend GBTC
16.11.2022
The latest casualty of the FTX meltdown raises concerns over institutional investment fund, the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC)
Crypto Execs Ask for Clearer US Regulatory Policy After FTX Collapse
10.11.2022
The CEOs of Coinbase, Ripple and Circle called for clearer policy framework in a tweet thread started by Senator Elizabeth Warren
Report: Deleted Files Indicate Crypto Lender Hodlnaut’s Execs Gave Little Weight to Terra Luna Exposure
31.10.2022
According to a report, the embattled crypto lender Hodlnaut saw a significant loss from the Terra blockchain collapse last May. The report notes that Hodlnaut downplayed the company’s exposure to the Terra ecosystem and allegedly lost $190 million from the incident. Report Says Hodlnaut...
Musk fires Twitter execs, research stirs blockchain energy debate and CFTC brass shares crypto concerns: Hodler’s Digest, Oct. 23-29
28.10.2022
Court Refuses Ex-OpenSea Exec's Effort to Dismiss 'Insider Trading' Case
24.10.2022
OpenSea's former Head of Product Nate Chastain was indicted in June
Why Are So Many Crypto Execs Leaving?
17.10.2022
Voyager’s Creditors Push Back Against Plans to Provide Execs With Legal Immunity
13.10.2022
Bankrupt crypto lender Voyager’s plans to sell its assets to FTX US for $1.4 billion have so far gone relatively smoothly, but one major catch emerged on Wednesday – Voyager’s executives have included sweeping legal immunity for themselves in the proposed sale agreement
Customer support staff swamped during market swings — exchange execs
11.10.2022
Binance Australia's CEO says it is imperative that customer support is ready for a large influx of customer inquiries at any moment
Celsius’ Top 3 Execs Cashed Out $42M in Crypto Before Bankruptcy
6.10.2022
Ex-CEO Alex Mashinsky, ex-CSO Daniel Leon and CTO Nuke Goldstein pulled bitcoin, ether, USDC and CEL holdings from their custody accounts in May, before the company suspended all customer withdrawals
Celsius’ Top Execs Cashed Out $17M in Crypto Before Bankruptcy
6.10.2022
Ex-CEO Alex Mashinsky, ex-CSO Daniel Leon and CTO Nuke Goldstein pulled bitcoin, ether, USDC and CEL holdings from their custody accounts in May, before the company suspended all customer withdrawals
Report: Leaked Audio Featuring Celsius Execs Uncovers Plans to Create an IOU Cryptocurrency
24.9.2022
According to leaked audio obtained by CNBC, the crypto lender Celsius wants to create an IOU cryptocurrency in order to pay clients back. The audio was provided by a Celsius customer and the recording explains the bankrupt crypto lender wants to create a form of “wrapped tokens” that...
Ex-Citadel execs raise $50M for high-frequency crypto trading platform
15.9.2022
Portofino’s backers believe that access to high-frequency trading, or HFT, could bring more hedge funds and institutional investors into crypto
Former Meta execs raise $300M to ‘accelerate adoption’ of Sui blockchain
9.9.2022
Investors included FTX Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Jump Crypto, a16z, Circle Ventures, among others
Crypto's adaptability, openness key to ideal monetary system, say BIS execs
3.9.2022
Some of the biggest flaws preventing present-day cryptocurrencies from mainstream adoption, pointed out by the BIS execs, are bottleneck congestion in DeFi and the reliance on volatile assets
‘Everything’s on sale’: Reddit founder, Galaxy and Genesis execs raise big money
31.8.2022
776’s fund is called “Kryptos” and is set to capitalize on the current bear market when it launches in October
Former JPMorgan, Barclays execs on why crypto jobs attractive even in bear market
17.8.2022
Former traditional finance veterans are debuting a crypto career at the crypto ETF issuer 21Shares despite the bear market
Wealth managers and VCs are helping drive institutional crypto adoption — Wave Financial execs
10.8.2022
“Things are much more encouraging, even though this is clearly a time of pain," said Wave Financial’s head of business development Mike Jones
Business Exec’s Noisy Illegal Ethereum Mining Rigs Left Employees Sweltering in 40°C Furnace
9.8.2022
A South Korean company executive at a major business group operated Ethereum (ETH) mining rigs “non-stop for three years” – using illegally sourced electricity.
MBN reported that the unnamed executive was a faculty management chief for “one of the five biggest business groups” in the nation. South...
Compass Mining retrenches 15% of staff, execs to take major pay-cuts
8.7.2022
Compass Mining parts ways with 15% of its workforce while senior employees and executives take major pay-cuts in the wake of the cryptocurrency downturn