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Bitcoin Surges to All-Time Highs in Turkey and Nigeria
27.10.2023
Massive inflation and sliding purchasing power of national fiat currencies has likely boosted demand for bitcoin
What's Left for Sam to Say?
26.10.2023
Sam Bankman-Fried has said a lot in the months after FTX collapsed about what happened. What's left for him to discuss?
Bitcoin Is Up 100% This Year. It's Not Just Because of Spot BTC ETF Hype
25.10.2023
As BTC has gained over 100% this year, most observers tied its recent strength to a looming approval of a spot BTC ETF. But its increasingly constrained supply, underinvested market participants and bitcoin's rejuvenated shine as a safe haven from spiraling debt levels, banking crises...
Sam Bankman-Fried's Defense May Depend on Character and Fact Witnesses
25.10.2023
Sam Bankman-Fried's defense presentation won't kick off until later this week, but it's already clear his defense may hinge on one key witness: himself. That's according to Kevin O’Brien, a partner at Ford O'Brien LLP and a former assistant U.S. attorney who specializes in white collar criminal...
The Sam Bankman-Fried Trial: Our Favorite Quotes, So Far
20.10.2023
It's fall break! Thursday ended early after just two witnesses – former FTX General Counsel Can Sun and Third Point's Robert Boroujerdi – testified briefly. We won't be back in the courthouse at 500 Pearl Street until next Thursday, Oct. 26, when we'll resume our normal analyses. Instead, today...
Judge Kaplan's Ire Hits All Lawyers in the Sam Bankman-Fried Case
19.10.2023
We’ve entered the soul-sucking phase of Sam Bankman-Fried’s month-long criminal trial. The part where an antsy Judge Lewis Kaplan paces and glares – and then lashes out at prosecutors (and also defense lawyers) for wasting everyone’s time
Elon Musk’s Plan to Charge New X Users $1 May Not Deter Crypto Bots
19.10.2023
Crypto watchers say solving the bot problem extends beyond just charging users for the X service
Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval Is Coming, but Analysts Differ on Possible Price Reaction
18.10.2023
A fake report about BlackRock's spot BTC ETF approval Monday spurred a short-lived bitcoin rally to $30,000
Crypto World Cautiously Hopeful as California Acts in Absence of U.S. Feds
18.10.2023
Crypto insiders feel they've been burned before in the cauldron of New York’s BitLicense, but they fell that California’s implementation leaves some room for hope
(One Part of) SBF's Defense Strategy Starts Paying Off
18.10.2023
All three of Sam Bankman-Fried’s “inner circle” members have now testified against the FTX founder, and all three have presented similarly on the witness stand: clearly rehearsed, adamant that the FTX founder was in charge and careful not to stray too far from their well-practiced narratives. They...
Why Binance, Coinbase, Ripple and Other Crypto Firms Cite the ‘Major Questions’ Doctrine During Legal Imbroglios
17.10.2023
Binance, Coinbase and Ripple are just some of the firms that have tried to apply an ill-defined legal doctrine meant to curb overzealous regulators
SBF Trial: FTX Exec Felt ‘Suicidal’ in Crypto Exchange’s Final Days
17.10.2023
Nishad Singh told a jury on Monday that his September meeting with Bankman-Fired was the first time he realized that Alameda, FTX’s sister trading firm, had spent billions of dollars of FTX user deposits, and had left a gaping hole in both companies’ balance sheets
SBF Trial: What Did FTX’s Terms of Service Say About Customer Funds?
16.10.2023
A filing last week suggests Sam Bankman-Fried's defense wants to get back to the argument that Bankman-Fried did not technically commit wire fraud because FTX’s terms of service were worded in such a way that there's no case to argue funds were misappropriated
Everything to Know About Sam Bankman-Fried’s Second Week in Court
13.10.2023
Things SBF's Defense Lawyers Should be Freaking out About
13.10.2023
Did Caroline Ellison and SBF Cook Alameda’s Books to Save the World?
12.10.2023
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
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
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
What to Expect When Caroline Ellison Takes Stand in Sam Bankman-Fried's Trial
9.10.2023