The recent collapse of FTX, one of the industry’s largest and most trusted crypto exchanges, has opened the debate for setting standards to prove solvency in centralized exchanges. Since the...
Sam Bankman-Fried May Have Tried to Influence Witness Testimony: Prosecutors
By reaching out to the FTX US general counsel through Signal, Sam Bankman-Fried may have tried to influence a potential witness’ testimony—or to intimidate them into not testifying at all—claim...
FTX Wants to Subpoena Bankman-Fried’s Inner Circle
FTX under John Ray is seeking court approval to subpoena Sam Bankman-Fried’s immediate family, Joseph Bankman, Barbara Fried, and Gabriel Bankman-Fried, as well as the exchange’s former executives. A List...
Applied game theorist Avraham Eisenberg is getting sued by Mango Labs for exploiting their protocol in October. He is already facing charges from the Department of Justice, Commodity Futures Trading...
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Roger Ver apparently owes Genesis $20 million. He was previously accused by crypto exchange CoinFLEX of defaulting on a $47 million obligation. Bitcoin Jesus Loves Leverage 2022 must have been...
Equinoz’s ‘Cybernetics’ Was Sold Out in 4 Minutes on PlayNomm NFT Marketplace
On January 31st, on the PlayNomm NFT marketplace, Equinoz’s (one of Superchief Gallery NFT artists) artwork recorded a sell-out 4 minutes into the auction, through the artist’s all-time high buyout...
Vitalik Buterin Outlines Stealth Address Possibilities on Ethereum
Ever concerned with providing privacy-protecting tools to Ethereum users, Vitalik Buterin has come up with a new mechanism which may prove easy to use: stealth addresses. Fresh Addresses at Every...
Digital Currency Group subsidiary Genesis Global Capital has filed for bankruptcy protection. It owes over $3.5 billion to its top 50 creditors $3.5 Billion in Liabilities After months of uncertainty,...
Flashbots Seeks to Raise $50M at $1B Valuation: Report
Lead MEV organization Flashbots is conducting a reverse-pitching process to raise between $30 million and $50 million. The company has recently come under fire for its role in censoring Ethereum...
China’s “Instagram” Chooses Conflux Network for Permissionless Blockchain Integration
Little Red Book, (XiaohongShu), the Chinese version of Instagram integrates Conflux Network as permissionless blockchain allowing users to showcase NFTs minted on Conflux on their profile page in the digital...
Bankman-Fried Wanted Crypto Prices to Go Up to Plug FTX Hole
Members of Sam Bankman-Fried’s “inner circle”—quite possibly FTX co-founder Gary Wang and FTX chief of engineering Nishad Singh—issued multiple warnings to Sam Bankman-Fried about Alameda’s negative balance. If Only Prices...
Vote on Crucial European Crypto Legislation Delayed Again
The European Union is having trouble quickly translating its proposed 400-page crypto legislation into all 24 official languages within the block; the hold-up is forcing it to push back voting...
SEC Files “Totally Counterproductive” Charges Against Gemini and Genesis
The SEC is accusing both Gemini and Genesis of offering unregistered securities to retail investors. “Once Again Late to the Game” The Genesis situation keeps getting worse. Yesterday the Securities...
New FTX Management Has Located Over $5B in Liquid Assets
Under John Ray, FTX has located over $5 billion of company-related liquid assets—including cash, liquid cryptocurrencies, and liquid stocks. Locating the Funds The new management team at FTX has been...
Gemini’s Cameron Winklevoss Calls for Barry Silbert’s Ousting as DCG CEO
Gemini made a new move against Digital Currency Group today when co-founder Cameron Winklevoss called on the company’s board to fire Barry Silbert. “A Campaign of Lies” The tension between...