Sam Bankman-Fried’s Motion for Pretrial Release Goes Before 3-Judge Panel
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is trying to win back his freedom – at least temporarily.
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Sam Bankman-Fried Lawyers ‘Need’ Him Out Of Jail Ahead of Trial, They Tell Judge
Sam Bankman-Fried (Elizabeth Napolitano/CoinDesk)
A Crypto President? Top U.S. 2024 Contenders Aren’t Fans, and Rivals Are Way Behind
Crypto was on fire as a topic in the early U.S. presidential campaigning, but the first Republican debate last week showed it may not be an issue that has legs with candidates trying to grasp mainstream attention. While we wait to see whether digital assets come up at the Republican primary debate next month, here’s how the major candidates from both parties shake out on the topic:
Visa And Mastercard Distancing Themselves From Binance Unlikely to Hurt the Crypto Exchange: Experts
The decision comes only weeks after Binance has been grappling with multiple legal challenges in the U.S.
U.S. Crypto Tax Proposal Lets Miners Off the Hook, Snares ‘Some’ Decentralized Exchanges
The U.S. Treasury Department has finally unveiled its definition of a “broker” for the crypto industry, defining how crypto companies and investors will need to meet tax reporting obligations and answering a years-old question over whether decentralized finance platforms and miners will need to gather their users’ personal data.
Social Platform Friend.tech Gains 100K Users in Days Even in Depths of a Bear Market
The growth correlates with the more than $25 million in revenue generated by the platform since its Aug. 10 launch.
Bitcoin Plunged 11% in Worst Week Since FTX’s Collapse. What’s Next for BTC’s Price?
BTC slipped below $26,000 amid the crypto market mayhem.
No, Elon Musk’s SpaceX Isn’t the Cause of This Multi-Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Bloodbath
Bitcoin prices fell suddenly late on Thursday amid reports of hundreds of millions in sales, triggering a bloodbath across futures and spot markets.
Coinbase, Tarred as an Illicit Exchange by the SEC, Quietly Got Regulated Elsewhere in the U.S.
As Coinbase Inc. (COIN) scraps with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on its right to exist as an exchange, the company has achieved an unprecedented milestone in U.S. oversight by winning approval to handle customers’ buying and selling of crypto futures.
Sam Bankman-Fried Is Now in Jail
It’s a bit of a truism in journalism that any headline that ends in a question that can be answered with “yes” or “no” will usually be answered with “no.” A few weeks ago, however, I asked “Is Sam Bankman-Fried Going to Jail?” and in a rejection of that truism, the answer was “yes.”