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New Binance CEO reluctant towards senior leadership changes

Binance’s new CEO, Richard Teng, emphasizes the leadership team’s continuity following the DOJ settlement, ensuring operational stability amid legal challenges. Despite the earlier resignation of Changpeng Zhao as chair of Binance.US, the newly appointed Binance CEO, Richard Teng, is reluctant to change the exchange’s executive leadership team. This statement comes amid

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US House committee leadership threatens to subpoena SEC over FTX docs

Rep. Patrick McHenry, who chairs the United States House Financial Services Committee, has suggested that he may try to subpoena the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over documents related to former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, or SBF.In a Sept. 27 hearing on oversight of the commission, McHenry claimed chair SEC

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US House Financial Services Committee leadership takes opposing sides on the PayPal stablecoin

PayPal’s launch of a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin has prompted questions from Democratic members of the House Financial Services Committee, while Republican leadership said the coin showed the potential of regulatory clarity.In an Aug. 9 statement, committee ranking member Maxine Waters said she was “deeply concerned” about the PayPal USD (PYUSD)

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FTX Leadership Seeks Return of Over $1B in Cash, Stocks From Former Execs Bankman-Fried, Wang, Ellison

According to the filing, FTX issued more than $725 million worth of equity to Bankman-Fried, former CTO and Co-Founder Gary Wang, Director of Engineering Nishad Singh, and former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison. Of this $725 million, $447.8 million allegedly went to Singh, and the lawsuit documents how it was

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FTX leadership sues Sam Bankman-Fried over $220M deal made prior to bankruptcy

FTX lawyers are suing former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder Zixiao Wang, and former senior executive Nishad Singh over the $220 million acquisition of stock-clearing platform Embed, alleging lack of due diligence. According to a May 17 filing, FTX had paid $220 million to acquire Embed through its United States subsidiary after having

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