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Argentine Peso Plunges to a 5 Month Low Amid Legal and Political Woes – Economics Bitcoin News

The Argentine Peso has experienced a sudden fall vs the U.S. dollar, falling to a 5-month low in its blue rate, one of the many parallel exchange rates of the country. The reasons for this fall, besides the abundance of pesos due to holiday-related payments, and the battle between President

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FTX warns it will claw back political donations and contributions

Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX says it is considering using legal avenues to recover all payments and contributions handed out by its associated entities and former executives, which could include the millions in political donations made from its former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried.In a Dec. 19 press statement, FTX said it had

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US Prosecutors Probe Sam Bankman Fried’s (SBF) Political Donations 

Federal prosecutors from the Southern District of New York are investigating the political donations made by SBF during his time at FTX.The political donations of Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) are reportedly under intense review by US prosecutors. During his time at the helm of FTX, the former CEO made substantial donations to Democrats and Republicans. However,

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$75M worth of FTX’s political donations at risk of being recalled due to bankruptcy: Report

Following the collapse of FTX and its Nov. 11 bankruptcy filing, $73 million worth of its political donations is currently at risk of being recalled to repay the failed exchange’s creditors, according to a report by Bloomberg.Speculators online allege that the former FTX CEO and his executives sought to influence industry

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Approving a spot crypto ETF is ‘all about political power’ — Perianne Boring

Perianne Boring, founder and CEO of blockchain advocacy group Chamber of Digital Commerce, placed the lack of approval of a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund in the United States squarely on Securities and Exchange Commission chair Gary Gensler, suggesting politics played more of a role than economics.Speaking to Cryptox at the Texas

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Report Says Alameda Research ‘Didn’t Trade Crypto,’ Speculators Think SBF’s Political Connections Let FTX Fly Under the Radar – Bitcoin News

On Nov. 11, 2022, FTX Trading Ltd. filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware. The news followed a few days of speculation and evidence that had shown the digital currency exchange was likely insolvent. The company’s bankruptcy filing and information concerning Sam Bankman-Fried’s (SBF) quantitative cryptocurrency

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French Lawyer Asks Russian Patriarch to Help Save Alexander Vinnik From ‘Political Trial’ in US – Bitcoin News

A member of the defense team of the alleged BTC-e operator Alexander Vinnik has called on the head of the Russian Orthodox Church to intervene in support of his client. The Russian national may be sentenced to over 50 years in prison for his role in the infamous cryptocurrency exchange.

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Susquehanna’s Jeffrey Yass Just Made the Biggest-Ever Political Donation in Bitcoin

But when it comes to donating in crypto, Yass outranks even the FTX chief. In early July, Yass gave 100 bitcoin (BTC), then worth more than $1.9 million, to “Crypto Freedom PAC,” a representative for the super PAC confirmed to CryptoX. It is the largest bitcoin-denominated political donation ever recorded

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