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Court filings reveal that the FTX co-founder is seeking access to a $10 million insurance plan to cover his attorney fees. FTX debtors and unsecured creditors have opposed Sam Bankman-Fried’s request, arguing that every dollar spent on his defense is “one less dollar” available to cover the losses of the
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Authorities from both the United States and South Korea have made efforts to have Terra co-founder Do Kwon extradited to their respective countries following his arrest in Montenegro.At a March 29 press conference, Montenegro’s Justice Minister Marko Kovac said the United States made diplomatic efforts to ask Kwon be handed
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Coinbase’s layer-2 platform, Base, is extending a request for builders to work on a safer DeFi, altcoins, on-chain reputation, and on-chain Limit Order Book(LOB) exchange through its eco-fund. Bringing expansion to Base Base recently announced the launch of the Base Ecosystem Fund, a capital pool for investing in early-stage projects building on its
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Riot Platforms, a bitcoin (BTC) only mining firm in the United States, has responded to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s (OSTP) request for information (RFI) on bitcoin, the transactional blockchain network that’s also the world’s largest by market capitalization. Riot Platforms responds to White House OSTP’s RFI In
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The trading platform also received similar subpoena requests from the California Attorney General’s office. Source
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Lawyers representing former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried in federal court have requested an extension to file a proposal related to his bail conditions.In a Feb. 24 filing with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Mark Cohen of Cohen & Gressler said the legal team
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The United States Federal Reserve has denied a request from cryptocurrency bank Custodia Bank to reconsider its membership application to the Federal Reserve System.The Fed announced its denial on Feb. 23 saying the Federal Reserve Board previously decided that Custodia’s application “was inconsistent with the required factors under the law.”@federalreserve
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The judge presiding over the FTX bankruptcy case has denied the U.S. Trustee’s request to appoint an independent examiner for the ongoing proceedings. The decision comes after judge John Dorsey postponed the ruling last week, citing concerns that the examiner could cost creditors tens of millions of dollars. The U.S. Trustee’s
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A New York judge on Friday rejected an attempt by iFinex and related companies, which include include cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and stablecoin issuer Tether, to block CryptoX's request for information about the financial reserves backing the USDT token. Source
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A federal judge rejected a joint request to modify Sam Bankman-Fried's bail conditions to allow him to use certain messaging tools. Source
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