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Binance slashes costs, Ripple ready for US banks and crypto VCs return

The crackdown on crypto firms by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) appears to have severely affected Binance’s business. During the past few weeks, the crypto exchange reportedly fired over 1,000 employees and slashed some benefits. According to Binance, the “current market environment and regulatory climate” have caused a

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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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Celo blockchain proposes return to Ethereum ecosystem, transition to L2

CLabs, the organization responsible for developing the Celo blockchain, is seeking to return to the Ethereum ecosystem by transitioning from an independent EVM-compatible layer-1 blockchain to an Ethereum layer-2 solution. According to a proposal discussion on Celo's governance forum, the transition would include leveraging OP Stack as the architecture to become

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Arcadia Finance hacker used reentrancy exploit, team demands return of funds

The Arcadia Finance attacker used a reentrancy exploit to drain $455,000 from the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, according to a July 10 post-mortem report issued by the app’s development team. A “reentrancy exploit” is a bug that allows an attacker to “re-enter” a contract or interrupt it during a multi-step

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FTX’s Sister Firm Alameda Seeks Return of $700M Bankman-Fried Paid for Celebrity, Political Access

Bankman-Fried appeared starstruck by a February 2022 party at Kives’ house where fellow guests included a former Presidential candidate, actors, reality TV stars, musicians and multiple billionaires. Within weeks, Bankman-Fried had signed a document promising to invest billions in Kives’ and Baum’s companies, with little details on what FTX would

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US Government challenges Bittrex US’s motion to return customer crypto assets

Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied Amid the unfolding bankruptcy case of crypto exchange Bittrex US, the US government has opposed the platform’s motion to authorize customer withdrawals of their crypto assets. The US government has countered a request by Bittrex US, the

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Met Museum Agrees to Return $550K in FTX Donations, Highlights Ethical Concerns

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City cited ethical concerns surrounding the cryptocurrency exchange’s operations while has announcion its decision to return $550,000 in donations received from FTX. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met Museum), renowned as one of the United States’ most esteemed cultural institutions, has made the

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