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"This is great, but it's not entirely straightforward because a lot of the solana is locked," Braziel said. "Some of it is being moved around, being staked and perhaps there are plans to explore selling some of it. Just like with Anthropic, it's fantastic news, but the estate has to
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Bankman-Fried’s legal team, led by Mark Cohen and Christian Everdell, has encountered difficulties in presenting a coherent narrative to the jurors. FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried‘s trial is nearing its conclusion, with the prosecution set to conclude their case on October 26 after nearly 20 testimonies. The prosecution has called upon a
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“Did you have a view that Alameda could borrow, so long as borrows weren’t in excess of assets?” Cohen asked Singh, clearly hoping for some variation of a “yes” answer. Singh, however, seemed to sense a trap. He answered obliquely: there were many “scenarios” where Singh didn’t think Alameda’s borrows
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This week, industry leaders evaluated the impact of the Israel-Hamas war; FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial progressed; and Ferrari confirmed plans to accept crypto payments. Bankman-Fried’s political ambitions On the fifth day of Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial, former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison revealed that Bankman-Fried utilized customer funds for political lobbying and engaged
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“Of the 4,536 Bitcoins converted from ether at RenBridge, 2,849 BTC was sent through mixers, predominantly a service called ChipMixer,” Ellipic said. “Tracing these assets becomes more challenging, however at least $4 million was transferred to exchanges, where it may have been cashed out.” Source
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In a motion filed on Oct. 10, Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried’s lawyers requested that the court allow for the introduction of evidence supporting positive investment outcomes, such as an investment in the artificial intelligence (AI) startup Anthropic. This comes after United States prosecutors filed a request on Oct. 9 to bar SBF’s legal
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Blockchain data flagged by Coinbase director Conor Grogan indicates that Alameda Research redeemed over $38 billion for Tether (USDT) tokens in 2021 despite not having the equivalent assets under management.Onchain data shows that Alameda was responsible for minting $39.55B of USDT, a number that is 47% of Tether's circulating supply
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This week, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial began; the crypto sector witnesses more layoffs; a Hamas-led attack stuns Israel; Ripple vs. U.S. SEC continues. SBF faces trial Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial continues on Tuesday, Oct. 10 with testimony from former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison. Before the trial began on Oct. 3, attorneys declined
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Wang’s testimony was part of a plea agreement with prosecutors stemming from his guilty plea filed in December 2022. In a riveting turn of events at the ongoing criminal trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), Gary Wang, the company’s former chief technology officer, unveiled startling revelations about the inner workings
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Some of FTX's employees in the U.S. knew about the backdoor in the exchange that allowed Alameda Research to withdraw billions in customer funds, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Thursday. The employees flagged their discovery to FTX's director of engineering Nishad Singh but the problem never got
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