Dan Loeb's Hedge Fund Third Point Among Those in Talks for $9.4B FTX Rescue
Third Point is part of a group of investors involved in bailout talks for Sam Bankman-Fried's troubled crypto exchange. Source
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First Mover Asia: SBF Talks Consumer Protection and Crypto Titans Clash
Consumer protection and regulation are key ingredients to transforming digital assets into an asset class worth trillions. The FTX exchange's Sam Bankman-Fried weighs in. Meanwhile, FTX's FTT token takes a dive after rival Binance announces plans to dump its remaining holdings. Original Source
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Polygon Studios’ Ryan Watt talks Web3’s core principles and fairer internet
The year 2022 in crypto was eventful in many ways. However, the negative impacts of a bear market dampened the excitement around the blockchain upgrades that significantly brought crypto ecosystems closer to the future of finance.For Bitcoin, it was the Taproot soft fork upgrade, which was aimed at improving the
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Troubled Crypto Exchange Zipmex Is in Advanced Takeover Talks: Report
Cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex is in advanced buyout negotiations that will see it potentially sell a majority stake in the business. Source
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Bitcoin vs. Ethereum smart contracts — Interview with Muneeb Ali: Watch Market Talks
On this week’s episode of Market Talks, we welcome Muneeb Ali, co-founder of Stacks — a Bitcoin layer for smart contracts — and the CEO of Trust Machines, which is building the largest ecosystem of applications for Bitcoin and their underlying technologies.Ali has been working on internet protocols and distributed
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Key US Lawmaker Says Talks Continue Over ‘Ugly Baby’ Bill to Oversee Stablecoins
The three-way talks with Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), the chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, and the Treasury Department have run into a number of sticking points, according to McHenry, the committee’s senior Republican. But he said Wednesday he’s hopeful the talks will end with a law that would
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Autumn bulls vs. winter bears — Will October be bullish or bearish for Bitcoin? Watch Market Talks
In this week’s episode of Market Talks, we welcome Rekt Capital, a cryptocurrency analyst who shares macro research, commentary and technical analysis related to crypto markets. He publishes a popular newsletter and provides courses that help educate traders on how to make informed decisions when buying and selling cryptocurrencies. He has more than
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FTX in talks with investors to raise $1B for further acquisitions — Reports
Sam-Bankman Fried’s crypto exchange FTX is reportedly engaged in talks with investors to raise $1 billion in new funding, as it looks to utilize extra capital for financial acquisitions during the bear market. According to a Sept. 21 report from CNBC which cites sources close to the matter, the talks are
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Nigeria, Binance in early-stage talks for crypto-friendly economic zone
The Nigerian government has held a preliminary meeting with crypto exchange Binance to potentially establish a special economic zone aimed at supporting crypto and blockchain-related businesses.According to a Sept. 2 post from the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), the authority has held preliminary talks with Binance and technology infrastructure
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Uniswap eyes NFT financialization, in talks with lending protocols
Crypto exchange Uniswap engaged in talks with multiple nonfungible token (NFT) lending protocols, according to a social media post from Uniswap's head of NFT product Scott Lewis.In the tweet, Lewis highlights the company’s interest in tackling both liquidity issues and “information asymmetry” surrounding NFTs.uniswap is the interface for all nft
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