According to two sources close to FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced co-founder, gave his father, Stanford Law professor Joseph Bankman, millions of dollars. The funds are reportedly being used to pay for legal costs. The sources said that Bankman-Fried allegedly gave “at least $10 million” from the now-defunct quantitative trading firm Alameda Research to his
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Martin Gruenberg, chair of the United States Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, has said the FDIC plans to return roughly $4 billion in deposits connected to Signature Bank’s digital asset banking business by early April. In a March 29 hearing of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee exploring federal regulators’ responses to recent bank failures, Gruenberg
An unknown person or group may be collecting the IP addresses of Bitcoin (BTC) users and linking them to their BTC addresses, violating the privacy of these users, according to a blog post from pseudonymous Bitcoin app developer 0xB10C. The entity has been active since March 2018, and its IP addresses have shown up on
The RESTRICT Act, a bipartisan bill introduced earlier this month into the United States Senate, could be applied in broad and unexpected ways, including to threaten crypto, should it become law, think tank Coin Center warned in its blog. The bill, formally known as the ‘‘Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and
The Arbitrum token airdrop led to a massive dump of ARB tokens and projects in the Arbitrum ecosystem in a “sell-the-news” type of event. However, the Ethereum Layer-2 activity remains strong, with the selling pressure of ARB tokens likely done with, making the rollup well-positioned for further growth. Arbitrum ecosystem tokens sees sell-the-news type event
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, also known as the Senate Banking Committee, held a hearing to discuss the recent bank collapses in the United States and the regulatory response. Throughout the testimonies, digital assets and crypto businesses were mentioned. Senate Banking Committee chairman Sherrod Brown claimed on Tuesday
On-chain data shows XRP profit taking has surged to its highest level since August 2021 as the price has climbed another 17% in the last 24 hours. XRP Profit-Taking Volume Is Currently More Than Two Times The Loss-Taking Volume According to data from the on-chain analytics firm Santiment, a large amount of profit taking is
For the past twelve days, the price of Ether (ETH) has been trading in a narrow descending range. Surprisingly, not even the news of Binance and Changpeng “CZ” Zhao being sued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) was enough to break the support level. The lawsuit, filed on March 27, claimed that Binance provided
Former FTX chief executive officer Sam Bankman-Fried, also known as SBF, is reportedly funding the legal team defending him against federal charges with millions of dollars he gifted his father from Alameda Research. According to a March 29 Forbes report citing sources with “operational knowledge” of FTX and Alameda, in 2021 Bankman-Fried gave his father
Cryptocurrency and technology proponents have recently been discussing a new bipartisan bill called the “Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT)” Act. In addition to targeting firms such as Kaspersky, Huawei, and Tiktok, opponents of the bill believe one of its provisions will punish ordinary Americans for leveraging a
Beaxy suspended operations on March 28 “due to the uncertain regulatory environment surrounding our business,” according to the cryptocurrency exchange’s blog. The suspension came a day before the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it was charging Beaxy and its executives with failing to register as a national securities exchange, broker and clearing
Bitcoin (BTC) is up about 71% in Q1 2023, which is the first positive quarter after four consecutive quarters of negative returns in 2023, according to data from Coinglass. This shows that the sentiment has turned positive and the bulls are trying to put a bottom in Bitcoin. When the undercurrent is bullish, negative news
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Xrp climbed to its highest level since last May, as bullish sentiment returned to cryptocurrency markets. The token rose by as much as 17% in Wednesday’s session, with the global market cap over 5% higher. Cardano also rallied, rising by over 11%. XRP maintained its bull run on Wednesday, as prices rose by as much
Bitcoin mining stocks had a dull performance in March, with small moves here and there that followed BTC’s price movement. While it is encouraging to see that most stocks held onto their impressive January gains, Bitcoin’s price action will be crucial for the short-to-medium-term performance of these stocks. Additionally, the expansion of the public Bitcoin
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, Montenegrin Justice Minister Marko Kovač said the United States made diplomatic efforts to ask for Kwon to be handed over, while South Korean
Bitcoin (BTC) may have erased its Binance “FUD” losses, but popular traders are anything but bullish. Despite gaining up to 7.5% versus its March 28 lows, BTC/USD is causing more suspicion than excitement with its return to local highs. $30,000 stays breaker for bullish sentiment flip In a move which echoes its reactions to previous
According to current statistics, the Bitcoin network is fewer than 56,000 blocks away and less than 400 days away from the next reward halving. After the next halving, the block reward will be reduced by 50%, and the current block subsidy of 6.25 bitcoins will drop to 3.125 bitcoins per block post-halving. In addition to
XRP (XRP) outperformed its top-ranking crypto rivals over the past 24 hours while reaching the highest price in 10 months. XRP price tags 10-month high On March 29, XRP’s price surged by nearly 15% to $0.58, its highest level in ten months, outperforming Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) in the past 24 hours that rose
Name: Wendy O Anonymous: No Twitter followers: 330,000Known for: crypto commentary, shitposting, trading analysis and community initiatives Who is Crypto Wendy anyway? Wendy is a former healthcare professional turned crypto trader and content creator, or what she describes as a “YouTube shock jock.” While the switch from health to crypto came about due to a number of