Sam Bankman-Fried Scoops Help CoinDesk Win a Loeb Award

[ad_1] The centerpiece story was Allison’s explosive Nov. 2, 2022, piece that raised questions about how sturdy Alameda Research, Bankman-Fried’s large trading firm, was – and, by extension, how safe the billionaire’s affiliated and better-known crypto exchange FTX was. Other CoinDesk stories honored by the Loebs revealed the unusual living arrangements of Bankman-Fried’s inner circle, […]

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Ethereum Wallet Tied to Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel Sanctioned by US Treasury

[ad_1] A U.S. Treasury press release states that Jimenez Castro “operates money laundering organization that uses virtual currency and wire transfers, among other methods, to transfer proceeds from illicit fentanyl sales in the United States to Sinaloa Cartel leaders in Mexico.” [ad_2]

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Coinbase (COIN) Has Recently Held Talks to Buy FTX Europe: Fortune

[ad_1] Derivatives, which are financial contracts that derive their value from an underlying asset such as bitcoin (BTC), can be lucrative for both traders and the exchanges that serve them. FTX Europe, like other European exchanges, offered a range of derivatives products, but it also was the only firm with a license to offer perpetual […]

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Crypto Custodian Prime Trust Warns It May Lay Off 62 Employees, Nevada Records Show

[ad_1] Prime Trust filed for bankruptcy in August, roughly two months after Nevada regulators alleged the company was unable to meet its customers’ withdrawal requests. The company also used customer funds to invest in failed stablecoin project Terra, in addition to engaging in other dubious business practices, a court filing shows. [ad_2]

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NFT Video Startup Glass Falls to Crypto Bear Market

[ad_1] The idea of Glass was to give online content creators a platform for minting and selling their videos directly to their fans, where they might make more money than, say, on YouTube. Its founders saw the blockchain as bringing more transparency to this process, and also permanence, by storing them in a decentralized manner. […]

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A Fake Grayscale (GBTC) Account Shows the Perils of Elon Musk’s X

[ad_1] Before Elon Musk bought Twitter and renamed it X, a blue checkmark – like the one emblazoned on @Grayscale_FND’s account – was a sign the account was verified, that some measure of thought and vetting had occurred before the account got that label. Now, it means the account owner can afford $8 a month, […]

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