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Who Is Alameda Research's Caroline Ellison?

The former CEO of Alameda reportedly told staff that the trading firm may have misused FTX client funds. Did she have the power to say no?

Caroline Ellison, former CEO of Alameda Research (Twitter/@carolinecapital)

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Who Is William MacAskill, the Oxford Philosopher Who Shaped Sam Bankman-Fried’s Worldview?

A prominent voice in the “effective altruism” movement, MacAskill has served as Sam Bankman-Fried’s mentor.

William MacAskill (williammacaskill.com)

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Who's Who in the FTX Inner Circle

FTX collapsed. These were the players closest to the implosion.

FTX Inner Circle Composite

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Drops as FTX Fallout Spreads

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Nov. 22, 2022.

FTX's collapse is having ripple effects across the crypto universe. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Finance

FTX Must Pay Expenses Incurred by Bahamas Regulator for Holding the Exchange's Digital Assets

The Securities Commission of the Bahamas last week ordered the contents of FTX's crypto wallets to be transferred to government-controlled wallets.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried in the Bahamas (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Sam Bankman-Fried's Crumbling FTX Empire Holds $1.2B Cash Reserves

The bankrupt crypto exchange FTX owes around $3.1 billion to its top 50 creditors.

Sam Bankman-Fried sticking his tongue out while at Crypto Bahamas earlier this year. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

FTX Blowup Helped Enrich the Ethereum Validators Who Run the Blockchain

They saw a surge in MEV, or profits from optimizing the order of transactions, surge amid crypto chaos early this month.

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Videos

Bitcoin Price Tumbles; More Than 50% of Bitcoin Addresses Are Now in Loss

Valkyrie CIO Steven McClurg discusses his outlook for bitcoin (BTC) as it sinks below $16,000 and on-chain data shows most addresses holding BTC are losing money. Plus, reactions to Coinbase, MicroStrategy and other bonds tanking in the continued fallout of crypto exchange FTX.

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Stronghold Digital CEO on State of Bitcoin Mining Amid FTX Fallout

Stronghold Digital Mining CEO Greg Beard discusses his outlook for the bitcoin mining industry as the collapse of crypto exchange FTX continues to ripple across the digital asset space and BTC sinks below $16,000. "The great unwind is happening now," Beard said.

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Bitcoin Falls Below $16K; Coinbase Hits Lowest Price Since Going Public

Shares of Coinbase (COIN) hit their lowest price since the the U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange went public in April 2021. The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) is drawing market attention after sister company Genesis Global Capital said its lending unit would halt customer withdrawals in the wake of the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX crypto empire, Bernstein said in a research report Monday.

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