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FTX Signs $17.5M Deal to Sponsor UC-Berkeley Athletic Department

Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto exchange has signed its first college sports sponsorship deal, with the payment in this case to be made in crypto.

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FTX.US President on US Expansion, Partnerships and Crypto Markets

Brett Harrison, president of FTX.US, the U.S. affiliate of crypto exchange FTX, discusses future plans for the exchange as it readies offering cryptocurrency derivative trading in less than a year. This comes as FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried told CoinDesk in July FTX.US has "enormous" growth potential in the U.S. Plus, Harrison's insights into the latest partnership with Kevin O'Leary, the ​greatest regulatory concerns for U.S. exchanges and a crypto markets outlook.

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Bitcoin Development Boost: FTX Is Donating $450K to Brink

Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto exchange is committing to a three-year sponsorship of the coding nonprofit.

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FTX.US Aiming to Offer Crypto Derivatives Trading in Less Than a Year: Report

FTX's U.S. affiliate has limited offerings, compared with its international counterpart.

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Changing Crypto Trading Patterns Reveal the Market's Power Shift to the West

Blockchain data firm Kaiko analyzed trading activity on centralized exchanges from different days and time zones.

Trading patterns show how the crypto market center has shifted to the U.S. and Europe.

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FTX Market Share in Bitcoin Futures Nearly Doubled Since June

From the end of June through now, FTX’s market share has grown from 9% to 16%.

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Sam Bankman-Fried on $1T Infrastructure Bill Crypto Impact: 'Clarification Is Going to Be Sacrificed in Order to Get the Bill Moving Forward'

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried discusses why he doesn't think the proposed crypto provision will be amended in the Senate's $1 trillion infrastructure bill and its potential impact on the digital asset industry and the wider U.S. economy. "The way this is headed is that clarification on this is going to be sacrificed in order to get the bill moving forward," he said. Plus, his reading of bitcoin's "surprisingly bullish price movement" as it soared above $45K.

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FTX Strikes Deal With Yield Guild Games to Sponsor Axie Infinity Players

Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange FTX has struck yet another sponsorship deal. This time, with decentralized gaming startup Yield Guild Games (YGG) to sponsor Axie Infinity players from developing countries.

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FTX Strikes Deal With Yield Guild Games to Sponsor Axie Infinity Players

The deal gives FTX lifetime naming rights to sponsor 137 players from developing countries.

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Chinese Crypto Traders Remain Confident in Binance Despite Regulatory Woes

Traders in China appear to be more concerned about the future of Huobi and OKEx.

Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao