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U.S. Justice Department Agrees to Try Sam Bankman-Fried on Original Charges Only for Now

Sam Bankman-Fried moved to dismiss most of the charges brought against him last month.

Sam Bankman-Fried (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

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Sam Bankman-Fried Can Contest Extra DOJ Charges, Bahamas Supreme Court Says

The FTX founder pleaded not guilty to fraud in the U.S. after being extradited from the Caribbean country.

Sam Bankman-Fried outside U.S. District Court on Feb. 9, 2023 (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

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Sam Bankman-Fried's Bahamas Litigation May Take ‘Months or Years,’ His Counsel Says

The FTX founder’s lawyers argue that a new Supreme Court judgment shows that he has not committed fraud.

Sam Bankman-Fried (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

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The Case for Self-Custody in Wake of FTX Collapse

FTX and other exchange bankruptcies have highlighted the potential risks to users of trusting centralized entities with the keys to their crypto. As part of CoinDesk's Consensus @ Consensus Report, CoinDesk Ethereum Protocol Reporter Margaux Nijkerk joins "First Mover" to discuss the outlook for crypto self-custody in the aftermath of the recent crypto crash.

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No More FTXs! Consensus 2023 Attendees Discuss Future of Crypto Custody

FTX's collapse reignites the self-custody debate with Consensus 2023 attendees in an excerpt from CoinDesk’s first-ever Consensus @ Consensus Report.

CoinDesk’s Margaux Nijkerk (right), the author of this piece, interviews Offchain Labs CEO Steven Goldfeder on stage at Consensus 2023. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Genesis Bankruptcy Judge Extends Mediation Period Between Genesis, Creditors

The insolvent lender will now have until August 2 to submit a plan to emerge from bankruptcy.

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Bankers Shopping FTX's 'Hundreds of Millions of Dollars' Stake in AI Startup: Report

At the time of its bankruptcy last November, FTX may have owned as much as $500 million worth of stock in Anthropic, the creator of ChatGPT rival Claude.

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New York’s Met Museum Agrees to Return $550K in FTX Donations

The bankrupt crypto company is seeking the return of funds sent by Sam Bankman-Fried’s empire before its November collapse.

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Nestcoin CEO on State of Crypto in Nigeria

Nigeria's government recently approved a national blockchain policy as part of the country's effort to transition to a digital economy. Nestcoin CEO and co-founder Yele Bademosi discusses the state of crypto in Nigeria and the outlook for the e-Naira central bank digital currency (CBDC). Plus, insights into how Nestcoin has managed to reemerge from the fallout of FTX's collapse with its new product Onboard.

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U.S. Criminal Charges Against Sam Bankman-Fried Don’t Warrant Dismissal: Prosecutors

Criminal charges that lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried sought to dismiss, including technicalities around his extradition back to the U.S. and campaign finance violations, are valid, prosecutors said in court filings from Monday. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest in the FTX bankruptcy case.

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