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Policy

FTX Bankruptcy Court Is Warned Against Granting Bahamas 'Dangerous' IT Access

Testimony from new boss John Ray has proven inflammatory in the Bahamas, where parallel proceedings are also attempting to wind up the crypto exchange.

FTX CEO John Ray III (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Videos

Rep. Ritchie Torres on FTX Fallout, SBF Arrest

New FTX CEO John J. Ray III testified before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee Tuesday as his predecessor Sam Bankman-Fried faces fraud and conspiracy charges. Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.), who attended the hearing, discusses the key takeaways and possible regulatory outcomes.

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Demonizing Crypto Industry After FTX Collapse 'Fundamentally Unfair:' US Congressman

U.S. Congressman Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) discusses his take on the legislation needed in the aftermath of FTX's collapse and how much of it is due to fraud. "Demonizing a whole industry based on the fraudulence of one actor is fundamentally unfair," Torres said. "Sam Bankman-Fried is not representative of crypto finance any more than Bernie Madoff is representative of conventional finance."

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Rep. Ritchie Torres on New FTX CEO Testimony: We Appreciated His Bluntness

U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) discusses his take on new FTX CEO John J. Ray III's testimony before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee Tuesday. "He spoke carefully...he was careful not to weigh in on crypto at large."

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Sam Bankman-Fried Denied Bail in the Bahamas

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and former CEO of crypto exchange FTX, will be remanded into custody after a Bahamas judge ruled he should be denied bail on Tuesday. CoinDesk Global Policy and Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De discusses the latest developments in FTX's collapse.

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Opinion

Understanding the Charges Brought Against Sam Bankman-Fried

The SEC, CFTC and DOJ treat the FTX founder as an ambitious and calculating criminal.

FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Sam Bankman-Fried Is a 'Pathological Liar': US Congressman After FTX Hearing

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried tweeted that the crypto exchange was "fine" on Nov. 7, then subsequently deleted the statement. Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.), who was in the room at Tuesday's House Financial Committee hearing on the FTX collapse, says Bankman-Fried "misled the public, he lied."

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The Congressional Probe of the FTX Collapse Begins

Bankrupt FTX's new CEO John J. Ray III describes the exchange as an ‘old-fashioned embezzlement.’ That story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

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Tech

Binance Founder ‘CZ’ Insists We Can Trust His Crypto Exchange – but Can We?

After the arrest of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, some users fear that exchange behemoth Binance will be the next crypto domino to fall.

Founder and CEO of Binance crypto exchange Changpeng "CZ" Zhao in Italy, May 2022. (Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)

Finance

Bankman-Fried Lawsuits Expose FTX's 'Special Treatment' of Alameda Research

Sam Bankman-Fried’s “personal piggy bank” Alameda Research was deeply intertwined with his exchange, FTX.

Sam Bankman-Fried (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)