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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures charged former FTX director of engineering Nishad Singh with fraud allegations on Tuesday, following his guilty plea to similar charges in a federal court. Separately, Grayscale says it’s preparing to argue in court next week that the SEC inappropriately treated its bitcoin exchange-traded fund bid differently than earlier decisions approving bitcoin futures-based ETFs. Grayscale and CoinDesk are both owned by Digital Currency Group (DCG).

Feb 28, 2023

Robinhood Markets (HOOD) received an investigative subpoena from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regarding its crypto operations shortly after the FTX crypto exchange filed for bankruptcy protection in November, the popular trading platform revealed in its latest 10-K filing. "The Hash" panel discusses the details of the filing and its key takeaways.

Feb 28, 2023

CoinFund Managing Partner and Head of Liquid Investments Seth Ginns discusses his investment outlook as crypto winter drags on. Ginns weighs in on the fundamental catalysts that "makes the space investable again" after crypto exchange FTX filed for bankruptcy.

Feb 27, 2023

Solana is slightly higher in the past 24 hours after a "significant performance degradation" over the weekend, freezing user transactions. The Solana Foundation says an investigation is underway into the cause of the outage and will be available shortly. CoinFund Managing Partner Seth Ginns discusses the outlook for the Solana ecosystem in the wake of FTX's collapse. Plus, insights into his investment thesis for the crypto markets and the need for a "thoughtful" crypto regulatory regime.

Feb 27, 2023

Federal officials are now charging FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried with bank fraud and operating an unlicensed money transmitter in addition to the eight counts he already faced. Bankman-Fried also faces a modified campaign-finance law charge, conspiracy to make unlawful political contributions. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest in the downfall of SBF and his crypto empire.

Feb 23, 2023

Crypto exchange FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried faces additional charges, including bank fraud allegations, under a new indictment unveiled Thursday morning. Separately, New York and federal financial regulators have opposed Binance US' $1.02 billion deal to purchase of defunct crypto lender Voyager assets. Plus, the New York State Attorney General's office filed suit against the crypto exchange CoinEx. CoinDesk Global Policy & Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De discusses the latest in the world of crypto regulation.

Feb 23, 2023

While most crypto app users worldwide lost money on their bitcoin holdings after last year's collapses of the Terra ecosystem and the FTX exchange, investors outside of major economies took the biggest hit, the Bank for International Settlements said in a report published on Monday. "The Hash" panel discusses the key takeaways and what it suggests about the impact of the recent crypto contagion.

Feb 21, 2023

Tribe Capital Managing Partner Boris Revsin discusses the outlook for venture capital (VC) funding into centralized exchanges in the wake of the FTX collapse. "We're quite bullish that we're going to get over this hump," Revsin said. "But it's painful right now."

Feb 21, 2023

A CoinDesk analysis reveals venture capital and other investments into crypto companies has plunged 91% year-over-year in January. Tribe Capital Managing Partner Boris Revsin weighs in on how the prolonged crypto winter has impacted his investment outlook.

Feb 21, 2023

CoinDesk journalists Ian Allison and Tracy Wang won a George Polk Award for the scoop that led to FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's $32 billion cryptocurrency empire collapsing in days and for two explosive follow-up stories. CoinDesk Senior Reporter Ian Allison and Finance and Deals Deputy Managing Editor Tracy Wang share their insights after winning the prestigious prize for their financial reporting.

Feb 21, 2023