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The Collapse of the FTX Empire

We'll talk about elections next week.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao (CoinDesk)

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Midterm Elections 2022: Crypto Live Blog

CoinDesk reporters track the 2022 election.

U.S. Capitol Building (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

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FTX’s Push for US Crypto Clearing Left In Suspense by Binance Deal

The fate of FTX U.S. Derivatives’ application for the authority to clear customers’ crypto transactions – a potential game changer in U.S. markets – is now unclear.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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US Treasury Adds to Tornado Cash Sanctions With North Korea WMD Allegations

OFAC first added Tornado Cash to its sanctions list in August.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

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FTX, Binance Deal Draws Antitrust Concern

Regulators have tough powers to stop mergers that quash competition

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao (CoinDesk)

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Crypto Has Prepared for Divided US Government, Republican Rise

A partisan mess on Capitol Hill may not be a bad thing for the crypto industry, which has friends on both sides of the aisle and legislative efforts that are – so far – bipartisan.

The White House, the executive office of the U.S. President (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Exchange Coinbase Germany Ordered by Regulator to Tackle 'Organizational Deficiencies'

The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) said the company needs to address a range of issues including ensuring adequate risk management, staffing and IT systems.

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Global Money Laundering Watchdog Says Crypto Monitoring Regime Is Unchanged

The Financial Action Task Force responded to a report that it is preparing to conduct annual compliance checks, saying it has not changed the way it monitors crypto assets or the process for adding countries to its "gray list."

The FATF says it has not changed the way it monitors crypto. (Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images)

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Bank of Korea Tested NFT Trading, Remittances With CBDC: Report

The central bank recently completed a 10-month-long experiment of a digital South Korean won.

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LBRY Sold Tokens as Securities, Federal Judge Rules

The SEC sued LBRY last March on allegations it sold its native LBC token in violation of federal securities laws.

A federal judge ruled for the SEC in its case against LBRY on Monday. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)