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Sam Bankman-Fried Blogs Like a Crypto Robin Hood, but in Court He's Not So Charitable

The FTX founder’s claimed largesse about giving his funds away contrasts with a legal battle to keep control of $450 million in shares – that were paid for a loan from Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research

Sam Bankman-Fried, a modern-day Robin Hood? (George Rinhart/Corbis/Getty Images)

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Bitcoin SV Drops as Robinhood Ends Support; FTX Bankruptcy Update

The price for Bitcoin SV blockchain's native token, BSV, dropped more than 15% following Robinhood's announcement that the online trading app will end support for BSV on Jan. 25. Plus, the latest on FTX's bankruptcy hearings as the troubled crypto exchange has recovered more than $5 billion in different assets, according to an attorney.

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Bitcoin SV Drops as Robinhood Ends Support

The online trading app tells users any BSV still in their Robinhood crypto account will be sold for market value after Jan. 25.

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Sam Bankman-Fried Seeks to Keep Grasp on $450M in Robinhood Shares

The FTX founder, who says he needs the money to pay his legal fees, is fighting rival claims to the stake by his former company and crypto lender BlockFi.

Sam Bankman-Fried sale del tribunal federal en la ciudad de Nueva York. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

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FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Borrowed From Alameda to Buy Robinhood Shares

Alameda took out a loan pledging those same shares as collateral.

Extradición a Estados Unidos del fundador de FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, desde las Bahamas. (Real Fuerza de Policía de Bahamas)

Finance

Twitter Adds Crypto, Stock Prices in Search Results

The social media platform said it will refine the user experience and add more tickers in coming weeks.

Crypto prices added to Twitter (Twitter)

Markets

Citi Downgrades Robinhood, Says FTX Fallout Will Weigh on Crypto Trading Revenue

The bank downgraded the trading platform to neutral from buy, with a lowered price target of $10.

Trading app Robinhood has added Solana, Pepe, Cardano and XRP to the list of cryptocurrencies available to trade on its platform. (Unsplash)

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Polygon Studios CEO on Partnership With Starbucks

Polygon’s business-development team has managed to land partnerships with major brands entering the Web3 space, including Nike, Reddit, Meta and Robinhood. Polygon Studios CEO Ryan Wyatt, who made CoinDesk's Most Influential 2022 list, discusses the details of their latest collaboration with Starbucks and his outlook for mainstream adoption of crypto.

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Bankrupt Crypto Lender BlockFi Sues Bankman-Fried for Robinhood Shares, FT Reports

Bankman-Fried, through a holding company, pledged his stake in Robinhood as collateral for a loan.

Zac Prince, CEO de BlockFi, en Consensus 2019. (CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin, Crypto-Linked Equities Resume Falling Despite Binance/FTX Deal

Questions about the solvency of FTX were picking up speed on Tuesday morning until Binance announced a non-binding LOI to acquire the crypto exchange.

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