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Crypto Bankruptcies Are Very Complicated

The FTX, Voyager, Celsius and BlockFi bankruptcy proceedings are proving how complicated they really are.

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Bloomberg, WSJ, CoinDesk Among the Media Outlets Seeking to Know Who Bailed Out Sam Bankman-Fried

Lawyers for the former CEO of failed crypto exchange FTX requested and were granted anonymity for two parties who backed the $250 million bond that sprung Bankman-Fried from jail.

El fundador de FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

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After FTX, Crypto Companies No Longer Have ‘Benefit of the Doubt’ on Capitol Hill, Says Congressman

When it comes to regulation, the U.S. needs to “get its act together,” Rep. Jim Himes told CoinDesk TV.

Tokens vinculados con billeteras de Alameda se vendieron por bitcoin en el último día. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

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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

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Sam Bankman-Fried publica un nuevo posteo y niega haber robado fondos de FTX

El ex CEO de FTX culpó al desplome del mercado de criptomonedas, a la escasa cobertura de Alameda y a un “ataque dirigido” de Binance por el colapso del exchange.

El fundador de FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

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Sam Bankman-Fried's New Online Post: 'I Certainly Didn’t Stash Billions Away'

Disgraced former chief of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried denied stashing away billions of dollars and gave his take on what happened to his bankrupt crypto exchange in a lengthy new post on Substack published Thursday. "The Hash" panel weighs in on Bankman-Fried's further defense of the collapse of his crypto empire.

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Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Launches Substack: 'I Didn’t Steal Funds'

Disgraced former chief of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, denied stashing billions and gave his take on what happened to his bankrupt crypto exchange in a lengthy new post on Substack published Thursday. CoinDesk Global Policy & Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De joins "First Mover" to discuss.

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Rep. Jim Himes on Crypto Regulation Outlook

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) joins "First Mover" to discuss how policymakers are approaching crypto in the 2023 agenda amid the uncertainty surrounding crypto giant Digital Currency Group (DCG) and the fallout of crypto exchange FTX. DCG is the parent company of CoinDesk. The Congressman weighs in on whether Sam Bankman-Fried's political donations and previous appearances in Washington, D.C. had any impact on crypto regulation. Plus, his insights on SEC's approach to regulating digital assets.

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Sam Bankman-Fried Denies Stealing FTX Funds in New Online Post

The former FTX CEO blamed the exchange's collapse on the crypto market meltdown, Alameda’s poor hedging and a "targeted attack" by Binance.

El fundador de FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

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Bitcoin CME Futures Draw Premium for the First Time Since FTX's Downfall

The market panic that ensued after the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX exchange in early November seems to be abating. The three-month bitcoin (BTC) futures listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), widely considered a proxy for institutional activity, are drawing a premium over the cryptocurrency's going spot market price for the first time since FTX went bust.

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