State of Crypto


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Campaign-Finance Charges Are Back on the Menu

Sam Bankman-Fried isn't escaping the charge as he faces potential jail time ahead of his trial.

Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Is Sam Bankman-Fried Going to Jail?

Federal prosecutors are fed up with what they say are his repeated attempts to influence witness testimony. He maintains he’s just trying to defend his reputation.

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

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Mashinsky's Arrest, Ripple Ruling, Etc.

Catching up on a mere 11 days' worth of news.

Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky outside a courthouse in New York on July 25, 2023. (Anna Baydakova/CoinDesk)

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Unpacking the Latest Lummis-Gillibrand Bill Draft

Senators Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillbrand unveiled a new version of their crypto bill, which could define more of the conversation around digital asset legislation.

U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Coinbase Goes to Court Against the SEC

Coinbase and the SEC will meet in court this week (for a pre-motion hearing). Here’s what we’re watching.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

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Will 2023 Be the Year of the Bitcoin ETF?

The hype is back. Has the market changed enough?

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Prime Trust Is Having a Bad Month

The crypto custodian has been ordered to halt operations while its regulator looks to take it over.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Reviewing the Tether Documents

CoinDesk filed a public records request for documents detailing Tether’s reserves. Here’s what we got.

Tether. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Covering the 2024 Presidential Election

Candidates have declared and we are off to the races.

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Excavating the Truth Around the Bitcoin Mining Discourse

CoinDesk went to Greenidge Generation to see if testimony and online conversations accurately captured the impact it had on the environment. The reality on the ground was far more nuanced than the discourse suggested.

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