Joshua Henslee gives his 2023 predictions
While prices of digital currencies remain high following the implosion of key exchanges last year, Joshua Henslee predicts 2023 will be dire for the asset industry as more regulations are likely to come.
Latest Sam Bankman-Fried News
Binance deal for Voyager assets: US federal, state agencies object
The U.S. SEC objects to Binance's acquisition of digital asset lender Voyager over doubts that the exchange could complete the billion-dollar transaction, and if it can, whose money will it be?
DCG involvement in 3AC, FTX collapses raise prospect of billion dollar clawbacks
3AC founders came out swinging against SBF's FTX and DCG's Barry Silbert, accusing the two of colluding to attack Terra and, by extension, 3AC, as well as engaging in a Ponzi scheme.
Coinbase pays $100M to atone for shoddy AML/KYC compliance
The New York DFS announced that it had reached a $100m settlement with Coinbase after a probe identified failures in its AML program, including its KYC/customer due diligence (CDD).
FTX Japan to allow withdrawals from February
FTX Japan and Liquid Japan customers will be able to regain access to their accounts in mid-January and will get to withdraw their funds a month later.
Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty, shots fired over FTX assets
SBF pleaded not guilty to charges that include wire fraud, commodities fraud, securities fraud, conspiracy to commit said frauds, and campaign finance violations.
FTX lawyer Dan Friedberg’s ties to fake electronics website has online poker echoes
FTX’s former compliance chief Daniel S. Friedberg has yet to be charged in connection with his role in the FTX collapse, but his history repping criminal online poker sites might catch up with him eventually.
Unravelling the Moonstone Bank stablecoin gambit
A few weeks before the collapse of FTX, Moonstone Bank partnered with fintech company Fluent Finance on a stablecoin venture to "accelerate crypto adoption by issuing US+ stablecoin."
Scammers target FTX collapse victims by mimicking US State Department
The scammers bait FTX victims by using a website that appears to be run by the U.S. Department of State, claiming that they will be able to return their assets.
Farewell to 2022… Hello 2023!
2022 witnessed the dashing dreams of BTC loyalists who called for the price to hit $100k, given their infallible plan to get rich by HODLing, while the Defi crowd got their time in the sun.
DOJ opens probe into FTX ‘hack’ while SBF gets a new judge
The DOJ is looking into the $372 million hack from FTX-controlled wallets that occurred the day after the embattled firm of former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Sam Bankman-Fried’s only way out is ratting on Binance and Tether
Sam Bankman-Fried’s only hope of not spending the best years of his life behind bars is to dish the dirt he has on the biggest crypto criminals: Binance and Tether.