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Ishan Wahi, a former product manager at the largest US-based crypto exchange, pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. His brother did the same a few months back, receiving a 10-month prison sentence. CryptoPotato reported in July 2022 when the US Department of Justice charged Ishan Wahi, his brother Nikhil, and a third-party (Sameer Ramani) with insider trading for tokens that were about to be listed on Coinbase. According to the authorities, they...

John J Ray III has earned $690K for two months as CEO of FTX. This might be a dream for the average person, but he swears this has been his worst nightmare. The new CEO of FTX, John Ray III, recently appeared before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware to share his actions as the CEO of the now-defunct crypto exchange. In his testimony, he revealed the difficulties he faced after taking on the role of CEO. According to Ray, he has been through...

Binance – the world’s largest crypto exchange – announced on Monday that it will pause all deposits and withdrawals in USD from bank accounts starting February 8.  The company said it will work to restart the feature as soon as possible.  Why the Suspension? After announcing the suspension over Twitter, Binance offered no particular explanation for why it was taking place. However, it clarified that the pause would only affect a small portion of its user base.  All other...

Major Chinese cities, including Shenzhen, Jinan, and Lianyungang, have reportedly launched approximately 200 activities involving the digital yuan during the Spring Festival.  The authorities aim to boost the asset’s adoption during one of the largest holidays in the country. China Continues With its CBDC Efforts According to recent coverage, the local government started digital yuan activities worth more than 180 million yuan ($26.5 million) in several cities to encourage...

Should the United States consider making XRP the reserve currency of the world and buy its entire holding from the market?  Well, this speculative idea floated by Jimmy Vallee, Managing Director of Valhill Capital, in 2021 is once again doing rounds after he talked about it in a recent interview.  But Ripple Lab’s CTO David Schwartz says he has not even looked at it closely.  Sounds Like a Scam The latest to rubbish Vallee’s speculative buyback theory is Ripple’s CTO, David...

Ordinals – a new and controversial Bitcoin-based protocol – is making its mark on-chain with a record number of Taproot-related transactions, according to the blockchain data provider Glassnode.  Nevertheless, the debate is still hot within the Bitcoin community as to whether the technology should be celebrated or cursed. The Popularization of Ordinals Ordinals were designed by Bitcoin Core contributor Casey Rodarmor as a way of identifying individual satoshis on the network....

Leading cryptocurrency exchanges, such as Bybit, BitMEX, and Bitfinex, vowed to support victims of Turkey’s disastrous earthquake with aid packages. Binance is also looking to help the affected people. A massive earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 struck southern Turkey earlier today (February 6) and killed over 1,500 people. Hundreds of buildings collapsed, meaning the number of victims could rise significantly once emergency services scour the ruins. Numerous governments,...

Leading decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap v3 will be deploying on Ethereum’s layer 2 protocol Boba Network following a successful governance vote from the Uniswap community. The proposal was earlier submitted by the Boba Foundation and FranklinDAO with backers including GFX Labs, Blockchain at Michigan, Gauntlet, and ConsenSys. 51.01M Voted Yes on the Proposal In a press release shared with CryptoPotato, the community overwhelmingly voted in favor of the proposal, with...

After Sam Bankman-Fried donated tens of millions of dollars to politicians throughout the 2022 midterm election cycle, the 30-year-old’s former company is asking for its money back.  Recipients of the bankrupt exchange’s contributions are expected to return the funds by February 28, 2023.  Political Refund As announced by FTX Group in a press release on Sunday, the exchange and its affiliated debtors are sending confidential letters to recipients of the company’s previous...

A study conducted by the financial consultancy firm – deVere Group – estimated that 82% of clients with over $1.2 million worth of investable assets sought advice on cryptocurrencies in the past 12 months.  The significant interest came in spite of the broad market slump and the countless scandals and bankruptcies that happened in 2022. Crypto Seems Highly Popular Among the Rich According to the study, approximately eight out of ten high net worth (HNW) customers of deVere...