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Sam Bankman-Fried to Await Trial at His Parents’ House

Sam Bankman-Fried – the disgraced head executive of the now defunct crypto exchange FTX – is out of prison on a $250 million bond. While awaiting trial, he will live at his parents’ house in California. Sam Bankman-Fried Is Temporarily Out of Jail Bankman-Fried made his way back to the United States from a Bahamian jail in late December of last year. He also made a court appearance on January 3. The bond in question is different from bail. What it means is that if...

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Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX’s Disgraced Founder, Has Been Arrested

Sam Bankman-Fried – the man behind now failed digital currency exchange FTX – has been arrested while stationed in the Bahamas and is being extradited to the United States, where he will face criminal charges after they were filed in a New York court. Sam Bankman-Fried Is Heading to an American Jail The criminal charges come by way of the Department of Justice (DOJ), though now the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is filing its own civil suit against the...

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Bahamas ‘Sand Dollars’ Cryptocurrency to Help Island Nation Recover from Hurricane Dorian

Hurricanes have been causing extensive damage to the islands of the Bahamas for millennia. The Central Bank of the Bahamas plans to pilot the first cryptocurrency in the form of Sand Dollars. Project Sand Dollars offers numerous benefits that can help individuals and businesses to recover, including having the means to quickly access finances and purchase needs after a natural disaster. Hurricanes have been ravaging the Bahamas for centuries. According to travel advice website...

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Hurricane Dorian Relief Effort Enlists an Unlikely Ally: Bitcoin

The Hurricane Dorian relief effort has teamed up with an unlikely ally in the Bahamas: Bitcoin, along with a helping hand from Coinbase. | Source: Wikimedia Commons (i), AP Photo / Gillian Flaccus (ii). Image Edited by CCN.The Hurricane Dorian relief effort has teamed up with an unlikely ally to help the Bahamas recover from the devastation wrought by the storm: Bitcoin.Coinbase & Bitpay facilitate Bitcoin donations for Hurricane Dorian recoveryThis has become possible after Lend a Hand...

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