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2022 was a rough year for crypto filled to the brim with failing prices and fraudulent companies. All in all, however, Michael Saylor – the previous head of MicroStrategy – feels everything that’s happened ultimately pushed the space forward in many ways. Michael Saylor on FTX: It Helped Crypto One of the big things that Saylor brought up was the collapse of FTX, which occurred in November of 2022. After several years of being the golden child of the industry and...

Problems continue for major digital currency exchange Kraken. After forfeiting its position in Japan, closing its offices there, and letting all employees go in that division, the company has now had to do the same for its Abu Dhabi (located in the United Arab Emirates or UAE) location. Kraken Will No Longer Be in the UAE A spokesperson for Kraken has released the following statement: Kraken regularly reviews its business lines to ensure we’re employing resources...

Avraham Eisenberg – a man from Puerto Rico – is set to face charges in a New York City courtroom after allegedly invoking a crypto fraud scheme that cost investors more than $110 million. Avraham Eisenberg Faces 40 Years in Jail The scam in question is known as Mango Markets, and it’s believed Eisenberg manipulated the prices of various assets and futures contracts to give customers and traders the idea that their portfolios were spiking. At the time of writing,...

U.S.-based crypto exchange Bittrex has become the latest digital asset firm to join the ranks of those having to let go of employees. Bittrex Is Forced to Part with Employees Not long ago, the popular trading outlet announced that it would be laying off approximately 83 separate individuals. Right now, the company employs about 284 people, meaning the company is slated to lose just shy of one-third of its overall employment staff. Bittrex is not letting its employees...

FTX – the now defunct crypto exchange that was previously run by founder and head executive Sam Bankman-Fried – is suing former crypto lending platform Voyager Digital for nearly $500 million. FTX and Voyager Are Now at Odds Voyager Digital filed for bankruptcy back in the summer of 2022. The company collected (allegedly) nearly $250 million from the former digital exchange in September, plus an additional $194 million about a month later. FTX also made interest payments...

Top crypto exchange Binance has joined hands with credit card company Mastercard to form a new prepaid bitcoin rewards program for users in Brazil. Customers can now purchase everyday items and services with digital assets. Binance and Mastercard… The Perfect Match? The move is pushing the goals of bitcoin and its digital counterparts closer to being achieved. What many people likely forget is that while bitcoin and many of its crypto cousins have taken on either...

Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis says in a new report that crypto crime fighting has been effective to some degree. While the amount of crime hasn’t necessarily fallen in recent years, the fight against it has limited criminals to certain platforms when cashing out, transferring their stolen funds into fiat, or engaging in illicit transactions. New Chainalysis Report Says Criminals Don’t Have That Many Enterprises In its report, Chainalysis says most criminals are...

White House officials Brian Deese, Arati Prabhakar, Cecilia Rouse, and Jake Sullivan have penned a letter calling on Congress to instill stricter crypto trading laws to ensure that something like the FTX debacle never occurs again. A Letter to Those in Charge The letter states: Congress could also make our jobs harder and worsen risks to investors and to the financial system. Legislation should not greenlight mainstream institutions, like pension funds, to dive headlong...

Democrat representative Jesus “Chuy” Garcia has been removed from the House Financial Services Committee following the overtaking of the House of Representatives by republicans and the implementation of Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker. Jesus Garcia Says “Bye” to Committee Position The decision to have Garcia removed appears to stem largely from allegations that he accepted money and donations from Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced crypto executive in charge of the now...

According to Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced head executive of the now defunct crypto exchange FTX, he only had about $100,000 to his name after his business fell into bankruptcy and he was arrested on alleged fraud charges. However, it appears federal prosecutors have seized as much as $700 million, all of which is believed to have been in accounts owned either by SBF himself or by the exchange. Sam Bankman-Fried Says He Only Had $100K In yet another string of lies,...