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FTX may restart. That’s the crazy news for today, that one of the biggest crypto debacles could eventually turn itself around. The news has been greeted with positivity given that FTT – the native token of the now defunct crypto exchange – has risen by more than 35 percent at the time of writing. Could FTX Become Operational Again? Initially, the token was trading at about $1.83, though it has since risen to just over $2.50. John Ray III – the new CEO of the exchange who...

Just yesterday, Live Bitcoin News put out an article talking about a Russian crypto executive running an unlicensed money transmitting business. Known as Bitzlato, the crypto exchange was an unregistered trading platform for those who sought to use digital assets to obtain illicit products. The exchange also did very little to obtain necessary information about its clients and customers. Now, it looks like Binance – the world’s largest and most popular digital currency...

It’s happened again, folks. Another bankruptcy is in the crypto books. This time, the company that’s falling victim to alleged bankruptcy proceedings is Genesis, the crypto lending unit of the Digital Currency Group that has worked heavily with Gemini, a crypto exchange in New York run by the Winklevoss Twins. It Looks Like Genesis Will File for Bankruptcy The company is complaining of a “liquidity crunch” in recent posts. Does that sound familiar? If not, it should....

The panic surrounding FTX just got a lot bigger. As if the company doesn’t have enough problems to deal with, it is alleged that as much as $415 million in crypto funds were stolen from the exchange in a hack just after it began its bankruptcy proceedings. FTX Has Lost More Money Than Originally Reported The idea that FTX was attacked by cyberthieves is not new. Several sources have been talking about this for weeks, though initially, the stolen amount was believed to be...

Russian national Anatoly Legkodymov – the founder of a China-based cryptocurrency exchange who was believed to have been living in China for the past several years – was recently arrested while residing in Miami, Florida. He has been charged with running an unlicensed money transmitting firm. Anatoly Legkodymov Arrested in Miami The business in question is Bizlato Ltd. It is alleged that the company did not implement the necessary anti-money laundering requirements set...

In a recent interview, bitcoin bull and former White House communications director under Donald Trump Anthony Scaramucci compared former FTX executive Sam Bankman-Fried to Bernie Madoff, the man who orchestrated an investor Ponzi scheme back in 2008 to grow his own wealth and lead a billion-dollar lifestyle. Anthony Scaramucci Says He Was Betrayed By SBF During his discussion, Scaramucci claimed that Bankman-Fried was guilty of both “betrayal” and “fraud,” though at one...

Illicit cryptocurrency transactions increased tenfold in 2022, marking the highest total figure yet in the history of crypto. In what was arguably the worst year for bitcoin and its crypto cousins to date, close to $20 billion in illicit crypto was transferred to suspicious addresses. Illicit Crypto Activity Reached a Pinnacle Last Year This beats the previous record set in 2021, which was $18 billion. The new number outdoes the previous one by roughly $2 billion. Kim...

Digital currency firm Blockchain.com has announced it’s going to be laying off approximately 25 percent of its staff, which amounts to about 150 separate people at the time of writing. The company is just the latest to fall victim to the bearish digital currency conditions which first began in 2022, and it doesn’t look like the trend is going to stop in the immediate future. Blockchain.com Staff Members Are Made to Say Goodbye Blockchain.com is also shutting down its...

Despite a recent hike in its stock price, Coinbase is allegedly scheduled to underperform in 2023 according to a new report issued by Bank of America. The financial conglomerate says the company’s stock – which is presently trading for about $50 a pop – could fall as low as $35 in the coming weeks. Coinbase Keeps Hitting Barricades Strategists wrote in their report: With the crypto outlook for 2023 murky at best (as evidenced by COIN’s second round of job cuts announced...

Crypto broker Voyager – which was one of many crypto firms to enter bankruptcy proceedings in 2022 – has been given approval by a court to sell some of its assets to Binance (a larger crypto exchange and its primary competitor) for about $1 billion. Voyager Can Sell Its Assets to the Exchange The goal is to get back at least some of the money owed to customers. Several clients saw their money tied up in the crypto platform once the bankruptcy process began. Since that...