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Sam Bankman-Fried – the disgraced founder of fallen digital currency exchange FTX – made a rare appearance at the Deal Book Summit in New York on the last day of November last year. Sam Bankman-Fried Does First Interview Following Company’s Demise While he did not arrive in person, Bankman-Fried was featured prominently on a screen from an undisclosed location in the Bahamas, where he still claims to live. In the interview, Bankman-Fried attempted to explain what...

FTX is likely to go down as one of the biggest embarrassments in the history of crypto. More than that, as additional layers get stripped away to reveal what happened, one can’t help but put a few pieces of the puzzle together and be horrified by the final image. Was the FTX Collapse Part of Something Bigger? This may sound like something of a conspiracy theory, yet when one really considers everything and puts multiple ideas in place, one can find a thread of common...

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The drama surrounding FTX is getting a lot worse. Initially, it was believed that Sam Bankman-Fried – the man behind the now failed digital currency exchange – gave a lot of money to democrat politicians, and he did. However, it’s now being alleged by him that equal money was given to republicans, only those donations were more secret. FTX Also Allegedly Delivered Funds to Republicans FTX collapsed in mid-November of last year following what SBF referred to as a...

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Kraken – a popular digital currency trading platform based in northern California – is laying off more than 1,000 employees as it attempts to deal with the ongoing crypto winter. Kraken Says Bye to a Lot of Workers The crypto exchange says that the maneuver has nothing to do with the fall of FTX, which has caused a serious firestorm in the digital currency world. The exchange collapsed in mid-November and has sent ripples throughout the space, making several other firms...

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The European Central Bank has issued a statement claiming that bitcoin is on its way out and closely approaching “irrelevance.” The European Central Bank Is not a Bitcoin Fan The financial institution released a blog entitled “Bitcoin’s Last Stand” that details the fall of the world’s number one digital currency. Interestingly, the bank does not refer to FTX and its November collapse as the reason as to why bitcoin is doing so poorly. Rather, it hints that bitcoin was on...

The Gemini Exchange in New York – headed by the Winklevoss Twins – has halted all withdrawals, sparking rumors that the company could be next in a long line of crypto firms to file bankruptcy. Gemini Exchange Halts All Withdrawals The move is a direct result of the collapse of FTX, which came crashing down in mid-November. Michael Barr, an official with the Federal Reserve, is calling upon Congress to regulate crypto once and for all due to the company’s failure. In a...

When it comes to risky assets like crypto, Singapore banks are no longer required to hold 1:1 in collateral, but rather 1.25:1. What this means is that for every $1 in cryptocurrency, a financial institution needs to hold $1.25 in regular cash. This is designed to ensure there are enough reserves in place to cover losses or other problems should the crypto industry decide to crash and burn all over again. Singapore Is Trying to Stop Future Crypto Problems 2022 was one of...