Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of collapsed crypto exchange FTX, is seeking a new trial, according to a motion filed in New York federal court by his mother. Since he was convicted and imprisoned on a sentence of 25 years, SBF has constantly challenged his position in court. The latest motion for a new trial, […]
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Former SafeMoon CEO Braden John Karony faces an 8-year prison sentence after being convicted last year on federal charges linked to defrauding investors in his digital asset operation. The 100-month sentence was handed down Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and Karony must also forfeit $7.5 million and
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By Francisco Rodrigues (all times ET unless otherwise noted) Bitcoin BTC$68,747.00 fell to $68,500 on Tuesday, after failing to regain $70,000 after trading above that level for a while over the weekend. The CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20) fell 0.23% over the past 24 hours. The market appears to be stabilizing after last week’s drop to
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Kraken fired its chief financial officer, Stephanie Lemmerman, just as the crypto exchange was preparing to go public in the US earlier this year, according to two people familiar with the matter. Lemmerman joined Kraken from Dapper Labs in November 2024 and was the exchange’s CFO for one year and four months. She now has
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The downturn in the crypto market has been particularly hard on leading U.S. exchange Coinbase ( COIN ), which has seen its stock plunge more than 50% since bitcoin’s early October record above $126,000, including a 27% drop in 2026 alone. In an effort to make up for the rapid decline, JPMorgan’s Ken Worthington lowered
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Following the usual recent pattern, crypto markets fell sharply as US stocks opened for trading on Tuesday, but recovered most of those losses in a similarly quick fashion. Mid morning trading, bitcoin BTC$69,578.46 was at $69,200, down marginally from 24 hours ago. Ether ETH$2,027.59 underperformed, down 1.8%, with corresponding declines in XRP XRP$1.4206 and Solana
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Tether Investments, the investment arm of the leading stablecoin issuer, has made a strategic investment in LayerZero Labs, which is developing an interoperability protocol called LayerZero. The move is essentially a bet on the technology that underpins USDt0, a blockchain-agnostic version of Tether’s dollar-pegged token that has moved over $70 billion across blockchains in less
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin called for a rethink of how crypto and artificial intelligence should come together, warning that a growing focus on developing artificial general intelligence (AGI) risks missing the bigger picture. In a post on X that revisits ideas he first outlined two years ago, Buterin argues that the accelerated push toward artificial
Cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider Blockchain.com has won regulatory approval in the UK nearly four years after seemingly giving up. Blockchain.com was added to the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) register of licensed crypto companies on Tuesday under its trading name “BC Operations.” STORY CONTINUES BELOW Don’t miss another story.Subscribe to the State of Crypto newsletter
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CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 1968.37, down 3.4% (-69.59) since 4 PM ET Monday. None of the 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: CRO (-1.1%) and BCH (-2.1%). Laggards: APT (-5.5%) and ETH (-5.4%).
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