Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years for Multi-Billion Dollar FTX Fraud

Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years for Multi-Billion Dollar FTX Fraud

Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a judge on Thursday for stealing $8 billion (roughly Rs. 66,678 crore) from customers of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded, the last step in the former billionaire wunderkind’s dramatic downfall. US District Judge Lewis Kaplan handed down the sentence…

Sam Bankman-Fried Urges Lenient Sentence, Citing FTX Fund Recovery

Sam Bankman-Fried Urges Lenient Sentence, Citing FTX Fund Recovery

Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyer urged a judge on Tuesday to impose a lenient sentence for the FTX founder’s conviction for stealing $8 billion (roughly Rs. 6,63,30 crore) from customers of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, arguing clients would get most of their funds back. In a sentencing submission, Bankman-Fried’s lawyer Marc Mukasey…

Crypto Firms in US Spent Nearly $19 Million on Lobbying in First 3 Quarters of 2023, on Track for Record Year

Crypto Firms in US Spent Nearly $19 Million on Lobbying in First 3 Quarters of 2023, on Track for Record Year

The cryptocurrency industry was on track to hit a new record for federal lobbying spending, after a year in which firms scrambled to repair their reputations and advance friendly legislation, according to data provided to Reuters by nonprofit research group OpenSecrets. Crypto companies spent $18.96 million (roughly Rs. 158 crore) in…

More Crypto Safeguards Needed to Prevent FTX Fallout Situation, Says Financial Stability Board

More Crypto Safeguards Needed to Prevent FTX Fallout Situation, Says Financial Stability Board

More measures may be needed to stop blow-ups at complex crypto firms like FTX from destabilising the wider financial system, the global Financial Stability Board (FSB) said on Tuesday. The FSB, which groups regulators, central banks and treasury officials from the G20 economies, said turmoil in crypto markets last year…

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Convicted of Multi-Billion Dollar Fraud

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Convicted of Multi-Billion Dollar Fraud

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty on Thursday of stealing from customers of his now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange in one of the biggest financial frauds on record, a verdict that cemented the 31-year-old former billionaire’s fall from grace. A 12-member jury in Manhattan federal court convicted Bankman-Fried on all seven…

BlockFi to Shut Operations, Return Crypto Assets to Customers

BlockFi to Shut Operations, Return Crypto Assets to Customers

BlockFi emerged from bankruptcy on Tuesday, saying it will wind down operations and begin returning crypto assets to customers 11 months after it was swept away by the turbulence in thecryptocurrency industry following FTX‘s collapse.  Jersey City, New Jersey-Based BlockFi will continue to pursue additional payments through the bankruptcies of other crypto companies including FTX and Three Arrows Capital under a bankruptcy plan approved…

PayPal to Stop Sale of Cryptocurrencies in the UK Until 2024: Details

PayPal to Stop Sale of Cryptocurrencies in the UK Until 2024: Details

Payments giant PayPal will stop allowing UK customers to buy cryptocurrencies through its platform from October as it works to comply with new rules on crypto promotions. Britain’s financial regulator is due to bring in tougher rules to limit how crypto is advertised to British consumers, including requiring crypto firms…

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Denies Witness Tampering, Seeks to Avoid Jailtime

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Denies Witness Tampering, Seeks to Avoid Jailtime

Sam Bankman-Fried, the indicted founder of the bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange, on Tuesday, said he never sought to intimidate witnesses at his scheduled October fraud trial, and there is no reason to jail him. In a letter to US District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan, Bankman-Fried said prosecutors mischaracterised his…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Crypto Under European Regulators Scrutiny

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Crypto Under European Regulators Scrutiny

Less than a week after its launch, the Worldcoin crypto project of OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman is already under scrutiny by European regulators over its reliance on an eye scan to verify a user’s identity, France’s data protection agency said Friday. Worldcoin’s launch on Monday comes as the cryptocurrency…

US SEC Said to Have Raised Concerns About Bitcoin ETF to Asset Managers

US SEC Said to Have Raised Concerns About Bitcoin ETF to Asset Managers

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said recent applications by asset managers to launch spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were not sufficiently clear and comprehensive, a source familiar with the matter said. The SEC has communicated its concerns to the exchanges Nasdaq and Cboe Global Markets which filed…