Karl Sebastian Greenwood pled guilty to wire fraud and money laundering connected to the fraudulent OneCoin scheme, the Department of Justice announced. Greenwood co-founded OneCoin along with s...
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Reports Suggest Caroline Ellison Is Working With Feds and Snitching on FTX Co-Founder Bankman-Fried – Bitcoin News
Following the arrest of the former FTX boss Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), spectators continue to wonder where ex-Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison is, and whether or not she turned on SBF. A few report...
Ethereum co-founder and Tron creator Justin Sun moves $150m BUSD to Tron
Justin Sun — the creator of Tron (TRX) and one of Ethereum’s (ETH) co-founders — moved $150 million in Binance USD (BUSD) from Ethereum to Tron. On-chain data provided by Arkham Intelligence show that...
Tesla Cofounder Aims To Rev Up U.S. EV Battery Market With $3.5 Billion South Carolina Plant
Redwood Materials is building a $3.5 billion near Charleston, South Carolina, as new battery plants are being built across the Southeast. getty Redwood Materials, the battery recycling and components ...
‘Old money has all but fled,’ Huobi co-founder discusses challenges of running $400M VC fund
In a new Twitter post dated Dec. 12, Du Jun, co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange Huobi Global, shared new insight on his experience of running ABCDE Capital, a $400 million Web 3.0 venture capital (...
FTX Co-Founder Indicted by Federal Grand Jury in Manhattan, Bahamian Magistrate Denies SBF’s Bail – Bitcoin News
On Dec. 13, 2022, the Southern District of New York (SDNY) prosecutor’s office and SDNY attorney Damian Williams revealed that the FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been indicted for “fraud, money ...
CFTC Follows SEC by Filing a Lawsuit Against Disgraced FTX Co-Founder Sam Bankman-Fried – Bitcoin News
On Dec. 13, 2022, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a lawsuit against Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), FTX Trading LTD., and Alameda Research. The CFTC alleges that FTX customer depos...
Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon reportedly hiding in Serbia
South Korean prosecutors said Monday that fugitive crypto executive Do Kwon is hiding in Serbia, according to reports. The prosecutors are working with authorities in Serbia to locate him, the Financi...
Terra Co-Founder Do Kwon Allegedly Hiding In Serbia
In order to send Kwon back to South Korea so that he may face charges there, South Korean officials have made a request for assistance from the government of Serbia. Do Kwon, the controversial founder...
Before the Bankruptcy Filing, FTX Co-Founder SBF Was Told by Crypto Execs to ‘Stop Trying to Depeg Stablecoins’ – Bitcoin News
According to a recent report published by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), cryptocurrency executives were allegedly concerned that Sam Bankman Fried’s (SBF) Alameda Research was trying to “depeg stablec...
gm: Tezos Co-Founder Kathleen Breitman Sounds Off on FTX Collapse
gm: Tezos Co-Founder Kathleen Breitman Sounds Off on FTX Collapse Tezos co-founder Kathleen Breitman has been in crypto since the beginning and has seen a lot of cycles and failures. She joined Stacy ...
FTX Co-Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Agrees to Testify Before US Congress – Regulation Bitcoin News
The co-founder of collapsed crypto exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), has agreed to testify at one of the two congressional hearings set for next week. “I had thought of myself as a model CEO, who...
Crypto Hedge Fund Fired its Co-Founder over this Allegation
BKCoin’s co-founder Kevin Kang misappropriated investor funds thus the crypto hedge fund fired him. The firm has deleted its official twitter account. BKCoin Capital, a cryptocurrency hedge fund, fire...
Three Arrows Co-founder Zhu Su Criticizes FTX’ SBF in Twitter Thread
13 seconds ago | 2 mins read Exchange News He started a thread in which he refutes five distinct “narratives” as being incorrect. Zhu explained what he thought caused FTX to fail. Three Arrows Capital...
Three Arrows Capital co-founder says it wasn’t luna that took it out, but FTX
It wasn’t the collapse of the cryptocurrency luna that ultimately caused the downfall of Three Arrows Capital, according to 3AC co-founder Kyle Davies. Instead, it was the firm’s final position being ...
Blockparty co-founder maintaining ‘luxurious lifestyle’ charged with fraud
Rikesh Thapa, who co-founded the NFT platform Blockparty, was arrested by U.S. prosecutors. The 28-year-old Californian allegedly spent $1 million of the company’s funds on parties. According to the p...
Blockparty Co-Founder Stole $1 Million in Bitcoin and Cash From Company, FBI Alleges
The FBI today arrested and charged the co-founder of blockchain event startup Blockparty for swindling $1 million in cash and crypto from the company to spend on luxury goods. Rikesh Thapa, 28, who w...
Ethereum Co-Founder Revealed Future Plans with DAO Stablecoins
Ethereum co-founder, Vitalik Buterin expressed his excitement about the Ethereum application ecosystem. He shared a blog post on December 5th, 2022 and detailed the same. As a part of their future pla...
U.S DOJ Charges ‘Blockparty’ Co-founder of Stealing $1M
8 seconds ago | 2 mins read NFT News Blockparty’s CTO from 2017 to 2019, took 10 Bitcoin from the firm. According to the DOJ, Thapa spent the stolen money on nightclubs, travel, and clothing. Today, t...
US Prosecutors Arrest Blockparty Co-Founder for Wire Fraud
The Blockparty co-founder executed the fraud while he was the CTO between December 2017 and September 2019. The co-founder of Blockparty Rikesh Thapa has been arrested over the theft of more than $1 m...
Palantir Co-Founder Says There’s Clear Use Case for Crypto and Decentralization Despite Fall of Major Industry Players
The co-founder of the software giant Palantir Technologies thinks there are still clear use cases for crypto and decentralization despite the ongoing bear market. Joe Lonsdale acknowledges in a new in...
Polygon co-founder addresses criticisms the project is just as bad as Solana
Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal went on the defense against “ecosystems who are feeling defeated & jealous.” The comment was motivated by a tweet from Mert Mumtaz, the co-founder, and CEO of He...
Polygon (MATIC) Slammed by Solana Cheerleader for Centralization and Low TPS, Co-founder Responds
Vladislav Sopov Mert Mumtaz, co-founder and CEO of Helius, a Solana infrastructure application, published rage-filled anti-Polygon tirade; Sandeep Nailwal addressed controversy Contents Solana (SOL) i...
Web3 Crypto and DAOs Purported as Decentralization Theater by Tezos Co-founder
A reliable report notes that there are approximately 50k active addresses on Tezos. Kathleen Breitman, the co-founder of Tezos, states that several Decentralized Autonomous Organisation reminds her of...
Airwallex Cofounder Lucy Liu Touts Fintech Unicorn’s Prospects Despite Downturn In Tech Sector
Melbourne-born payments startup maintains valuation at $5.5 billion and looks to add staff even as other companies slash jobs. Just a few short years ago, Lucy Liu was hanging out in a cafe in Melbour...
FTX Co-Founder SBF Retains White-Collar Lawyer Who Represented Ghislaine Maxwell – Bitcoin News
On Dec. 6, 2022, the former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) reportedly retained the attorney Mark Cohen, the lawyer that represented Ghislaine Maxwell during her recent sex trafficking case. SBF’s spo...
Solana Co-Founder Breaks Silence on SOL Burning as New Proposal Raised
Gamza Khanzadaev Anatoly Yakovenko on what they did ahead of Ethereum and SOL burning A new proposal to change the charging mechanism on Solana’s blockchain, from co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko, h...
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says AI is ‘quite far’ from replacing human programmers
Vitalik Buterin has some good news for programmers who might be worried they could be made redundant by AI — it’s simply not that good yet. The Ethereum founder said he had taken a spin on...
Morgan Creek CEO Says FTX Co-Founder SBF Was a ‘Pawn’ Used to ‘Punish’ the Crypto Industry – Regulation Bitcoin News
Following FTX’s collapse, many industry executives, influencers, luminaries, and politicians have shared their opinions about the carnage the event has caused to crypto markets and a great deal of inn...
Many More Crypto Firms to Suffer FTX’s Fate, Predicts Palantir Co-Founder
Joe Lonsdale – Co-Founder of the software company Palantir Technologies – thinks multiple cryptocurrency companies will go bankrupt in the future since most function like Ponzi schemes. However, he be...
Jim Cramer Calls FTX Co-Founder Sam Bankman-Fried a Pathological Liar, Conman, and Clueless Idiot – Featured Bitcoin News
The host of Mad Money, Jim Cramer, says former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) is a pathological liar and a conman. “That guy is a clueless idiot. Intent means nothing. Saying sorry means nothing,” Cr...