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SVB execs sold $84 million of the bank’s stock over the past 2 years
Silicon Valley Bank CEO Greg Becker sold nearly $30 million of stock over the past two years, raising new questions over insider stock sales. Becker sold $3.6 million worth of shares on Feb. 27, just ...
CFTC’s New Tech Advisory Group Includes Execs From Circle, Paradigm
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the addition of key industry members to the newly constituted Technology Advisory Committee (TAC). The official press release stated that the ...
Federal Investigators Probe Silicon Valley Bank Collapse; SVB and Top Execs Sued by Shareholders – Bitcoin News
The parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, SVB Financial Group, and two senior executives have been sued by shareholders after SVB’s collapse last Friday. The proposed class action accuses SVB of hidi...
Ripple, Cardano execs double down on their criticism of U.S banking system
Ripple’s Brad Garlinghouse recently pointed out United States’ broken financial system in light of Silvergate, SVB episodes Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson also criticized the government’s position on cry...
Here’s How Ripple Execs Assess The US Banking System Crisis
Several Ripple executives have spoken out about the banking crisis in the United States. The company itself has been affected by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). As Ripple CEO Brad Garlingho...
CFTC adds execs from Circle, Ava Labs and Fireblocks to tech advisory group
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has signaled receptiveness to the crypto and blockchain sector after including several executives from the space as part of its new Technology Advisory ...
ETH Staking Not an Investment Scheme, ConsenSys Execs Argue
Staking rewards are compensation for services to keep the Ethereum network secure, ConsenSys executives said Monday in a blog post that argued the process should not be confused with an investment.&nb...
Selling The Top: Silvergate Execs Cashed Out $103M As Bitcoin Peaked
Silvergate is over. Investors are likely sad, short sellers probably grinning, but 11 insiders at the one-time major crypto bank sold out big at the top — raking in more than $103 million. Former chai...
Execs Of Fake Crypto Trading Firm Plead Guilty To $100 Million Ponzi Scheme
Six executives of the Ponzi scheme AirBit Club have admitted their guilt in a fraud and money laundering scheme that allegedly bilked victims out of $100 million, according to prosecutors. On March 8...
AirBit Club Execs Admit to Cryptocurrency Fraud Allegations
Top executives and operators of the cryptocurrency mining and trading business AirBit Club have entered a guilty plea in fraud and money-laundering allegations. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “Th...
AirBit Club execs face decades in prison after pleading guilty to $100M fraud
Six people involved in a cryptocurrency “Ponzi scheme” that raked in about $100 million over five years have pled guilty to a series of fraud and money laundering charges, each carrying a maximum sent...
Ripple Execs Voice Confidence After SEC Defeats This Week
Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, took a swipe at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a tweet today, reacting to recent setbacks the agency has taken since Monday. The SEC has suffere...
Ex-Riot Games Execs Raise $55M for New Studio, Say ‘No Fucking Thanks’ to NFTs
A pair of former executives from League of Legends maker Riot Games have raised $55 million in Series A funding for a new game studio called The Believer Company. But despite being backed by firms tha...
TMS Network’s (TMSN) Presale Gains Ground While Tweets From Shiba Inu (SHIB) And Cardano (ADA) Execs Put Fans on Alert – Cryptopolitan
Crypto dealers have again been hyping the Shiba Inu (SHIB) coin after Twitter CEO Elon Musk posted an image of his dog Floki, turned it into a meme, and called it the new chief of Twitter. Well, it ha...
Plug Power stock dips on revenue miss, but execs stick with annual sales forecast as new factory ramps up
Green-energy provider Plug Power Inc. on Wednesday stuck with its full-year sales forecast, despite fourth-quarter sales missing expectations. The company — which sells renewable hydrogen fuel and fue...
NFT project 0N1 Force bought out by group including former Binance, YGG execs
Published 35 minutes earlier on A cohort of investors, including former executives from Binance and Yield Guild Games, has orchestrated a community buyout of blue chip NFT collection 0N1 Force. ...
BlockTower Capital quietly parts ways with top execs: sources
Published 1 hour and 10 minutes earlier on BlockTower Capital, a leading crypto investment firm, has parted ways with a pair of veteran executives. General partner Michael Bucella left the Miami...
Strider, Founded by EA, Rockstar and Jam City Execs, Raises $5.5M Seed Round Led by Makers Fund and Fabric to Develop Platform for Creatives to Build Collaborative Story-Driven Worlds
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Strider, building a platform to revolutionize how new IP are both developed and owned, has raised $5.5M in a seed round co-led by Makers Fund and Fabric Ventures, with partici...
Fox News execs blocked Trump from Jan. 6 interview
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump participates in a debate sponsored by Fox News at the Fox Theatre on March 3, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images On Jan. 6, 2021,...
FTX and Alameda Research execs subpoenaed by Voyager creditors
Representatives for Voyager Digital’s unsecured creditors’ committee have requested that former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) and several top executives from FTX and Alameda Research appear in court...
Former FTX exec’s charity seeks to claw back $30M in funds from FTT profits locked on exchange
Ad A charity founded by Ruairi Donnelly, a former FTX executive, is attempting to get back $30 million in locked funds from a frozen account held on the bankrupt exchange, The Wall Street Journal repo...
Celsius creditors threaten to sue Alex Mashinsky and other execs
The Celsius official committee of unsecured creditors plans to file a complaint against Celsius executives on fraud, misconduct, mismanagement of funds, and other allegations. The committee blames the...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Assails Ex-Twitter Execs For Banning Her Account—Accuses One Of Endorsing Child Sexualization
Topline Marjorie Taylor Greene laid into former Twitter executives in a House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday for banning her account in 2020 and accused former Head of Trust and Safety Yoel Rot...
Voyager subpoenas FTX and Alameda execs as judge orders fee examiner
Lawyers representing bankrupt crypto broker Voyager Digital have served former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and other FTX and Alameda Research executives with subpoenas requesting information. The subpoe...
Chegg stock gets rocked as execs downplay AI attack led by ChatGPT
Freakishly smart AI such as ChatGPT will not pummel education platform Chegg (CHGG) as Wall Street has increasingly grown concerned about, the company’s top execs argue. “No. Nothing at al...
FTX Execs Maxed Out Donations to Rep. George Santos
Multiple top ex-employees of collapsed crypto exchange FTX maxed out donations to alleged scammer George Santos (R-NY) during his successful 2022 campaign for Congress, FEC filings have revealed. Rya...
Three words crypto execs love to abuse
People on cryptocurrency Twitter are overjoyed at the prospect of helping you, and are quick to offer life, diet, entrepreneurial, and other advice; but never financial. It’s a common-held belief that...
Aussie execs refute ‘argument’ to treat crypto as financial products
Australian crypto executives have urged caution over lumping all digital assets in the same boat as financial products, after recent comments from Australia’s assistant treasurer on the ma Speak...
Fox News Hosts And Execs Repeatedly Denounced 2020 Election Fraud Off-Air—Here Are Their Most Scathing Comments
Topline Fox News personalities and executives privately made clear they didn’t believe falsehoods being peddled by former President Donald Trump and his allies about fraud in the 2020 election despite...