SBF indicted for bribing China officials to unfreeze Alameda funds
Sam Bankman-Fried, formerly of FTX and Alameda Research, has been indicted for directing at least $40 million in bribes to Chinese officials.
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Kraken founder promoted Custodia’s doomed bank and stablecoin
Kraken CEO Jesse Powell has supported shadowy stablecoin Tether since 2018. Curiously, he supported Custodia and its doomed projects, too.
CFTC lawsuit against Binance claims CZ traded against users
The CFTC has sued Binance and CZ for failure to register, AML failures, illegal derivatives, and allowing US-based people to use it.
— Crypto, Guo Wengui
Chinese tycoon accused of secretly controlling Gettr to promote crypto
Guo Wengui was a known Gettr investor but claims suggest just how big a role he played in making major decisions for the platform.
Author of Jan 6 insurrection plan to host war games at Bitcoin 2023
Samuel Armes was questioned by the House select committee for his alleged connections to the Proud Boys and the January 6 insurrection.
— Blur, Bored Apes
NFT whale down millions after farming Blur tokens with Bored Apes
Traders have been buying and selling large numbers of NFTs on the Blur exchange simply to collect the tokens awarded against their activity.
Chinese users appear to bypass Binance KYC thanks to help from Binance
Binance employees and volunteers allegedly explained to mainland Chinese users in great detail how to avoid Binance KYC/AML checks.
— Crypto, Justin Sun
Another hard week for the crypto industry — particularly Justin Sun
Sun’s problems have snowballed since the collapse of FTX and the unmasking of Sam Bankman-Fried as a giant fraud.
This firm got $475M from SBF last year, now FTX wants it back
The deal avoids a lengthy legal battle with Modulo and gets around the fact that SBF won't be available due to ongoing criminal proceedings.
— Crypto, Justin Sun
SEC sues Justin Sun over TRX, BTT, market manipulation
The SEC claims that Sun, the Tron Foundation, the BitTorrent Foundation, and Rainberry Inc. engaged in a scheme involving wash trading.