Exploring the similarities between crypto exchanges Binance and FTX
While the civil charges brought by the SEC against Binance and FTX are unique to each business, there are still some striking similarities.
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The Weekend Shift: Tether, Mario Nawfal, Binance
The most interesting reads, podcasts, charts, and opinions from the internet this weekend — curated for you by the Protos newsroom.
Here’s what new Tether documents reveal about its reserves
Documents obtained by CoinDesk and Bloomberg shed additional light on Tether reserves, showing the issuers of its commercial paper.
Twitter Spaces host Mario Nawfal’s dubious crypto dealings
Mario Nawfal is one of the most popular Twitter Spaces hosts yet he allegedly operates and promotes dubious crypto schemes.
Binance’s French arm says money laundering raid was ‘regulatory obligation’
Since 2019, France has required crypto firms to register with the country's financial regulator. However, Binance didn’t do this until 2022.
Regulators say crypto lender Abra is insolvent and lied about FTX exposure
Abra has supposedly directed investors to open accounts at Prime Trust, despite the firm lacking a money transmission license in Texas.
Neo-Nazi Satanist who hid crypto from police guilty of new sex crimes
Neo-Nazi student Harry Vaughan kept details of his crypto account hidden after he was handed a two-year suspended sentence.
Police tell Bitcoin ATM firm to ‘go to hell,’ take scam victim’s cash from machine
The 82-year-old victim was tricked into putting $15,000 into a bitcoin ATM after clicking a ransomware link while looking for online recipes.
3AC asks court to fine Kyle Davies $10K a day until he answers subpoena
Documents filed by 3AC demand that Kyle Davies be found in contempt of court for not turning over details of the hedge fund's assets.
Five charges against SBF dropped by US prosecutors — for now
The Bahamas government must decide if it will allow five charges against FTX founder SBF to be included in his upcoming US trial.