Sam Bankman-Fried: ‘I didn’t steal funds, and I certainly didn’t stash billions away’The former FTX leader denied any involvement regarding the allegations that Alameda had used FTX customer funds and said he was pressured into naming John Ray as CEO.Jan 12, 2023Turner Wright
Breaking: DCG owes creditors over $3B, considering $500M VC portfolio saleCrypto broker Genesis allegedly owes $900 million to clients of cryptocurrency exchange Gemini.Jan 12, 2023Zhiyuan Sun
Jack Ma surrenders control of fintech giant Ant GroupAfter founding Ant Group in 2014, Chinese billionaire Jack Ma is now ceding control of the company as part of Ant’s corporate structure changes.Jan 12, 2023Helen Partz
3 reasons why Avalanche (AVAX) price can double by March 2023The latest AVAX price rally comes on the heels of Avalanche’s partnership with Amazon Web Services as the cryptocurrency market rebounds.Jan 12, 2023Yashu Gola
‘FTX was not crypto’ — DeFi Dad sets the record straight Tune in to the third episode of Hashing It Out, where Cointelegraph’s Elisha Owusu Akyaw discusses the evolution of decentralized finance with Fourth Revolution Capital investor, DeFi Dad.Jan 12, 2023Elisha Owusu Akyaw
Illicit crypto transactions reached all-time highs in 2022: ReportThe abnormal number of illicit transactions is caused by the equally record-breaking scale of international sanctions.Jan 12, 2023David Attlee
Nexo offices reportedly raided by police in BulgariaInvestigators have alleged that Nexo is involved in money laundering and violating global financial sanctions against Russia.Jan 12, 2023Helen Partz
NFT gaming trends in 2023: Industry execs expect more big players to jump inFrom more gaming companies jumping in to the relevance of popular concepts, various industry pros shared their insights on upcoming NFT gaming trends.Jan 12, 2023Ezra Reguerra
13% of BTC supply returns to profit as Bitcoin sees ‘massive’ accumulationThe significance of Bitcoin’s weeks-long trading range is all the more apparent with BTC price at a one-month high, according to analytics firm Glassnode.Jan 12, 2023William Suberg
Samsung investment arm to launch Bitcoin Futures ETF amid rising crypto interestHong Kong investors can now gain exposure to Bitcoin through Samsung’s new ETF listing, which launches on Jan. 13.Jan 12, 2023Joe Hall
Nigeria revisits its payments landscape amid sluggish eNaira adoption The Nigerian central bank has outlined key focus areas for its national payments system in a two-year roadmap leading up to 2025.Jan 12, 2023Gareth Jenkinson
Scam alert: MetaMask warns crypto users about address poisoningThe scammers will use wallet addresses generated from vanity address generators and match the first and last characters of their victim’s wallet address.Jan 12, 2023Ezra Reguerra
Bitcoin mining ETF tops equity ETF market in new year’s performance chartsAfter a tumultuous year, Bitcoin mining ETFs are back in the leading positions on performance charts for the first month of 2023.Jan 12, 2023Prashant Jha
Play-to-earn falling out of favor after ‘massive shift in priority’ — BGA surveyGameplay improvements will be the biggest driver of blockchain gaming adoption in 2023, according to a survey from the Blockchain Gaming Alliance.Jan 12, 2023Ciaran Lyons
Nifty News: ‘Degen’ season returns with feet NFTs, disappointing Game of Thrones NFTs and moreFoot fetishists and crypto degens have taken an interest in an NFT collection boasting 10,000 unique pixelated trotters with over $1 million in trading volume.Jan 12, 2023Brayden Lindrea
Gary Gensler finds new audience for his crypto skepticism: the US ArmyThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chair called crypto "the Wild West" and urged troops not to “get caught up in the FOMO.”Jan 12, 2023Jesse Coghlan
Judge slams senators’ letter against FTX lawyers as ‘inappropriate’Bankruptcy judge John Dorsey called the bipartisan letter “inappropriate,” and says he won’t take it into account in his decision for an independent examiner.Jan 12, 2023Luke Huigsloot
Uphold exchange denies owing millions to failed crypto lender CredCred sued Uphold in June over a jointly promoted crypto yield product called CredEarn.Jan 12, 2023Martin Young
FTX customers names will remain sealed for now, rules judgeThe decision comes after a Jan. 8 filing by FTX’s lawyers, who argued that public disclosure could create an undue risk of identity theft or unlawful injury to FTX creditors.Jan 12, 2023Brayden Lindrea
El Salvador passes landmark crypto bill, paving way for Bitcoin-backed bondsThe “Digital Asset Issuance” legislation will also create a regulatory body and establish a legal framework for all digital assets.Jan 12, 2023Luke Huigsloot
Bitcoin surges above $18K to cap 8-day winning streakThe last time Bitcoin saw such a long streak of green candles was July 2021, during the height of the pandemic.Jan 12, 2023Jesse Coghlan
From Bernie Madoff to Bankman-Fried, Bitcoin maximalists have been validatedThe parallels between Sam Bankman-Fried and Bernie Madoff are ample. On the bright side, both men highlighted the fact that Bitcoin maximalists are immune to Ponzi schemes.Jan 12, 2023Dr. Riste Simnjanovski & Kenneth Minesinger
Ooki DAO misses lawsuit response deadline, default judgment on the cardsThe commodities regulator has begun the process of getting a court ruling on the Ooki DAO case after the latter failed to respond to the lawsuit by the deadline.Jan 12, 2023Jesse Coghlan
Miami-Dade gains right to remove FTX name from Heat arena County officials agreed in 2021 to rename the Miami Heat’s arena “FTX Arena” until 2040, in return for $135 million from the now-bankrupt crypto exchange.Jan 11, 2023Ana Paula Pereira
Ava Labs partners with AWS to offer one-click node deploymentOther new features include a subnet deployment service and GovCloud integration for compliance-friendly DappsJan 11, 2023Tom Blackstone
Silvergate hit with another class-action suit, this time for securities law violations According to allegations, the company and its executives knowingly misled investors with positive statements despite accusations involving money laundering and tanking share prices.Jan 11, 2023Derek Andersen
Price analysis 1/11: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, MATIC, DOT, LTC, UNIBitcoin and altcoins are extending their rally and traders are hopeful that the gains will push higher after this week’s Consumer Price Index data is released.Jan 11, 2023Rakesh Upadhyay
Bitcoin miner Northern Data says production increased by 315% Y/Y in 2022 According to Northern Data AG, it generated a total of 2,798 BTC in the fiscal year 2022.Jan 11, 2023Judith BannermanQuist
China’s central bank includes digital yuan in report on currency circulationThe 13.61 billion e-CNY represented roughly 0.13% of the 10.47 trillion yuan in circulation at the end of 2022.Jan 11, 2023Turner Wright
Touch and smell comes to the metaverse, Nifty Newsletter, Jan 4–10A cybersecurity firm warned users of a fake Pokemon NFT game that spreads malware and targets gamers.Jan 11, 2023Ezra Reguerra