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SBF Is Going to Prison for 25 Years

A judge sentenced Bankman-Fried to a quarter century after a brief hearing.

Mar 29, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
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Mar 21, 2024 at 9:51 p.m. UTC

Solana Foundation Says It Can Filter Through the Offensive Meme Coin Problem

Panelists at a BUIDL Asia summit argue racist meme coins can be handled with a filter.

Mar 29, 2024 at 12:43 p.m. UTC

Craig Wright Assets Frozen by UK Judge to Prevent Him Evading Court Costs

Judge James Mellor found earlier this month that Wright was not, as he'd claimed, Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto.

Mar 29, 2024 at 11:35 a.m. UTC

Ethena’s Prelaunch Futures Surge 22% as ENA Token Is Set to Go Live Next Week

The price surge implied that the token could debut with a market cap of over $500 million.

Mar 29, 2024 at 6:32 a.m. UTC

Call of Duty Cheaters Allegedly Lose Their Bitcoin as Hackers Target Gamers With Malware

The malware has already impacted hundreds of thousands of players and the numbers are still growing, as per malware market informer @vxunderground.

Mar 29, 2024 at 6:40 a.m. UTC

Sam Bankman-Fried Sentencing: U.S. Attorney Damian Williams' Statement

"As a result of his unprecedented fraud, Bankman-Fried faces 25 years in prison, forfeiture of over a billion dollars and restitution to his victims."

Mar 28, 2024 at 5:10 p.m. UTC

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Mar 29, 2024
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Mar 29, 2024
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Envisioning AI With Sight and What Happened to the Metaverse?

Cathy Hackl, explores the metaverse's rapid development, the merging of our digital and physical realities and how AI is reshaping our interactions.

Mar 28, 2024
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How Gitcoin 2.0 Could Someday Help Reward People for Doing Good

Gitcoin 2.0 will transform Gitcoin into a decentralized protocol that makes it easy for communities to allocate capital.

Mar 27, 2024
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Bitcoin L2s Are Poised to Break Out, Stacks Creator Muneeb Ali Says

“Bitcoin is not going to change much,” says Ali. “Layer 2s are innovative and open to making rapid changes. After a while, it becomes part of their culture.”

Mar 18, 2024
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ZK Rollups For Bitcoin Miners

Orkun Kılıç, co-founder of Chainway Labs, joins The Mining Pod at ETH Denver to break down why ZK Rollups could be the future scaling technique best for Bitcoin miners.

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Craig Wright heading to COPA trial on March 1  (Camomile Shumba/CoinDesk)

Craig Wright Assets Frozen by UK Judge to Prevent Him Evading Court Costs

Judge James Mellor found earlier this month that Wright was not, as he'd claimed, Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto.

Mar 29, 2024
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SBF Is Going to Prison for 25 Years

A judge sentenced Bankman-Fried to a quarter century after a brief hearing.

Mar 29, 2024
(Stephanie Keith/Getty Images/Modified by CoinDesk)

Sam Bankman-Fried Sentencing: U.S. Attorney Damian Williams' Statement

"As a result of his unprecedented fraud, Bankman-Fried faces 25 years in prison, forfeiture of over a billion dollars and restitution to his victims."

Mar 28, 2024
Sam Bankman-Fried, middle, walks into court on Aug. 11, 2023. (Victor Chen/CoinDesk)

Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison

The former FTX CEO was convicted of seven counts of fraud and conspiracy in November, a year after the once-giant cryptocurrency exchange collapsed.

Mar 28, 2024
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Recapping FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried's Trial

Bankman-Fried's sentencing kicks off in a few hours.

Mar 28, 2024
FATF President T. Raja Kumar addressing a press conference in Paris, France, in October 2022. (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)

Fewer Than 30% of Jurisdictions Globally Have Started Regulating Crypto: FATF Chief

The finding, termed a "call to action" by T. Raja Kumar, emerged from a report that explored which jurisdictions have adhered to the FATF's recommendations.

Mar 28, 2024