State of Crypto

What to Expect from Sam Bankman-Fried's Court Appearance
What to Expect from Sam Bankman-Fried's Court Appearance
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is expected to plead not guilty to eight different charges at his arraignment in New York, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Co...
What to Expect from Sam Bankman-Fried's Court Appearance

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FTX, Congress, Stablecoins: What 2023 May Bring for Crypto Regulations
CoinDesk’s policy team predicts the issues and topics that may take center stage over the next 12 months.
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Bahamian Regulator Takes Custody Of $3.5 Billion in FTX Customer Assets
Bahamian Regulator Takes Custody Of $3.5 Billion in FTX Customer Assets
The Securities Commission of The Bahamas has taken custody of FTX deposits valued at more than $3.5 billion as of Nov. 12, according to a media release published late Thursday...
Bahamian Regulator Takes Custody Of $3.5 Billion in FTX Customer Assets

Alameda Research Sold Ether-Based Token Holdings for Bitcoin Over Past 24 Hours: On-Chain Data
Alameda Research Sold Ether-Based Token Holdings for Bitcoin Over Past 24 Hours: On-Chain Data
Millions of dollars worth of tokens held by Sam Bankman-Fried’s embattled trading unit Alameda Research were liquidated and ultimately exchanged for bitcoin Wednesday as the f...
Alameda Research Sold Ether-Based Token Holdings for Bitcoin Over Past 24 Hours: On-Chain Data

Mango Markets Exploiter Arrested in Puerto Rico on Fraud Charges
Mango Markets Exploiter Arrested in Puerto Rico on Fraud Charges
Avraham Eisenberg, the crypto investor who drained DeFi trading platform Mango Markets of crypto worth $110 million, was arrested Monday in Puerto Rico on charges of commoditi...
Mango Markets Exploiter Arrested in Puerto Rico on Fraud Charges

Crypto Miner Argo Blockchain Requests 24 Hour Trading Halt for US Shares
Crypto Miner Argo Blockchain Requests 24 Hour Trading Halt for US Shares
Argo Blockchain, a crypto miner whose shares trade on the London Stock Exchange (ARB) and Nasdaq (ARBK), said it requested a 24-hour suspension of U.S. trading. CoinDesk Globa...
Crypto Miner Argo Blockchain Requests 24 Hour Trading Halt for US Shares

Why FTX Investors’ Loss Is Wall Street Lawyers’ Gain
Why FTX Investors’ Loss Is Wall Street Lawyers’ Gain
Attorneys are charging upwards of $2,000 an hour and $12 million retainers as they attempt to restore funds to the million-odd creditors of crypto exchange FTX. CoinDesk Regul...
Why FTX Investors’ Loss Is Wall Street Lawyers’ Gain

Quadriga Fintech Solutions CEO and founder Gerald William Cotten (Quadriga CX)
QuadrigaCX Has Had an Improbable Week
Back in February 2019, EY revealed it had accidentally sent over 100 bitcoin (BTC) to what it described as Quadriga’s cold wallets, which it could not access. And now these co...
Quadriga Fintech Solutions CEO and founder Gerald William Cotten (Quadriga CX)

Alameda’s Caroline Ellison, FTX's Gary Wang Plead Guilty to DOJ Fraud Charges
Alameda’s Caroline Ellison, FTX's Gary Wang Plead Guilty to DOJ Fraud Charges
Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and FTX co-founder Gary Wang pleaded guilty to criminal charges tied to FTX's collapse, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams announced We...
Alameda’s Caroline Ellison, FTX's Gary Wang Plead Guilty to DOJ Fraud Charges

Bitcoin Addresses Tied to Quadrigacx Wake Up
Bitcoin Addresses Tied to Quadrigacx Wake Up
More than 100 bitcoins tied to the defunct Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX were transferred out of cold wallets after sitting dormant for more than three years. CoinDesk G...
Bitcoin Addresses Tied to Quadrigacx Wake Up