sam bankman-fried (sbf)

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    25 years jail-time for SBF

    25 years jail-time for SBF FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing billions of dollars from customers, marking the final chapter in a case that has upended the crypto industry. US District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan delivered the sentence in federal court...
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    Bitcoin's growing stability scares off crypto day traders

    Bitcoin's growing stability scares off crypto day traders Between 2013 and 2017, Peter To claims he made more than $1 million by day-trading Bitcoin during its bull runs. While the world’s largest cryptocurrency has rallied in recent weeks, more than doubling from levels after last year’s epic...
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    SBF facing over 100-year jail sentence after guilty verdict

    SBF facing over 100-year jail sentence after guilty verdict Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted of a massive fraud that led to the collapse of his FTX exchange, following a month-long trial that pitted the testimony of the former crypto king against that of some of his closest friends...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    CZ has lost 38% of fortune in 2023

    CZ has lost 38% of fortune in 2023 Sam Bankman-Fried, on trial for fraud in New York, isn’t the only crypto founder feeling the heat. The Bloomberg Billionaires Index slashed its estimate of revenues at crypto exchange Binance by 38% after data showed volumes at the firm declined this year...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    SBF is staying in the tjoekie

    SBF is staying in the tjoekie Sam Bankman-Fried’s request to be released from jail ahead of his Oct. 3 fraud trial was denied by a federal appeals court, hours after he lost a separate ruling that blocks him from calling expert witnesses for his defense. The former FTX co-founder has been...
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    FTX working on reboot plan

    FTX working on reboot plan A plan to reboot a new version of the defunct crypto exchange FTX Group may emerge as soon as next year, potentially injecting a jolt of activity back into a market that’s been largely subdued since the platform’s collapse. More than 75 bidders have been contacted by...
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    Google owner Alphabet is sitting on "too much" cash

    Google owner Alphabet is sitting on "too much" cash Alphabet Inc. is facing a new and, by most accounts, welcome problem — how to spend its rapidly expanding pile of cash. The Google owner generated nearly $29 billion (R549.62 billion) in cash in the second quarter after cutting thousands of...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    SBF says revoking his bail would violate his free speech rights

    SBF says revoking his bail would violate his free speech rights FTX co-founder Samuel Bankman-Fried claims that revoking his bond and jailing him for speaking with a newspaper reporter would violate his free-speech rights. US prosecutors asked a judge last week to revoke Bankman-Fried’s $250...
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    US charges SBF for bribing Chinese officials

    US charges SBF for bribing Chinese officials Sam Bankman-Fried was charged with bribing Chinese officials, adding a new dimension to the US government’s case against the FTX co-founder. The new charge was unsealed Tuesday in a revised indictment by federal prosecutors in Manhattan. [Bloomberg]
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    Ex-FTX president will share details on company's dealings

    Ex-FTX president will share details on company's dealings Brett Harrison, the former president of collapsed crypto exchange FTX US, said on Twitter that he’ll provide more details in due course on what he knew about the firm. Responding to a question on what he was aware of and when, Harrison...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    FTX customers sue SBF to try and get money back before other creditors

    FTX customers sue SBF to try and get money back before other creditors Customers of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX sued in bankruptcy court in hopes of being first in line to recover some of the billions lost in the meltdown of Sam Bankman-Fried’s digital-asset empire. A group of four FTX...
  13. Jan

    Hedge funds drawn to crypto's next Big Short after FTX reveals cracks

    Viceroy Research, of Steinhoff and Capitec fame, reportedly in crypto's "Big Short" Before Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas and charged with fraud this week, and before the demise of a $60 billion crypto ecosystem decimated digital asset lenders in May, there was the industry’s...
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  14. Jan

    SEC says Bankman-Fried defrauded investors of $1.8 Billion

    Sam Bankman-Fried accused of R31.9-billion fraud Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced co-founder of digital-asset exchange FTX, was accused by US regulators of orchestrating a multi-year fraud against investors — one that helped support his lavish lifestyle. Bankman-Fried, who had been living in...
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  15. Jan

    Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in Bahamas as US files FTX charges

    Sam Bankman-Fried arrested Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced co-founder of digital-asset exchange FTX, was arrested in the Bahamas after the US government filed a criminal indictment, following weeks of speculation that client funds were misused before his empire’s collapse. Bankman-Fried is...
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    Binance benefits big-time from FTX's collapse

    Binance benefits big-time from FTX's collapse Digital-asset exchange Binance Holdings Ltd. saw a substantial boost in trading activity as Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX crypto empire collapsed in November. Trading activity on the largest crypto exchange jumped by 30% last month, when FTX had a...
  17. Jan

    Ovex terminates relationship with FTX for FSP licence

    FTX loses financial services licence access in South Africa South African cryptocurrency market maker Ovex has cancelled and removed FTX as a juristic representative, cutting off the international exchange’s access to its local Financial Service Provider (FSP) licence. “FTX is now unlicensed...
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    • Forum: Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
  18. Jan

    Bitcoin splits from global markets to slide all on its own

    Bitcoin investment narrative frays The distress spread across cryptocurrencies by the meltdown of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX is fracturing the link the tokens once had with other financial assets, a sign that Bitcoin’s influence on global markets may be diminishing. Bitcoin dropped 23% last week...
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    • Forum: Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
  19. Jan

    FTX Latest: Police Interview Bankman-Fried; Mystery Outflows

    Police interview FTX founder as R11 billion mysteriously leaves crypto exchange A day after Sam Bankman-Fried’s digital-asset empire filed for Chapter 11 protection, the former crypto mogul was interviewed by Bahamian police and regulators, according to a person familiar with the matter...
    • Jan
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    • Forum: Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
  20. Jan

    FTX latest: BlockFi halt, SEC probe, asset freeze deepen crisis

    Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi halts withdrawals Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the embattled crypto exchange FTX, is being investigated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission for potential violations of securities rules. The Bahamas, where his FTX.com arm is based, froze the assets of a...
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    • Forum: Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
  21. Jan

    The Ballad of FTX and Binance

    High drama as two crypto titans clash — what it means for Ovex, VALR, Luno in South Africa In the cryptocurrency world, it’s called whale games. When two or more large players — “crypto whales” — try to outmanoeuvre each other, the collateral damage doesn’t seem to be a consideration. All that...
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    • Forum: Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
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