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Binance Prepared to Pay Fines From US Regulators To Settle ‘Past Conduct’: WSJ
As U.S. regulators continue to sniff around Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange is prepared to pay monetary penalties to “make amends” for past regulatory violations, according to The Wall Street Journal. The world’s largest crypto exchange has been under extra scrutiny since the collapse of rival exchange FTX. CoinDesk Global Policy & Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De discusses what this means for Binance and crypto regulation at large.
FTX’s Bahamas Unit Commingled Client, Corporate Funds, Liquidators Say
FTX Digital had bank accounts with a balance of $219 million, according to a PriceWaterhouseCoopers report.
US Prosecutors Ask Judge to 'Prohibit' Bankman-Fried From Using Phones, Internet
Sam Bankman-Fried had allegedly used a VPN to watch football games.
Sam Bankman-Fried's Bond Co-Signers Revealed; Bitcoin Hashrate Hits 300 EH/s Mark
Stanford University's Andreas Paepcke and Larry Kramer were revealed to be former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's bond co-signers. Bankman-Fried's parents are both Stanford instructors. Paepcke is a senior research scientist while Kramer is a former dean of Stanford Law School. Separately, computing power on the bitcoin network, or hashrate, reached 300.65 exahash per second (EH/s) Wednesday as miners got some breathing room amid a bitcoin price rebound and a decline in energy prices.
Stanford Research Director, Former Dean Revealed to Be Bankman-Fried's Bond Signers
Bankman-Fried has two co-signers in addition to his parents.
FTX Transferred $7.7B From Bahamian Estate to US Units Ahead of Bankruptcy Filing, Court Told
Representatives for FTX said whether assets belong in the Bahamian estate or in the U.S. estate remain open issues.
FTX Aims to Claw Back $400M From a JPMorgan Account: Report
FTX company insiders, including Sam Bankman-Fried, former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison, Bankman-Fried's father Joseph Bankman, Gary Wang and Nishad Singh have been served subpoenas by bankruptcy administrators. This comes as FTX's new leadership is trying to claw back $400 million from a little-known hedge fund investment, according to a report from the New York Times. CoinDesk regulatory reporter Amitoj Singh weighs in on the latest FTX developments.
Judge Denies Appointment of Independent Examiner in FTX Bankruptcy
Delaware bankruptcy court judge sided with the bankrupt crypto exchange and said there is no need to appoint an examiner to conduct "yet another costly investigation that would slow the progress" of the case.
FTX Attempts to Claw Back Donations
Host Joel Flynn takes a deep dive into whether ordinary depositors can get their funds back from FTX. That story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."
FTX Seeks to Reclaim $400M From a JPMorgan Account: New York Times
The funds, invested in a hedge fund called Modulo, were converted into cash and are sitting in an interest-bearing account.
