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Rep. Ritchie Torres on New FTX CEO Testimony: We Appreciated His Bluntness

U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) discusses his take on new FTX CEO John J. Ray III's testimony before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee Tuesday. "He spoke carefully...he was careful not to weigh in on crypto at large."

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Sam Bankman-Fried Denied Bail in the Bahamas

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and former CEO of crypto exchange FTX, will be remanded into custody after a Bahamas judge ruled he should be denied bail on Tuesday. CoinDesk Global Policy and Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De discusses the latest developments in FTX's collapse.

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Opinion

Understanding the Charges Brought Against Sam Bankman-Fried

The SEC, CFTC and DOJ treat the FTX founder as an ambitious and calculating criminal.

FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Sam Bankman-Fried Is a 'Pathological Liar': US Congressman After FTX Hearing

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried tweeted that the crypto exchange was "fine" on Nov. 7, then subsequently deleted the statement. Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.), who was in the room at Tuesday's House Financial Committee hearing on the FTX collapse, says Bankman-Fried "misled the public, he lied."

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The Congressional Probe of the FTX Collapse Begins

Bankrupt FTX's new CEO John J. Ray III describes the exchange as an ‘old-fashioned embezzlement.’ That story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

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Tech

Binance Founder ‘CZ’ Insists We Can Trust His Crypto Exchange – but Can We?

After the arrest of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, some users fear that exchange behemoth Binance will be the next crypto domino to fall.

Founder and CEO of Binance crypto exchange Changpeng "CZ" Zhao in Italy, May 2022. (Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)

Finance

Bankman-Fried Lawsuits Expose FTX's 'Special Treatment' of Alameda Research

Sam Bankman-Fried’s “personal piggy bank” Alameda Research was deeply intertwined with his exchange, FTX.

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U.S. Attorney for SDNY Announces Charges Against Sam Bankman-Fried

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was charged in an 8 count indictment that includes allegations of fraud, money laundering, and campaign finance offenses. Plus, in testimony before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, new FTX CEO John J. Ray III said FTX embezzled customer funds.

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Bitcoin Above $17K as US CPI Report Shows Slower-Than-Expected November Inflation

Verified Investing Crypto Chief Market Strategist Gareth Soloway discusses his outlook for the crypto markets as bitcoin (BTC) jumped above $17,000 after the U.S. consumer price index (CPI) report revealed inflation slowed more than expected. Plus, the impact of Sam Bankman-Fried's arrest and the continued fallout of FTX.

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