Collapsed crypto exchange FTX looks to claw back Bankman-Fried’s political donations December 20, 2022 The collapsed crypto exchange FTX is looking to claw back the hefty political donations made by its founder Sam Bankman-Fried as its new management team tries to recover customers’ cash and repay a long list of creditors. In a statement today, the firm said it had been approached by a number of recipients of “contributions [...]
Meet the man fixing fraud with crypto as his sidekick December 20, 2022 Dan Sutherland, founder of 'Self', discusses his quarter of a century in technology and how a love for blockchain has changed everything.
The Metaversal Evolution Will Not Be Centralized December 20, 2022 Crypto fuels the metaverse Traditional fiat has and always will be devalued by central banks. It is only a matter of time before the Fed moves from QE-lite to full blown QE, spurred by another crisis. This is why crypto which acts as fuel for the metaverse is so important. The metaverse is simply communication [...]
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried agrees to US extradition in major U-turn December 20, 2022 The disgraced founder of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, has agreed to be extradited to the US from Bahamas where he faces a slew of fraud and conspiracy charges from federal prosecutors.
Blockchains are changing the way you buy your home December 19, 2022 Blockchains are changing the way you buy your home – blockchain technology has already been successfully used for a number of years in Australia by a company called PEXA, which has recorded over 11million property transactions. The same firm has recently set its sights on the UK to revolutionise the way that mortgages are handled [...]
Binance Deals With ‘Stress Test’ as Crypto Market Leverage Drops, FTX Founder is Charged December 19, 2022 Data from CryptoCompare shows that the price of Bitcoin started this past week moving up steadily from around $17,000 to a high above the $18,000 mark, before it quickly collapsed and dropped to $16,500. Ethereum’s ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, traded in a similar way, seeing a high of $1,350 after starting the [...]
Crypto exclusive: Nexo users do not have ‘unfettered’ right to withdraw holdings, exchange says December 19, 2022 Crypto exchange Nexo has said its customers do not have the “unfettered” right to withdraw their cryptocurrencies from its platform, as it seeks to defend itself from a High Court lawsuit. Instead, Nexo said its customers only have the right to “request” withdrawals, as the exchange said it retains the right to reject any customer [...]
Liz Truss, Bill Hwang and Elon Musk: The 2022 awards you don’t want to win December 18, 2022 We started the year with Boris Johnson in Downing Street and optimism for a Covid-19 rebound. It didn’t quite turn out that way – and here’s our pick of the best of the best (or worst of the worst) of 2022… THE MUM OF THE YEAR AWARD This year hasn’t been smooth sailing for e-commerce retail [...]
London payment firm launches Banking-as-a-Service solution on Advcash December 16, 2022 Fintech infrastructure firm, Mercuryo has partnered with payment platform Advcash to offer its customers access to virtual IBANs for EU and UK residents.
Auditor Mazars halts work with Binance December 16, 2022 Mazars has ceased work on providing proof-of-reserves statements with Binance, Crypto.com and other crypto firms.