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Melinda Gates backs Biden in first-ever endorsement, while Winklevoss twins back ‘pro-crypto’ Trump
Philanthropist Melinda French Gates has given Democratic incumbent Joe Biden her first ever presidential endorsement, citing his support for reproductive rights among other issues. Gates this year…
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SBF’s top FTX executive Ryan Salame sentenced to nearly 8 years in prison
Ryan Salame, one of Sam Bankman-Fried’s top deputies at FTX, was sentenced to nearly eight years in prison — exceeding…
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Ether ETF gets surprise approval from regulators in boost for crypto
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday approved applications from Nasdaq, CBOE and NYSE to list exchange-traded funds tied to…
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Two Chinese nationals arrested in $73M ‘pig butchering’ crypto scam
US authorities charged two Chinese nationals in a cryptocurrency scam that laundered at least $73 million from defrauded victims, the…
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MIT-educated brothers allegedly stole $25M in crypto in just 12 seconds
Two brothers who studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were arrested on Wednesday on US charges that they carried…
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Sam Bankman-Fried says rice is ‘one of the currencies’ behind bars
Sam Bankman-Fried has swapped crypto for a new kind of currency behind bars: bags of rice. The disgraced FTX founder…
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Robinhood warns feds could penalize firm over crypto tokens traded on platform
Retail trading platform Robinhood Markets said Monday it received an enforcement action notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission on May…
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Feds probing financial transactions at Jack Dorsey’s Square, Cash App: report
US prosecutors are examining financial transactions at Jack Dorsey’s Block, NBC News reported Wednesday, citing two people with direct knowledge of the…
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‘Bitcoin Jesus’ Roger Ver cheated US out of $48M in taxes
An American-born cryptocurrency investor dubbed “Bitcoin Jesus” was charged with cheating Uncle Sam out of $48 million taxes, the Justice…
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