David Yaffe-Bellany
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Prosecutors Detail Evidence Against Sam Bankman-Fried
In a filing, prosecutors laid out the evidence they plan to use to convict the founder of the failed crypto exchange FTX, who faces trial...
Crypto’s Next Craze? Orbs That Scan Your Eyeballs.
Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, has started Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency project that aims to scan billions of human irises.
Crypto Industry Secures Early Victory in Legal Battle With Regulators
A judge ruled that the sale of the cryptocurrency XRP on public exchanges did not violate securities law.
In Sam Bankman-Fried Case, U.S. Withdraws New Charges
Prosecutors said they were willing to proceed to trial in October without pursuing charges they filed against Mr. Bankman-Fried after he was extradited from the...
What Do Binance.US’s New Rules on Trading Dollars Mean for Customers?
The company said that it would no longer allow trades with U.S. dollars on its platform. Customers were urged to withdraw funds by Tuesday.
Founders of Three Arrows, Failed Crypto Fund, Are Living Large
The implosion of Three Arrows Capital, a cryptocurrency hedge fund, devastated the industry. Its two founders spent the next year surfing, meditating and traveling the...
Binance Halts Trading in Dollars on Binance.US
Banks have signaled that they will stop working with the company’s American branch, it said, after the Securities and Exchange Commission sued it this week.
Crypto Firms Start Looking Abroad as U.S. Cracks Down
As the country becomes one of the world’s strictest crypto regulators, companies are exploring plans to expand internationally and possibly leave entirely.
The Crypto Detectives Are Cleaning Up
Early adopters thought cryptocurrencies would be free from prying eyes. But tracking the flow of funds has become a big business.
Has Bitcoin Benefited From the Banking Crisis? Not in the Way Its Fans Hoped.
Bitcoin’s price has soared since banks failed this month, but there’s little evidence that the surge is being driven by investors treating the virtual currency...