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At this point, you have probably absorbed, directly and indirectly, more than enough information on Web3s disgraced hero, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) and his currently insolvent businesses, FTX FTT/USD and its sister company, quantitative trading firm Alameda Research. Yet the story continues to unfold well beyond the investigations underway by the US Securities and Exchange Commission
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If youre nuts about fintech, are new to the industry or even a seasoned pro, youll want to join the more than 1,000 attendees expected at this years Benzinga Fintech Deal Day & Awards. Make critical connections with successful fintech leaders. Meet more fintech business leaders in oneday than you would in a year. Its
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Through the first week of November 2022, the Web Summit, hosted in Lisbon, Portugal, brought together over 70,000 technology-focused attendees from across the globe. Perspectives on the opportunities and challenges facing business, innovation, and government were discussed. Beyond speaking engagements, the Web Summit featured pitch competitions and afterparties, with one featuringDJsDavid Guetta and Armin Van
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President Joe Bidens administrationhas called for stronger regulatory controls over Bitcoin BTC/USD and other cryptocurrenciesin response to the scandal, potential fraud, and money lost through the collapse of Sam Bankman-Frieds FTX FTT/USD exchange and sister company, quantitative investment firm Alameda. White House Press SecretaryKarine Jean-Pierresaid, Without proper oversight, crypto risks harming everyday Americans, so this
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Edwin Dorsey, a 24-year-old investing maven and author of the weekly newsletter, The Bear Cave, recently posted on Twitter that institutional trading platform, FalconX would no longer be using Silvergate Exchange Network (SEN). Dorsey shared a communication that appears to be from FalconX to its customers. The message stated: Out of an abundance of caution
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Through the first week of November 2022, the Web Summit, hosted in Lisbon, Portugal, brought together over 70,000 technology-focused attendees from across the globe. Perspectives on the opportunities and challenges facing business, innovation, and government were discussed. Beyond speaking engagements, the Web Summit featured pitch competitions and afterparties, with one featuringDJsDavid Guetta and Armin Van
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Risk appetite has perked up in the financial markets amid hopes of a Fed pivot. Cryptocurrencies, however, have been lagging, with the exception of a few coins. Dogecoin DOGE/USD was an outperformer among the top cryptocurrencies this week. What Happened: Doge started Mondays session around $0.077 and remained largely bound under the $0.082 level until
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The legal challenges facing the Biden administration over its student loan forgiveness program is leaving borrowers in limbo as the White House is now forced to halt administering the program until the Supreme Court rules on the matter. Spirits among advocates were high when the program was announced in August, when Biden promised $10,000 in
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On Friday, Kris Marszalek, CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com,announced that he would share a full audited proof of reserve. The dashboard view of the Crypto.com reserve, provided by Nansen, showed that over 20% of the exchanges reserve was held in Shiba InuSHIB/USD tokens, a speculative Eth-based meme coin. However, after reviewing the shared data, Twitter
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If youre nuts about fintech, are new to the industry or even a seasoned pro, youll want to join the more than 1,000 attendees expected at this years Benzinga Fintech Deal Day & Awards. Make critical connections with successful fintech leaders. Meet more fintech business leaders in oneday than you would in a year. Its
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