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Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested in the Bahamas at the request of US government prosecutors who have filed criminal charges against the disgraced crypto entrepreneur. Bahamian attorney-general Ryan Pinder said the country’s police force had taken Bankman-Fried into custody after receiving “formal notification” from the US government that it had filed criminal charges and was
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Building trust and reputation for brands can take years. This was the common thrust from representatives fromtrading-focused tools and platforms who spoke aboutBuilding Durable Fintech Brands That Last at the 2022 Benzinga Global Fintech Deal Day. Concerns Facing Brands: Despite being around for 10 years, TradingView faced a challengewith its reputation not being established. A
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San Francisco-based payments company Stripe announced on Thursday that it is rolling out a service that makes it easier for Web3 companies to accept payments in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin BTC/USD . What Happened: According to Stripe, it is offering a widget, which can be embedded directly into a decentralized exchange (DEX), non-fungible token (NFT) platform,
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Microsoft has agreed to buy a £1.5bn stake in London Stock Exchange Group as part of a 10-year strategic partnership between the US software company and the 300-year-old UK exchange. The deal, announced on Monday, marks the latest tie-up between finance and Big Tech. In November, Google invested $1bn in Chicago-based CME as part of
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren(D-Mass.),Sen.John Kennedy(R-La.) andSen.Roger Marshall(R-Kan.) have questioned cryptocurrency-friendly bankSilvergate Capital CorpSI aboutits possible involvementin enabling transfers between the now-bankruptFTXFTT/USD and its sister company,Alameda Research. What Happened: After FTX declared bankruptcy, allegations were made that its former CEO,Sam Bankman-Fried, had moved considerable amounts of customers' money from the trading platform to Alameda, a firm that
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Fintech has not only changed the way we do business, but how we lead our daily lives. Millions of times every day, Americans use fintech apps like Venmo and Zelle to send money straight from their phones, or Paypal and TorFxto conduct business transactions. Today, there are more than 26,000 fintech companies worldwide, including the
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