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Binance avoided a death sentence—but the slow bleed is yet to come

The long-awaited settlement with the crypto exchange avoided FTX territory.

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Flaw in early Bitcoin wallets shows how much crypto depends on secure code

A new vulnerability in certain old Bitcoin wallets means it's open season for hackers.

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What’s the deal with Hamas and crypto?

Tether, not Bitcoin, seems to be the new global center of gravity for illicit financing networks.

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In D.C., crypto is pivoting to tokenization—if AI doesn’t take the spotlight first

The nation's capital is shifting its tone on digital assets.

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The story behind the story: Why the real star of Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial is the one-man news operation Inner City Press

An SDNY mainstay, Matthew Russell Lee became a Crypto Twitter legend while covering SBF’s trial.

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The Sam Bankman-Fried trial is an indictment of the crypto industry

Blockchain acolytes are trying to pretend that FTX never happened.

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Sam Bankman-Fried makes himself out to be an absentee CEO in new testimony

The FTX cofounder tried to distance himself from the hole in FTX’s balance sheet.

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SBF testifies that while he worked up to 22 hours per day, he was pulled in many directions and wishes he had a ‘better understanding’ of tracking FTX’s assets

SBF ‘word salad’ responses didn’t go over too well in the courtroom.

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Sam Bankman-Fried's performance on the stand shows his twisted moral compass

Sam Bankman-Fried's first day on the stand showed why lawyers say it's typically a bad idea for defendants to testify.

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Crypto has a DeFi problem

The current war in Israel has made terrorist financing through crypto a top priority in D.C.

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$California’s crypto bill reveals the fractured state of digital asset regulation$

California’s crypto bill reveals the fractured state of digital asset regulation

In the absence of federal action, states are leading the way on oversight—including new legislation out of California.

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Everything we learned from week 1 of Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial

Cofounder Gary Wang and venture capitalist Matt Huang have already taken the stand.

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The White House's top crypto critic departed. What does that mean for a stablecoin bill?

Senior aide Bharat Ramamurti established himself as one of the top economic voices in the Biden administration.

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Crypto's advocate at the CFTC still has doubts about DeFi

Even CFTC Commissioner Summer Mersinger has her reservations about decentralization and liability.

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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial starts in two weeks. Here’s a preview

The SBF trial is set to be one of the most important cases in history for a venture capital-backed startup.

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Did Sam Bankman-Fried's mother enable the FTX straw donor scheme?

A new lawsuit alleged that Sam Bankman-Fried's mother was instrumental to campaign finance violations.

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The U.S. Senate is getting sick of crypto

Lawmakers are moving on to the next shiny object: AI.

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Inside Circle's tumultuous attempt to build the future of money

Why is the USDC developer losing to Tether?

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Crypto keeps picking the worst champions

The Department of Justice filed charges against the creators of a crypto mixing service last week.

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Beware of pig butchering. Romance and investment crypto scams are on the rise, says Binance

How to watch out for the growing scheme.

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The new Coinbase blockchain is rife with scam tokens. Who should be responsible?

Fraud is part of any decentralized system, but should regulators step in?

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The surprising reason behind the recent influx of Ether futures ETF applications

Inside the recent "sea change" from the SEC, which could lead to a new type of crypto asset.

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Katie Haun was crypto’s biggest star—until she went dark

The prosecutor turned VC was everywhere until the crypto collapse. What has she been doing?

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How VC Katie Haun weathered the crypto market collapse

She raised the largest-ever debut fund for a female VC—then immediately confronted a market collapse.

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Whatever happened to Katie Haun and her $1.5 billion crypto fund?

The former prosecutor-turned-VC launched a $1.5 billion crypto firm right before the industry blew up. Here’s how it’s going a year later.

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