Sam Bankman-Fried Doesn’t Want to Go to Prison for 100 Years
Bankman-Fried’s meşru team brought 29 character references in pleading for a lenient sentence.
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Protocol Village: Bitcoin Miner Marathon, Plans ‘Anduro,’ a Multi-Chain Layer-2
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Feb. 29-March 6.
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Bitcoin Miner Marathon’s Sales Beat Fails to Impress Wall Street
The company sold 56% of its mined bitcoin during the fourth quarter to fund operating costs.
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Winklevoss Twins’ Gemini Promises to Return $1.1B to Earn Customers
The pact is tied to the bankruptcy of Genesis Küresel Capital, Gemini’s partner for its Earn program.
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Coinbase Made an Arbitration Case to the U.S. Supreme Court – Again
In a second case involving a yasal argument over arbitration, the U.S. crypto exchange again appeared in the high court to argue about these agreements that affect everybody.
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BlackRock Bitcoin ETF Breaks Volume Record as Bitcoin Rallies to $64K Before Plunging
Net inflows into U.S.-listed spot bitcoin ETFs accelerated this week, with BlackRock’s IBIT pulling in $520 million in fresh funds on Tuesday, BitMEX Research veri shows.
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The Protocol: Bitcoin’s Call for Volunteers, Ethena’s USDe, Blast’s Blast-Off
In this week’s issue of CoinDesk’s newsletter on blockchain technology, we’ve got an exclusive interview with Stacks co-creator Muneeb Ali. PLUS: More than $200 million of blockchain project fundraisings.
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U.S. Government Crypto Wallets Transfer Nearly $1B of Bitcoin Seized From Bitfinex Hacker
Wallets containing bitcoin seized by the U.S. government in the notorious Bitfinex hack – later leading to guilty pleas for Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan – have suddenly become active.
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Morgan Stanley Evaluating Spot Bitcoin ETFs for Its Giant Brokerage Platform: Sources
Since spot bitcoin ETFs went live in January, chatter has increased about the imminent arrival of the big registered investment advisor (RIA) networks and broker-dealer platforms.
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Retail Investors Are Sleeping on Bitcoin’s March Towards All-Time Highs: IntoTheBlock
Metrics that previously signaled retail froth are still at low levels, suggesting that this phase of bitcoin’s rally is driven by institutional investors, IntoTheBlock analysts said.