Christian Nwobodo

Journalist CryptoSlate

Christian is a crypto-curious nerd who loves to investigate how protocols work under the hood. Christian is interested in DeFi protocol research, token economics, and on-chain analytics.

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Total Articles 358

Since Jul 2022

Last Active Mar 3, 2023

Primary Beat Regulation

Christian Nwobodo Recent Articles

Bankruptcy

What to expect from FTX’s second bankruptcy hearing today; LedgerX sale, doxing creditors, custody of funds

A part of the bankruptcy agenda stated that the FTX debtors are no longer seeking to keep the record sealed. Consequently, information on FTX creditors is likely to be doxed.

4 years ago

Exchanges

Coinbase creates self-service recovery of unsupported ERC-20 tokens sent to exchange

Coinbase users will need to provide the Ethereum transaction ID (TXID) of the lost asset and their Coinbase address, to recover their lost assets without exposing their private keys.

4 years ago

Banking

New York authority lays out conditions for banks to offer crypto-related services

New York regulated banks will need to inform the Department of Financial Services about their intentions to offer crypto services at least 90 days before their commencement.

4 years ago

Regulation

Incoming FCA Chair Ashley Alder says crypto firms facilitate money laundering

Ashley Alder said that crypto firms looking to do business in the U.K. will face strict regulations after his administration takes over in February 2023.

4 years ago

Regulation

Pro-crypto Congressman Tom Emmer looks to reintroduce bill to protect non-custodial blockchain service providers

Congressman Tom Emmer's Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act seeks to protect non-custodial blockchain service providers from registering as money transmitters.

4 years ago

DAOs

SushiSwap Head Chef discloses $5.2M budget for DAO operation in 2023

Over 80% of SushiSwap's $5.2 million budget was allocated to salaries, with its top contributors earning up to $500,000 annually.

4 years ago

Regulation

Congressman Tom Emmer alleges SEC Chairman Gensler was aware of FTX fraud

Tom Emmer said Gary Gensler will be held accountable, for holding several meetings with the founder of an exchange that the SEC deemed fraudulent.

4 years ago

Crime

US authority alleges that SBF donated to politicians using other people’s name

Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested by the Bahamas authority on Dec. 12 and set to face trials in the U.S. for crimes including money laundering and wired fraud.

4 years ago

Bankruptcy

SBF allegedly worked with Bahamas government to mint millions of FTX tokens

FTX's legal team claimed that the Bahamas authority worked closely with SBF to mint FTX tokens worth millions of dollars, which were transferred to the government on Nov. 12.

4 years ago

Legal

CFTC suing SBF, FTX and Alameda for commodities law violations

The CFTC claims in its complaint that SBF ordered FTX executives to create features in the exchange's code that allowed Alameda to have "an essentially unlimited line of credit on FTX."

4 years ago

Trading

Hong Kong Stock Exchange to list CSOP Asset Management’s Bitcoin, Ethereum ETF

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong has approved CSOP's application to list its Bitcoin and Ethereum Futures ETF on the HSE on Dec. 16.

4 years ago

DAOs

Courts orders the CFTC to serve lawsuit to Ooki DAO’s original founders

Judge William Orrick said that there was no point indicting all Ooki DAO members when its original founders Tom Bean and Kyle Kistner are known.

4 years ago

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Christian Nwobodo Recent Articles

What to expect from FTX’s second bankruptcy hearing today; LedgerX sale, doxing creditors, custody of funds

Coinbase creates self-service recovery of unsupported ERC-20 tokens sent to exchange

New York authority lays out conditions for banks to offer crypto-related services

Incoming FCA Chair Ashley Alder says crypto firms facilitate money laundering

Pro-crypto Congressman Tom Emmer looks to reintroduce bill to protect non-custodial blockchain service providers

SushiSwap Head Chef discloses $5.2M budget for DAO operation in 2023

Congressman Tom Emmer alleges SEC Chairman Gensler was aware of FTX fraud

US authority alleges that SBF donated to politicians using other people’s name

SBF allegedly worked with Bahamas government to mint millions of FTX tokens

CFTC suing SBF, FTX and Alameda for commodities law violations

Hong Kong Stock Exchange to list CSOP Asset Management’s Bitcoin, Ethereum ETF

Courts orders the CFTC to serve lawsuit to Ooki DAO’s original founders