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Bankman-Fried retakes the witness stand for cross-examination by prosecutors
The embattled former CEO once again submitted to testifying under oath about the collapse of his crypto empire.
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Elliptic counters WSJ report on the scale of Hamas’ crypto fundraising
The analytics firm called out newspaper for misinterpreting its data and for failing to issue a correction or clarification.
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FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried plans to present financial expert witness in defense
SBF's proposed witness Joseph Pimbley is a financial expert with more than 30 years of experience.
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Crypto community accuses WSJ of exaggerating Hamas crypto funding by 99%
Several crypto stakeholder are calling for the media platform to retract the report.
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California to limit Bitcoin ATM transactions to $1,000 per day to combat fraud
New California laws aim to crack down on scammers exploiting bitcoin ATMs.
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Third week of SBF trial details lavish spending of customer funds on real estate, endorsements, and more
Former head of engineering at FTX Nishad Singh admitted to knowingly spending customer deposits at Bankman-Fried's direction during a week of explosive testimony.
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FBI charges six individuals in multimillion-dollar Bitcoin money-laundering scheme
The defendants allegedly worked to surreptitiously convert Bitcoin to cash and orchestrate drop-offs for clients.
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U.S. Treasury targets crypto mixer transactions as new class of ‘primary money laundering concern’
The Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced the proposed change on Oct. 19, citing actors such as Hamas, ISIS, and the DPRK as frequent abusers of coin mixers.
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Lawmakers urge Biden administration to crack down on use of crypto by Hamas
In a joint letter sent to top U.S. officials, the lawmakers forcefully called on the Biden administration to take prompt action to confront this looming national security threat.
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Chainalysis says crypto usage for terror financing is ‘tiny fraction’ of overall volume
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Terror funding still relies on traditional financial systems like cash, not crypto: Coinbase
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Nishad Singh testifies to ‘excessive’ spending at Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial
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