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FTX’s Bankman-Fried Gave Ex-Jane Street Traders Who Formed Modulo Capital $400M

Founded in early 2022, Modulo operated out of the same luxury Bahamian condominium community where Sam Bankman-Fried and other FTX employees lived.

Sam Bankman-Fried speaks at Consensus C22 (CoinDesk)

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Gaming Platform Forte Partners With Venture Studio SuperLayer to Expand Beyond Web3 Gaming

The blockchain platform also invested $5 million in the venture studio, which will go towards backing incubated companies.

The SuperLayer team (SuperLayer)

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Bitcoin Miner Riot Switches Mining Pool After Falling Short in November

The miner used Braiins mining pool, whose payout method caused the variance between Riot’s mining capacity and the amount produced, according to a person familiar.

(Midjourney/CoinDesk)

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Genesis Creditor Groups' Loans Amount to $1.8B and Counting: Sources

In addition to the previously reported group of Gemini customers owed $900 million, there are two other groups of Genesis creditors being represented by lawyers, CoinDesk has learned.

(Genesis Trading, modified by CoinDesk)

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FCA-Regulated Crypto Custodian Digivault Is Up for Sale Following Eqonex Liquidation: Source

A deal to buy Digivault, which is winding down operations, would include a crypto license in the United Kingdom.

(Brock Wegner/Unsplash)

Технології

Coinbase Foils Extortion Attempt, Reinforces Bug Bounty Program

A self-proclaimed "hacker" demanded $450,000 after falsely claiming to be in possession of sensitive Coinbase customer data.

(Chesnot/Getty Images)

Політика

EU Crypto, NFT Providers Must Report Tax Details Under Leaked EU Plan

A draft bill seen by CoinDesk also covers stablecoins, derivatives and companies outside the bloc.

Palais Berlaymont with the flags of Europe. (Getty Images)

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Bankman-Fried Apologizes to FTX Employees, Details Amount of Leverage in Internal Letter

The former FTX CEO did not address concerns about customer funds being misappropriated or other recent revelations about the company.

Sam Bankman-Fried y Bill Clinton en la conferencia Crypto Bahamas en Nassau en abril de 2022. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Binance to Relaunch Bid for Bankrupt Crypto Lender Voyager: Source

The previous Voyager sale saw FTX emerge as the “white knight,” beating out Binance.

(Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)

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These Crypto Market Makers Were Wary of FTX Before Collapse

B2C2, Kairon Labs and a few others had concerns about the exchange and its sister firm Alameda Research before liquidity concerns became headlines.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)