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Policy

Sullivan & Cromwell Gets Go-Ahead to Represent FTX in Bankruptcy Proceedings, Despite Controversy

James Bromley, a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell, said former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has been stirring the pot by “lashing out” on Twitter.

FTX CEO John J. Ray III (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Finance

Genesis Claims $5.1B in Liabilities in First-Day Bankruptcy Filing

Three of the institutional crypto brokerage's entities filed for Chapter 11 protection late Thursday.

(Genesis Trading, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Genesis Owes Over $3.5B to Top 50 Creditors

Genesis has over 100,000 creditors among the three of its companies that declared bankruptcy.

Genesis has unloaded its entire stake in GBTC (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Genesis' Crypto Lending Businesses File for Bankruptcy Protection

The collapse of FTX in late 2022 was the final straw for Genesis, which earlier that year reportedly suffered losses of several hundred million dollars due to its exposure to failed crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital.

(Genesis Trading, modificado por CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark Builds 50MW Additional Mining Capacity at Georgia Site

The mining firm will increase its computing power by 25% to 34% after the U.S. site goes online.

Work is underway for CleanSpark's expansion in Washington, Georgia. (CleanSpark)

Policy

Digital Dollar Project Warns on US Cautious Approach to CBDCs

The DDP's white paper called the U.S, approach to CBDCs an "unsustainable position."

The Digital Dollar Project is kicking off a new CBDC sandbox in October. (Ben Mater/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Observers Maintain Risk-On Bias as US Debt Ceiling Nears

Observers said the "extraordinary measures" the U.S. Treasury Dept. has promised to implement after the limit is reached will likely ease financial conditions and keep risk assets steady. The government is set to hit the debt limit on Thursday.

The U.S. government will hit the debt ceiling on Thursday. (Pexels/Pixabay)

Policy

FTX Debtors Give Details on Digital Assets Identified So Far

The FTX Debtors group has identified $1.6 billion of digital assets associated with FTX.com and $181 million connected to FTX US.

John Ray, FTX CEO (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Policy

US House Republicans to Set Up Crypto Committee to Oversee Shaky Industry: Report

The new subcommittee on digital assets, financial technology and inclusion will be chaired by Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.)

Rep. French Hill is co-sponsoring a piece of legislation that would ask the Treasury Department to evaluate the dollar's role in the global economy.

Finance

Bitcoin Dips With Stocks After US Report of 6.5% CPI Inflation

Annualized inflation slowed to 6.5% in December from 7.1% previously, in line with economist forecasts.

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