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A $700 Million Bonanza for the Winners of Crypto’s Collapse: Lawyers

The collapse in cryptocurrency prices last year forced a procession of major firms into bankruptcy, trigging a government crackdown and erasing the savings of millions of inexperienced investors.But for a […]




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Sam Bankman-Fried Sent to Jail After Judge Revokes Bail

Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was sent to jail on Friday after a federal judge in New York revoked his bail, accusing him of trying […]




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Caroline Ellison Writes About Ex-Crypto Mogul Sam Bankman-Fried

Three months before the cryptocurrency market imploded last year, Caroline Ellison, the 27-year-old chief executive of the crypto hedge fund Alameda Research, was racked with self-doubt.“I have been feeling pretty […]




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How Tom Brady’s Crypto Ambitions Collided With Reality

As the FTX cryptocurrency exchange imploded last fall, Tom Brady, the seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback, made an urgent phone call.He dialed Sina Nader, FTX’s head of partnerships. The exchange’s staff […]




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Crypto Firms Start Looking Abroad as U.S. Cracks Down

The wave of government enforcement against cryptocurrency companies is beginning to remake the industry.Coinbase, the largest crypto exchange in the United States, has opened a business in Bermuda. Gemini, a […]




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Crypto Crackdown: Coinbase and Binance Lawsuits Shake Markets

In more blows to the cryptocurrency sector, two of its biggest players were sued this week by the Securities and Exchange Commission: On Monday, the agency filed charges against Binance, […]




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Mountain of FTX Evidence: Emails, Chat Logs, Code and a Notebook

Snippets of computer code. More than six million pages of emails, Slack messages and other digital records. And a small black notebook, filled with handwritten observations.For months, federal prosecutors building […]




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The Crypto Detectives Are Cleaning Up

Before a new breed of cryptocurrency detectives helped bring him down, Ryan Felton marketed his crypto scheme with a grandiose promise: He was creating “Netflix on the blockchain.”He called the […]




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Do Kwon, Crypto Fugitive, Led a Very Public Life While on the Run

Do Kwon, the founder of the failed crypto company Terraform Labs, is facing charges by the authorities in both South Korea and the United States. Read More




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The Younger Brother Caught in the Middle of the FTX Investigation

The collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s business empire has led federal prosecutors to scrutinize his brother, Gabe, who ran a pandemic-prevention group. Read More