cryptocurrencies
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Sam Bankman-Fried Will Move From New York Jail to California
Sam Bankman-Fried, or SBF, the disgraced cryptocurrency executive who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for fraud, will be transferred from Brooklyn, New York, to Mendota, California, against his wishes, the Wall Street Journal reports. SBF was planning to stay in New York while helping to prepare his appeal, but now, according to the…
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Coinbase Accounts Are Sinking to Zero in Mass Outage
Coinbase users are reporting that their accounts are showing a “zero balance” on Wednesday afternoon. Coinbase confirmed the problem on its status page at 12:40 p.m. ET but claims customer cryptocurrency funds are safe. This comes as Bitcoin’s price surged nearing its all-time high. “We are aware that some users may see a zero balance…
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Wait, Is Bitcoin Going to Die?
The price of Bitcoin crashed nearly 10% on Wednesday, falling from $US45,000 to below $US41,000 in mere hours, hurting crypto’s best bull run in a year. But what, or who, could have been the culprit behind the crash? The day before, CNBC’s host of Mad Money, Jim Cramer, directed his powerful investing advice towards Bitcoin.…
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Binance May Sacrifice $4 Billion to Settle DOJ Case
The US Justice Department seeks $US4 billion from Binance to end a years-long investigation into the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, according to Bloomberg. Negotiations are reportedly underway that could subject Binance co-founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao (aka CZ) to criminal charges in the US. Bloomberg cites “people familiar with the discussions” as saying that the…