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Inside Binance: Vast profits, hefty influencer payouts, and a ticking time bomb on its balance sheet

Binance's big investments in its own BNB coin and in kickbacks to social media influencers could expose it to bigger risks.

Fortune

The U.S. drops the hammer on Binance: What it means and what we still don't know

The CFTC's lawsuit against Binance is a major escalation by the U.S. government against the company and the broader crypto industry.

Fortune

Binance isn’t FTX. It’s much bigger and more systemically important to crypto

In every single corner of the crypto landscape, one name pops up: Binance.

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The most striking claims in the CFTC’s lawsuit against Binance

The top U.S. derivatives regulator’s lawsuit against crypto giant Binance Holdings Ltd. and Chief Executive Officer Changpeng Zhao hammers at the company’s alleged concealment of rules violations in a breakneck pursuit of growth.

Tribune News Service

The long-awaited crackdown on crypto's Binance is here and it has chat messages about alleged criminal clients: 'Like come on. They are here for crime'

The complaint filed against Binance alleges the company's top executives knew of and "tolerated" criminal activities facilitated by the platform.

Fortune

Bitcoin, Ether, Coinbase fall after CFTC sues Binance

The stocks of several crypto mining companies also took a dive.

Fortune

US regulator sues crypto exchange Binance and boss Changpeng Zhao

Complaint alleges firm grew US business despite stated intent to block US customers from platform

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'Binance knew they were violating CFTC rules': Top crypto exchange sued in U.S. federal court

The agency accuses Binance of disregarding U.S. laws to increase profits.

Fortune

SEC to Coinbase: Nice Crypto Exchange You Got There, It'd Be a Shame if Something Happened to It

Coinbase says the agency's assault will "only drive innovation, jobs, and the entire industry overseas."

Reason

Congress must pass stablecoin legislation, top crypto group tells lawmakers

The letter comes ahead of a pivotal congressional hearing on Thursday.

Fortune

Ether and stablecoins are commodities, CFTC’s Behnam argues

Contradictory views on cryptocurrencies are setting up a regulatory clash.

Fortune

Binance once tried to hire SEC Chair Gary Gensler

The SEC chair rejected the offer, and those of several other companies, while he worked at MIT from 2018 to 2021.

Fortune

Nishad Singh, Indian-origin engineer at FTX, pleads guilty to fraud charges

NEW YORK: Nishad Singh, a 27-year-old engineer of Indian-origin, who previously served as the co-lead engineer of FTX Trading Ltd, has admitted to charges of committing fraud.

The Times of India

PredictIt Helps Forecast Election Results. Bureaucrats Are Trying To Kill It.

Election betting markets are often more reliable than pundits. Did the site steal user funds? No. Did they lie to people? No. Harm anyone? No.

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Los Angeles Times

Emails reveal Sam Bankman-Fried’s courtship of federal regulators

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Before his mid-December arrest, cryptocurrency billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried repeatedly claimed that he was a responsible business leader who sought more regulation of cryptocurrency and wanted his industry to be part of the mainstream financial system.

Axios

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong talks FTX, crypto regulation and DeFi

The crypto industry suffered a big black eye, but it isn't going anywhere, Armstrong says.

Fortune

Sen. Boozman wants the SEC and CFTC to sign off on crypto legislation

A leading lawmaker discusses how he plans to advance oversight of crypto.

Fortune

An FBI ace on how to build an airtight case against SBF

Gregory Coleman ran the criminal investigation against Jordan Belfort, and helped seize assets that went back to Bernie Madoff victims.

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Roll Call

Bankman-Fried made Agriculture panel members focus of campaign support

Sam Bankman-Fried and other FTX employees put House and Senate Agriculture panel members at the focus of campaign spending and donations.

Axios

FTX charges may do little to bring law to crypto Wild West

Charges largely center on straightforward fraud allegations, rather than getting crypto specific.

Roll Call

House Financial Services presses FTX CEO on crypto's regulatory needs - Roll Call

John Ray III, who took over FTX after its collapse, tells lawmakers the cryptocurrency exchange was "uniquely positioned to fail."

Roll Call

US unseals fraud and conspiracy charges against Bankman-Fried - Roll Call

The U.S. brings criminal and civil charges Tuesday against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fired, including one related to campaign finance law.

Fortune

SBF agreed to testify in Congress. Here’s what lawmakers are thinking about crypto legislation

How will the collapse of FTX shape regulation from Washington?

Roll Call

Senate Banking Democrats plan bigger role in crypto legislation - Roll Call

Sen. Sherrod Brown says a bill supported by Sens. Stabenow and Boozman is too favorable to the crypto industry.

Tribune News Service

CFTC chairman urges strengthening conflict-of-interest part of Senate crypto bill

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Rostin Behnam urged senators to strengthen conflict of interest and financial disclosure provisions for cryptocurrency entities in a key piece of legislation in light of the collapse of the FTX exchange.

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