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We Are/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Writer, entrepreneur, and influencer Nathaniel “Nat” Eliason sat down with ABC News to discuss his new book, “Crypto Confidential: Winning and Losing Millions in the New Frontier of Finance.” Eliason needed to make money quickly, so he turned to the most promising get-rich-quick opportunity at the time, crypto. By […]
Ismail Kaplan/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An American woman freed after being held hostage in Gaza and the families of two men killed in the Oct. 7 attack in Israel sued Binance, the leading cryptocurrency exchange, which they accused of providing a funding mechanism for Hamas. The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court […]
An attendee wearing a Bitcoin necklace during the Adopting Bitcoin 2023 Summit in San Salvador, El Salvador, Nov. 7, 2023. (Camilo Freedman/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — El Salvador says it’s now making a profit on the Bitcoin investments at the center of President Nayib Bukele’s economic and social reforms, a surprising turnaround for […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Sam Bankman-Fried on Monday sought to dismiss most of the criminal charges he faces in connection with the collapse of FTX, the crypto exchange he founded. Bankman-Fried filed a motion to dismiss 10 of the 13 counts he faces, including fraud, conspiracy and foreign bribery. The two-page motion included a […]
Curt Dell said he lost more than $200,000 worth of Bitcoin after Celsius filed for bankruptcy. – ABC News (NEW YORK) — It seemed like cryptocurrency was having a moment. At the start of 2022, the Super Bowl featured celebrities like Tom Brady, Larry David and Matt Damon in commercials for crypto companies. Logos for […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Disgraced crypto executive Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges in Manhattan on Tuesday and was tentatively scheduled to stand trial Oct. 2. Bankman-Fried, instantly recognizable by his mop of unkempt hair, appeared before Judge Lewis Kaplan in a dark suit and tie. His mother sat behind him […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Disgraced crypto executive Sam Bankman-Fried is likely to plead not guilty to an eight-count fraud and conspiracy indictment when he appears in Manhattan federal court Tuesday, a person familiar with the matter told ABC News. Federal prosecutors have alleged Bankman-Fried orchestrated one of the “biggest financial frauds in American history” […]
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