Convicted crypto fraudster/FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried has lost his bid for a new trial. According to multiple published reports, a federal judge on Tuesday (April 28) denied the self-written motion submitted by Bankman-Fried, who is serving 25 years in prison for his role in the multi-billion dollar collapse...
A key figure in the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX is nearly set to leave prison. Caroline Ellison, a key prosecution witness during the fraud trial of FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, is scheduled to leave federal custody Jan. 21 of next year, according to records...
Ex-FTX executive Brett Harrison raised $35 million for his perpetual futures exchange startup, The Information reported Tuesday (Dec. 23). The new funding round values Architect Financial Technologies at $187 million, according to the report, which cited unnamed sources. The exchange, AX, offers perpetual futures on...
Three former executives involved with bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX have agreed to final judgments from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), without denying the commission’s allegations, according to the SEC. The SEC obtained the final judgments against Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research; Zixiao (Gary)...
March 28, 2024
When the facts are crystal clear, often the only recourse is to appeal to emotion. That’s the tack that convicted crypto criminal and former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s legal defense hewed to on Thursday (March 28) during the fallen wunderkind’s sentencing hearing — but, as it turned out, all the hot air in the world can’t fill the sails of […]
November 22, 2023
Cryptocurrency exchanges play a vital role in the digital asset ecosystem. They facilitate the buying, selling, trading, transferring, and storing of both individual and institutional holdings of the more than...
October 06, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried allegedly lied about many things over the course of his cryptocurrency exchange’s collapse. But when the since-indicted FTX co-founder first heard about the $8 billion deficit that would...
September 26, 2023
The customer claims portal for failed crypto exchange FTX closes this Friday (Sept. 29). Next Tuesday (Oct. 3), Sam Bankman-Fried, the company’s co-founder and former CEO, heads to trial where...
May 19, 2026
Perpetuals.com Ltd. has launched an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered trading platform that allows users to submit trading strategies without risking their own money. This marks a new attempt to combine crowdsourced investing with algorithmic execution, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (May 19). The platform, called UpsideOnly, lets users place simulated trades predicting the future prices of assets including […]
April 29, 2026
Convicted crypto fraudster/FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried has lost his bid for a new trial. According to multiple published reports, a federal judge on Tuesday (April 28) denied the self-written motion submitted...
December 28, 2025
A key figure in the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX is nearly set to leave prison. Caroline Ellison, a key prosecution witness during the fraud trial of FTX CEO Sam...
December 23, 2025
Ex-FTX executive Brett Harrison raised $35 million for his perpetual futures exchange startup, The Information reported Tuesday (Dec. 23). The new funding round values Architect Financial Technologies at $187 million,...
