Crypto Tycoons

Crypto entrepreneur eats $6.2 million banana artwork he bought at auction

Justin Sun, founder of Tron, eats $6.2 million banana artwork, drawing comparisons to NFTs and crypto volatility

Will book profit in cryptocurrency Bitcoin at $150,000 levels: Chris Wood

Bitcoin, meanwhile, has gained 164 per cent in the last one year - from a level of around $37,000 to nearly $98,300 now. This is despite the cryptocurrency halving in April 2024.

FTX sues Binance, Ex-CEO Zhao seeking 'fraudulently transferred' $1.8 bn

Binance, Zhao and other Binance executives received the funds as part of a July 2021 share repurchase deal with Bankman-Fried, the FTX co-founder who is now in prison

What a Trump victory means for tech world: Boost for crypto, Musk

Another Trump presidency will be good for crypto and Elon Musk, but every big tech company may not benefit

CoinDCX announces customer protection fund days after WazirX heist

CoinDCX has instituted the fund by allocating Rs 50 crore from its own cash reserves

Ex-crypto mogul Sam Bankman may go to jail for defrauding FTX investors

Former crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried faces the potential of decades in prison when he is sentenced on Thursday for his role in the 2022 collapse of FTX, once one of the world's most popular platforms for trading digital currency. Bankman-Fried, 32, was convicted in November of fraud and conspiracy a dramatic fall from a year earlier when he and his companies seemed to be riding a crest of success that resulted in a Super Bowl advertisement and celebrity endorsements from stars like quarterback Tom Brady and comedian Larry David. A jury found that Bankman-Fried illegally used money from FTX depositors to cover his expenses, which included purchasing luxury properties in the Caribbean, alleged bribes to Chinese officials and private planes. Prosecutors recommended a prison sentence of 40 to 50 years. The defendant victimised tens of thousands of people and companies, across several continents, over a period of multiple years. He stole money from customers who entrusted it to him; h

Singapore's crypto firm Terraform files for bankruptcy protection in US

Singapore-based Terraform labs, in a filing with the bankruptcy court in Delaware, listed assets and liabilities in the range of $100-$500 million

Tamil Nadu ropes in business tycoons to promote its industrial success

Through twin campaigns, the state showcases its robust biz climate

Crypto wrap: Market recovers after Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao's resignation

The market also showed optimism as many believe the settlement of the Binance case has now cleared the decks for the US SEC to finally approve a spot bitcoin ETF

Bankman-Fried: From crypto hero to zero

The profusion of exclamation points is a tipoff that Lewis is at least somewhat aware how dumb such optimism looks in retrospect - especially now that Bankman-Fried's trial on fraud charges has begun

Jury selection resumes at fraud trial for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried

The final stages of jury selection resumed on Wednesday at the fraud trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried in New York City. Opening statements were expected to begin by the early afternoon in Manhattan federal court, where Bankman-Fried has entered not guilty pleas to seven charges. Prosecutors say the California man defrauded thousands of investors and customers in his businesses by siphoning off their money for his own uses. Defense lawyers insist that their client had no criminal intent as he became famous in the crypto world while growing FTX and a related business, Alameda Research, into multibillion dollar heavyweights in the cryptocurrency industry. Attorneys and Judge Lewis A. Kaplan were reducing a pool of 45 prospective jurors to a jury of 12 with six alternates, who would sit through the duration of a trial projected to last up to six weeks. Bankman-Fried, 31, became a target of investigators when FTX collapsed last November amid a rush of customers seeking to recover

Crypto market cracks 5%, Bitcoin at 3-month low after US SEC sues Binance

In its complaint, the SEC alleged that Binance and Zhao had "free reign" over billions of dollars of crypto assets from the US

US SEC sues Binance, founder Zhao alleging securities law violations

The agency on Monday sued Binance and Zhao for failing to restrict U.S. customers from its platform and misleading investors about its market surveillance controls

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried allowed $250 million bond, house arrest

The cryptocurrency entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried can post USD 250 million bond and live in his parents' home in California while he awaits trial on charges that he swindled investors and looted customer deposits on his FTX trading platform, a judge said on Thursday. Assistant US Attorney Nicolas Roos said in US District Court in Manhattan that Bankman-Fried, 30, perpetrated a fraud of epic proportions. Roos proposed strict bail terms, including a USD 250 million bond and house arrest at his parents' home in Palo Alto, California. An important reason for allowing bail was that Bankman-Fried agreed to waive extradition, Roos said. Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein agreed to the bond and also approved the house arrest proposal. He also said Bankman-Fried would be required to get an electronic monitoring bracelet before leaving the Manhattan courthouse. Bankman-Fried wore a suit and tie in court and sat between his attorneys. Two US marshals sat behind him. Bankman-Fried, arrest

Crypto exchange doesn't see viable business in India, says Binance chief

"To be honest, I don't think India is a very crypto-friendly environment," Zhao was quoted as saying

Crypto's most urgent question: Where will FTX's aftershock be felt?

From blue-chip venture investors to celebrity endorsements, from Silicon Valley to Washington, from lenders to yield farmers and market makers, the three-year-old firm cut a wide swath through online

How Sam Bankman-Fried fooled the crypto world and maybe even himself

The scandal has shocked the crypto players who giddily celebrated Bankman-Fried as the J.P. Morgan of their times and left them grasping for parallels

Sam Bankman-Fried: 'Crypto genius' who lost $14.5 billion in a single day

Bankman-Fried vanished from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index after his net worth just vaporised, falling 94% in a single day

Crypto wrap: Amid a volatile week, experts want regulators to collaborate

On Friday, the crypto market cap was above $871 billion with Bitcoin trading at $17,301 and Ethereum at $1,271

2 Indian brothers plead not guilty in crypto insider trading scheme in US

Ishan Wahi, 32, a former product manager at cryptocurrency platform Coinbase, along with his brother Nikhil Wahi, 26, have pleaded not guilty to federal charges of insider trading, the media reported.