Day: December 5, 2022

Document Claims Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison’s FTX Margin Position Was Negative $1.3B in May 2022 – Bitcoin News

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In a number of recent interviews, the former co-founder of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), explained that he “wasn’t running Alameda” and he “didn’t know the size of their position.” In a more recent discussion with The Block’s Frank Chaparro, SBF explained that auditors were looking at FTX’s corporate financials, but the auditors were “not looking at customer positions and not looking at customer risk.” This week, an FTX insider speaking to Bitcoin.com News under terms of anonymity shared a document that purportedly shows Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison’s personal account…

Bankman-Fried Is a ‘Master of Deflection,’ Securities Lawyer Says

Bankman-Fried is coming under fire for his attempts at using the media to form his own version of events. That comes as crypto exchange FTX faces bankruptcy proceedings after a CoinDesk report revealed that Alameda Research, an affiliated trading firm that Bankman-Fried also owned, held substantial amounts of FTX’s native token, FTT, on its balance sheet. Source

Central bank plans to make CBDC ‘only legal digital tender’ in Indonesia, says gov

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Bank of Indonesia governor Perry Warjiyo has announced developments in its plans to launch a central bank digital currency, or CBDC, for “various digital economic and financial transactions.” In a Dec. 5 speech at the central bank’s annual meeting, Warjiyo said the bank planned to release details on the conceptual design of a digital rupiah — a currency the equivalent of the country’s fiat — and open the matter to public comment. According to the governor, the Bank of Indonesia intended for the digital rupiah to be “integrated, interconnected, and…

Maple Finance cuts ties with Orthogonal Trading over alleged misrepresentation of finances

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Blockchain-based institutional capital marketplace Maple Finance announced on Dec 5 that it plans to cut all ties with Orthogonal Trading due to alleged misrepresentation of finances following the collapse of FTX.  According to Maple Finance, it decided to cut all ties with the trading firm because it misrepresented its finances over the last four weeks and only recently admitted on Dec. 3 that it could not meet loan repayments. This means the company had been “operating while effectively insolvent,” making it impossible for it to continue operating without outside intervention. Maple…

RBB LAB Uses NFT to Serve Alberto De Luigi and Andreas Kohl Summons – Press release Bitcoin News

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press release PRESS RELEASE. San Marino, Dec 5, 2022 — RBB Lab, a technology development firm based in the Republic of San Marino, has used NFT (Non-Fungible Token) technology to issue court summonses for the case against Alberto De Luigi, Andreas Kohl, both former collaborators of the firm, and their company Sequentia AG incorporated in Liechtenstein. This will be the first time NFTs will be used to issue court documents in Italy. This technology offers several advantages over traditional means. It can be cheaper and faster, and also allows courts…

Buyers Rule Over Algorand Price, Enough To Break Above $0.26?

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The Algorand price has been positive over the last 24 hours. Despite minor gains, the altcoin has been moving north. There have been many updates in Algorand’s ecosystem, which might have brought in a slight appreciation in price. As bulls slowly return to the market, investor interest has also shot up accordingly. The technical outlook of ALGO has depicted that the buyers were dominating the market at the time of writing. Recently, Algorand’s developments have made it compatible with Cardano, which has created more liquidity injection into the ecosystem. This…

Treasury officials should leave Tornado Cash alone for the sake of national security

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A second powerful moment occurs when the same user is introduced to a block explorer, looks up their address and sees that same transaction there on the blockchain for all to see. There are competing visions of what Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and other cryptocurrencies will achieve. They may be the future of gold, payments, currency or bank accounts. But no matter your crypto vision, none can work without achieving the same level of privacy enjoyed by cash or, at a minimum, credit cards. While credit card companies conduct unparalleled…

Vitalik Buterin discusses his excitement for the future of Ethereum

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Vitalik Buterin says that money, blockchain identities, decentralized finance (DeFi), decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and hybrid applications are the top developments he is excited about in the Ethereum ecosystem. In a Dec. 5 blog post, the Ethereum co-founder describes his experience of using Ether (ETH) as a means of payment in a cafe in Argentina:  “When we walked in, the owner recognized me, and immediately showed me that he has ETH and other crypto-assets on his Binance account. We ordered tea and snacks, and we asked if we could pay in ETH.…