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Skybridge eyes stake buyback from FTX, as Galaxy CEO says he would like to ‘punch’ SBF

SkyBridge Capital CEO Anthony Scaramucci said that his firm can buy back the stake of the company it sold to FTX back in September last year. While Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz has indicated that he would be tempted to “punch” SBF right in the jaw. SkyBridge and FTX FTX Ventures acquired a 30% stake in the alternative asset manager SkyBridge for an undisclosed fee on Sept. 9, just a couple of months before FTX filed for bankruptcy in November. Speaking to CNBC on Jan. 13, Scaramuci noted that in…

Trust is key to crypto exchange sustainability — CoinDCX CEO Sumit Gupta

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Investor sentiment has always been a critical driver in the crypto space. Both positive and negative sentiment influence ongoing trends — be they price movements, product launches or regulations. In 2022, sentiment worldwide suffered as major crypto firms and ecosystems collapsed, further straining investors amid an unforgiving bear market. While many showed resilience as Terraform Labs, Celsius and Voyager, among others, closed down, Sam Bankman-Fried’s alleged misappropriation of FTX customers’ funds drove even the most die-hard crypto investors to question the integrity of those running the show. A series of…

Bitcoin price not more important than financial independence: Trezor CEO

Amid Bitcoin (BTC) seeing significant price increase so far in 2023, one industry executive stressed that there are some features of Bitcoin that are far more crucial than its price. Matěj Žák, the newly appointed CEO of crypto hardware firm Trezor, believes that Bitcoin-enabled financial independence is the top benefit of the cryptocurrency and it’s more important than its market. “The year 2023 will be marked by a consolidation of the market and for us,” Žák said in an interview with Cryptox, adding that now Trezor has a great opportunity…

Digital Currency Group CEO Barry Silbert Responds to Accusations by Gemini’s Cameron Winklevoss With Shareholders Letter – Bitcoin News

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Barry Silbert, CEO of Digital Currency Group (DCG), has released a letter to shareholders in response to a recent open letter from Gemini CEO Cameron Winklevoss. The letter, issued Tuesday by Winklevoss, calls for the DCG board to force Silbert to step down as CEO. Silbert shared his letter on Twitter and said he had been reflecting deeply over the past year on the state of the cryptocurrency industry and its direction. Digital Currency Group CEO Barry Silbert Releases Shareholders Letter On Tuesday, Digital Currency Group CEO Barry Silbert wrote…

Gemini Co-Founder Accuses Digital Currency Group of Misrepresentation, Demands CEO Resignation – Bitcoin News

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Gemini CEO Cameron Winklevoss has published another open letter on Twitter, addressed to the board members of Digital Currency Group (DCG). In the letter, Winklevoss accuses DCG and CEO Barry Silbert of making poor decisions with the now-defunct crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), and claims that DCG orchestrated a “campaign of lies” in order to deceive Gemini and Earn users into thinking everything was fine. Winklevoss is demanding that the DCG board remove Silbert from his role as CEO, as Gemini believes “there is no path forward” with…

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon Reiterates Bearish Stance on Bitcoin and Other Virtual Assets 

Although Jamie Dimon remains a Bitcoin critic, JPMorgan continued to make waves in the blockchain industry. While there are many Bitcoin believers confident in the existence of the cryptocurrency, there are also unrepentant BTC critics like JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon. The CEO has made several bearish comments on crypto and continues to be vocal about his stance against all virtual currencies. One of his famous criticisms against Bitcoin was in 2017 when he called the top crypto asset a “fraud.” To further his opposition to the digital asset,…

‘There is no path forward as long as Barry Silbert remains CEO of DCG’

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Cameron Winklevoss, co-founder of the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, has penned an open letter to the board of Digital Currency Group, or DCG, saying CEO Barry Silbert was “unfit” to run the company. In a Jan 10. letter, Winklevoss claimed Silbert and Genesis Global Capital — a subsidiary of DCG — had defrauded more than 340,000 users who were a part of Gemini’s Earn program. The letter followed a Jan. 2 appeal on Twitter to Silbert directly, in which the Gemini co-founder said Genesis owed Gemini $900 million, accusing the CEO…

Brother of Criminal Bitcoin Mixing CEO Pleads Guilty to Stealing 712 Bitcoins From IRS

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He also “spent bitcoin extravagantly” at strip clubs and on private jet flights. Photos recovered from his cell phone show a lavish evening out at a club: Gary bathing in a tub full of cash, a blissful smile on his face as scantily-clad dancers mingle behind him. A text reveals that Gary paid $122,232 for the privilege of swimming in the pool of 100,000 one-dollar bills surrounded by the dancers. The massive bill included $15,000 for a “dancer fee” and $25,000 for the room. Original