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FTX’s former CEO SBF allegedly leaked ex-lover’s diary

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has attributed a leak of Caroline Ellison’s personal diary excerpts, recently featured in a New York Times piece, to her ex-lover, Sam Bankman-Fried. Caroline Ellison, previously in a romantic relationship with SBF, was the chief of the quantitative trading company Alameda Research during the implicated period. How did SBF’s lover’s diaries leak? Alleged disclosure of Ellison’s diary by SBF, currently confined to his parents’ California estate on a $250 million bail, faced more sensational allegations this week. “Bankman-Fried’s dissemination of Caroline Ellison’s reflections to…

Binance CEO warns of phishing scams as Uniswap founder gets hacked

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Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao is the latest figure in the cryptocurrency industry to warn against the increasing number of phishing attacks. CZ took to Twitter on July 21 to warn his readers about phishing and other social engineering scams. He also recommended cryptocurrency exchange users rely on hardware devices for two-factor authentication (2FA), instead of using mobile carrier-based 2FA for example. “Best to enable 2FA with a hardware device (Yubikey) on all crypto exchanges,” Binance CEO wrote. Zhao’s warning came shortly after Uniswap founder Hayden Adams had his Twitter…

Former FTX CEO SBF Accused of Leaking Caroline Ellison’s Private Diary to NYT

“The defendant’s actions—sharing personal writings of Caroline Ellison’s with a New York Times reporter—implicate the core concern of Rule 23.1 that disseminating material related to the “testimony or credibility of prospective witnesses” presumptively involves a substantial likelihood or prejudice to a fair trial and the due administration of justice,” the U.S. Attorneys wrote. Source

Former Binance​.US CEO joins Hashdex board

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Brian Brooks, former acting comptroller of the currency for the United States government, has joined the board of directors for crypto-focused asset manager Hashdex. In a July 20 announcement, Hashdex said Brooks had become the fifth member of its board and will serve as a strategic adviser to the firm. Brooks was the chief legal officer of Coinbase from 2018 to 2020, served as acting comptroller of the currency from 2020 to 2021, worked as the CEO of Binance.US for roughly four months and was the CEO of Bitfury from…

Shared Web3 user base could power new social app integrations — Aave CEO

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The latest version of Web3 social layer Lens Protocol has been released, introducing improved functionality to support new use cases and shared monetization for its growing Web3 user base. Decentralized Finance (DeFi) firm Aave Companies announced Lens Protocol v2 on July 17 during EthCC in Paris, with the code powering the protocol reworked to enable improved composability, configurability and functionality. Aave and Lens Protocol founder Stani Kulechov told Cointelegraph that Lens is a decentralized protocol built on Polygon featuring a technology stack that allows developers to build and deploy Web3…

Terraform Labs appoints new CEO from existing team: Report

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As the co-founder of Terraform Labs, Do Kwon, is facing possible extradition to South Korea or the United States from a jail cell in Montenegro, the company has appointed a new CEO. Kwon still remains the principal shareholder of Terra.  According to The Wall Street Journal, U.S. citizen Chris Amani is Terra’s new CEO. Amani has worked for Terra since 2021, serving as a chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Before that, he was a CEO at the scheduling solution provider Humanity. According to Amani’s LinkedIn, he’s been working…

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong set to speak to House Democrats privately

Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong will meet with a bipartisan group of US House of Representatives on July 19 to discuss proposed new laws about digital assets.  The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a lawsuit against Coinbase and Binance, alleging that they failed to carry out registration. According to Bloomberg, Armstrong plans to discuss taxation, national security, privacy issues, and climate change against this background. The New Democrat Coalition representative said in an email…

Centralized exchanges will become gateways for DeFi — dYdX Foundation CEO

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The dYdX Foundation, an independent decentralized finance (DeFi) nonprofit founded to support the dYdX protocol, recently launched a public testnet for its latest version, v4. According to the foundation, this puts dYdX ahead of schedule for the impending launch of the v4 mainnet, something the foundation claims represents complete decentralization for dYdX. As Cointelegraph recently reported, the July 5 testnet launch represented the fourth of five milestones the dYdX Foundation laid out in a roadmap toward decentralization last year. In its current live version, dYdX is still considered partially centralized.…

Coinbase CEO will meet with US lawmakers to discuss crypto legislation: Report

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Brian Armstrong, the CEO of United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, is reportedly planning to meet with members of Congress to discuss digital asset legislation and related issues. According to a July 17 Bloomberg report, Armstrong has a scheduled meeting with the New Democrat Coalition, a group of roughly 100 Democrats in the House of Representatives focused on advancing “innovative, inclusive, and forward-looking policies.” The Coinbase CEO will reportedly speak with the lawmakers on digital asset legislation as well as how the technology could potentially impact national security, privacy and the…

COIN CEO Brian Armstrong to Meet New Democrat Coalition Members About Crypto Legislation: Bloomberg

The meeting will concern “digital-asset legislation and related issues including tax, national security, privacy and climate,” the report said. Recently, lawmakers from the House and Senate have introduced separate bills in an attempt to bring clarity to crypto regulation, though the reality of a divided Congress means it’s unclear whether such efforts will bear fruit. Source