FTX’s Sister Firm Alameda Seeks Return of $700M Bankman-Fried Paid for Celebrity, Political Access

Bankman-Fried appeared starstruck by a February 2022 party at Kives’ house where fellow guests included a former Presidential candidate, actors, reality TV stars, musicians and multiple billionaires. Within weeks, Bankman-Fried had signed a document promising to invest billions in Kives’ and Baum’s companies, with little details on what FTX would gain in return, the filing said. Source

100K ChatGPT logins have been leaked on dark web, cybersecurity firm warns

Over the past year, more than 100,000 login credentials to the popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT have been leaked and traded on the dark web, according to a Singaporean cybersecurity firm. A June 20 blog post by Group-IB revealed just over 101,000 compromised logins for OpenAI’s flagship bot have traded on dark web marketplaces between June 2022 and May 2023. The login information was found in the logs of “info-stealing malware.” May 2023 saw a peak of nearly 27,000 ChatGPT-related credentials made available on online black markets. According to our…

Bitcoin BTC Price Holds Firm Above $30.1K as Investors Savor BlackRock, Other Spot BTC ETF Filings

Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market value, rallied over the past 24 hours after various traditional finance firms announced moves into the crypto market, indicating bullish sentiment. eToro US investment analyst Callie Cox shared her crypto markets analysis. Plus, Lindsey Grossman, the business lead at Bitkey, Block’s bitcoin wallet, joined “First Mover” to discuss teaming up with Coinbase and Cash App, along with the launch of Bitkey’s external beta sign-ups. And, Axelar CEO and co-founder Sergey Gorbunov shared his reaction to the Uniswap Foundation’s recent bridge assessment report.…

Binance Labs, CoinFund Lead $10M Round for Smart Contract Infrastructure Firm Neutron

Neutron, which had its mainnet launch in May, is a cross-chain smart contract platform that uses the Cosmos ecosystem’s interchain security feature, Replicated Security (RS). Developers can use Neutron to build smart contracts and decentralized applications (dapps) in a cost-effective and secure environment, the firm said in the statement. Source 10MBinanceCoinFundContractFirmInfrastructureLabsLeadNeutronSmart CryptoX Portal