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World
U.S. Scrutinizes Political Donations by Sam Bankman-Fried and Allies
Federal prosecutors appear to be focusing on possible wrongdoing by cryptocurrency executives, rather than by Democratic or Republican politicians. But the inquiries widen an explosive campaign finance scandal.
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World
Celebrity Crypto-Hawkers Should Get a Close Look
Remember when the actor Matt Damon pontificated about how “fortune favors the brave” people who invest with Crypto.com? Or when the director Spike Lee applauded the digital rebellion championed by Coin Cloud? Since the spectacular collapse of the ...
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Business
Restaurateur, Political Donor, Tipster: The Many Roles of FTX’s Ryan Salame
The co-chief executive of an FTX unit who told regulators about wrongdoing at the exchange was a big Republican donor. He also bought restaurants.
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Business
A Traditional Exchange? FTX Was Anything But.
FTX called itself an exchange. But it was vastly different from stock exchanges, which are highly regulated and barred from engaging in many of the activities FTX pursued.
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Business
Prosecutors Say FTX Was Engaged in a ‘Massive, Yearslong Fraud’
The lies Sam Bankman-Fried told, prosecutors say, stretched back to the very beginning. From the founding of his cryptocurrency exchange FTX in 2019, Mr. Bankman-Fried engaged in widespread fraud, the federal authorities charged on Tuesday, and used ...
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Business
Sam Bankman-Fried’s ‘House of Cards’ Teeters
Now under arrest, the fallen crypto mogul faces a barrage of charges, including defrauding investors out of billions.
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Business
The Parents in the Middle of FTX’s Collapse
The FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s mother and father, who teach at Stanford Law School, are under scrutiny for their connections to their son’s crypto business.
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Business
In FTX Collapse, Binance Sees a Chance to Become the New Face of Crypto
Sam Bankman-Fried and Changpeng Zhao were archrivals. With FTX gone, Binance, the world’s biggest crypto exchange, is trying to step into the void.
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Business
FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Is Arrested in the Bahamas
A statement by the government of the Bahamas said Mr. Bankman-Fried was arrested after prosecutors in the United States filed criminal charges.
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Business
Elon Musk’s Latest Jab from the Right
The Twitter owner has taken shots at targets like Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s chief immunologist, in moves that may appeal to the right, but not advertisers.