Former BitMEX CEO says Bitcoin will rally to $750,000 by 2026

BitMEX co-founder and former CEO Arthur Hayes predicts Bitcoin (BTC) could reach at least $750,000 by 2026

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3AC co-founder Su Zhu’s Singapore villa turned into urban farm

The former Singapore villa of Su Zhu, co-founder of the now-defunct cryptocurrency hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, has been repurposed into an urban farm by his wife's company, Abundant Cities.

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Alex Mashinsky’s criminal trial set for September 2024

Alex Mashinsky, the co-founder and former CEO of Celsius, will stand trial in September 2024, according to a report from Bloomberg on Oct. 3. That report indicates that Mashinsky’s trial has been scheduled for Sept.

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Sam Bankman-Fried Trial: Prosecutors Slam Proposed Questions For Jury Selection

Prosecutors in the case against the former CEO of the now-defunct FTX exchange, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), have pushed back against the defense’s suggested questions for jury selection. The co-founder faces seven counts of fraud-related offenses, including wire fraud of FTX customers.

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Why This Crypto Exchange Founder Believes Bitcoin Can Still Rise 150% From Here

The price of Bitcoin has fluctuated over the past month, but BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes is the latest crypto expert to make a bullish forecast for the asset. According to the former CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX, Bitcoin could reach $70,000, and the only reason the asset is not yet at this price is because investors are fixated on the Fed’s nominal rate.

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Bitcoin Lightning Integration Gets Final Approval From Coinbase CEO

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announced today that the crypto exchange will integrate the Bitcoin Lightning Network, a layer-2 solution aimed at enabling faster and cheaper BTC transactions. The decision comes after months of scrutiny from the Bitcoin community, including high-profile critics like Jack Dorsey, co-founder and former CEO of Twitter and CEO of Block Inc. […]

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Arthur Hayes Predicts Early 2024 Crypto Bull Run And Ascent Of Filecoin

On September 13th, Arthur Hayes, co-founder and former CEO of BitMEX, delivered a comprehensive analysis of the crypto landscape at Token2049 in Singapore. His insights, which spanned from macroeconomic trends to the intricate dynamics of AI, culminated in a bullish prediction for Filecoin, a decentralized storage solution in the crypto domain.

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Alex Mashinsky seeks to drop FTC’s complaint entirely

Celsius Network CEO has asked the court to dismiss the complaints by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against him, claiming that he did not violate any law.  Co-founder and former CEO of bankrupt crypto lending platform Celsius Network Alex…

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Solana Co-Founder Pushes For SOL Token Redistribution From FTX To Bankrupt Exchange’s Users

Solana co-creator Anatoly Yakovenko, in an aggressive move that could potentially reshape the fate of the embattled cryptocurrency exchange FTX and bolster the Solana network, has called for the redistribution of SOL tokens currently held in FTX’s reserves to the exchange’s former customers.

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DOJ Files Motion To Stop Sam Bankman-Fried’s Witnesses From Testifying

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked for all expert witnesses of Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the former CEO and co-founder of the now-defunct FTX exchange, to be prevented from testifying in his upcoming trial, which is set to commence on the 3rd of October, 2023.

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Here’s Why Arthur Hayes Is Not In Support Of A BlackRock Spot Bitcoin ETF

Many stakeholders in the crypto industry have welcomed the idea of traditional finance firms offering a Spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) as they believe it will further drive crypto adoption. However, the former CEO and co-founder of crypto exchange BitMEX, Arthur Hayes, seems to be against the move.

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BREAKING: FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Pleads “Not Guilty” In Latest Hearing

According to a report from Reuters, Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO and co-founder of the now-bankrupt FTX exchange, has pleaded not guilty to a recent charge accusing him of fraud and conspiracy. This action was taken in the first court appearance of Bankman-Fried since a US court revoked his bail in early August. In a hearing […]

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Crypto lawyer exposes SEC ties to Ethereum co-founder

Legal expert John E. Deaton reveals potential affiliations benefiting top SEC officials in the XRP lawsuit, sparking debates on regulatory integrity. Legal expert John E. Deaton recently tweeted about potential affiliations benefiting former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton and top enforcer…

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Former FTX Exec Ryan Salame Talking to Prosecutors About Plea Deal: Bloomberg

It was not known whether Salame would cooperate with prosecutors and testify against FTX co-founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried.

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XRP Army Outraged Over New Hinman Docs, Role Of Ethereum’s Joe Lubin

Empower Oversight, a watchdog group, has released a new batch of documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request yesterday, sparking outrage in the XRP community. The documents reveal a deeper involvement of Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin and his company, Consensys, in the controversial June 14, 2018, cryptocurrency speech by former SEC Director […]

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Hoskinson Takes a Swipe at Ethereum While Hailing Cardano’s Innovations

Charles Hoskinson, the co-founder of Ethereum and creator of Cardano, has once again ignited discussions in the cryptocurrency space with his recent retweet. In a seemingly subtle jab towards his former project, Hoskinson retweeted a user who praised the innovations on Cardano’s blockchain while highlighting the efficiency and potential superiority of its EUTXO model and […] The post Hoskinson Takes a Swipe at Ethereum While Hailing Cardano’s Innovations appeared first on CaptainAltcoin.

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Terraform Labs Appoints New CEO Following Do Kwon’s Sentencing In Montenegro

Terraform Labs has announced the appointment of Chris Amani as the interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO), replacing co-founder Do Kwon.   Terraform Labs Elevates Former COO Chris Amani as Director and Interim CEO Chris Amani, an experienced leader with over two decades of experience in the technology industry, has been selected as the interim CEO for Terraform Labs.

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Terra/Luna: Here's Who Has Been Appointed as Terraform's New CEO

Terraform Labs has named Chris Amani, company's former COO and CFO, as interim CEO, while co-founder Do Kwon is incarcerated in Montenegro on fraud charges

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Nexo in Court With a Co-Founder Over $12M in Missing Assets

Nexo says its former managing partner left with a hardware wallet full of the company’s crypto.

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Korean court conducts preliminary hearing for Terra co-founder 

The Seoul Southern District Court has conducted a preliminary hearing for Terraform Labs’ co-founder Daniel Shin and several other former project employees. Shin, the co-founder of Terraform Labs and former CEO of Chai Corporation, is set to undergo his initial…

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Terra Co-Founder Faces Legal Proceedings In South Korea As 1st Hearing Unfurls

Terra’s legal trouble continues with South Korea’s Seoul Southern District Court conducting the initial preliminary hearing for Daniel Shin, the co-founder of Terraform Labs, along with seven other former Terra employees.

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Kraken co-founder’s home searched by FBI in March

Jesse Powell, founder and former CEO of crypto exchange Kraken, had his residence searched by the FBI earlier this year

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Will artificial intelligence choose Bitcoin as its currency? Arthur Hayes thinks so

Arthur Hayes, co-founder and former CEO of BitMEX, has proposed that Bitcoin could become the preferred currency for the rapidly advancing domain of artificial intelligence. In a recent blog post titled “Massa,” Hayes discussed a future where AI and robotics would eliminate the less desirable tasks in human work, allowing more people to focus on […] The post Will artificial intelligence choose Bitcoin as its currency? Arthur Hayes thinks so appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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FBI searched Kraken co-founder’s home in March: Report

Electronic devices were seized from former Kraken CEO Jesse Powell’s Los Angeles home in connection to a non-crypto-related investigation into alleged hacking and cyberstalking.

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Bitcoin Bull Jack Dorsey Nudges Twitter Team To Explore Decentralized Protocols

Jack Dorsey, Twitter co-founder, former CEO, and an ardent Bitcoin supporter, has reacted to the newly-imposed Twitter restrictions on how many tweets a user can view per day. In the late hours yesterday, July 1, American billionaire and chairman of Twitter, Elon Musk, announced that Twitter would be temporarily limiting the number of posts a […]

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Debt ceiling, bank crisis set for ‘powder keg’ explosion: BitMEX co-founder

Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes believes it will cause significant volatility in Bitcoin as well, suggesting it won't likely reach a new all-time high this year.

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Bitcoin At $70,000? — Arthur Hayes Reveals Why This Price Level Is Unlikely To Happen Till 2024

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This Week in Crypto: Ripple’s Damning SEC Evidence, and Ledger’s Co-Founder Speaks Out

The past seven days saw investors warned about the SEC's latest securities threats, Ripple notch a minor victory, and former Ledger boss slam the company's recent PR nightmare. The post This Week in Crypto: Ripple’s Damning SEC Evidence, and Ledger’s Co-Founder Speaks Out appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Montenegrin high court revokes bail for Do Kwon and former CFO

A Montenegrin high court has revoked bail for Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon and the former chief financial officer.

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Montenegrin court revokes Do Kwon’s bail

A Montenegrin high court in Podgorica has revoked Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon’s bail. According to a May 24 Bloomberg report, a spokeswoman for the court Marija Rakovic said the court decision also affects the company’s former CFO, Han Chong-Joon.

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Paxful bans former CEO days after resuming operations

Paxful, a peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto trading platform, has banned its co-founder and former CEO, Ray Youssef

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Former Paxful CEO Banned From Platform After It Resumes Operations

Paxful, the peer-to-peer crypto marketplace that resumed operations days ago, has reportedly banned co-founder and former CEO Ray Youssef. The post Former Paxful CEO Banned From Platform After It Resumes Operations appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Former Paxful CEO warns users not to use platform amid spate of scams

Ray Youssef, the co-founder of Paxful, has warned to stay off the platform amid complaints of scamming. As a peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplace, Paxful provides the infrastructure, including moderation, for users to buy and sell cryptocurrency from each other.

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Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried wants most criminal charges dismissed

Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), who previously served as CEO and co-founder of FTX, is seeking to have most of the criminal accusations against him dropped by federal prosecutors.

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Bittrex files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy following SEC enforcement, more inside

Bittrex, a cryptocurrency trading platform, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the District of Delaware. In April, the SEC charged the company and its co-founder and former CEO, William ShiThe post Bittrex files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy following SEC enforcement, more inside appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Terraform Labs Co-Founder Do Kwon Could Be Thrown In Jail For 40 Years In South Korea

Do Kwon, co-founder and former CEO of now-defunct Terraform Labs, is facing a jail term of up to 40 years in South Korea, the country where he committed most of his crimes. The prosecutor overseeing Kwon’s probe believes that the repatriation of the South Korean national would be the best way to serve justice to […]

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Mashinsky argues Celsius Earn account are not securities

Celsius co-founder and former CEO Alex Mashinksy said Celsius Earn’s accounts are not securities in his defense of the New York’s attorney general charges against him, according to a May 2 court filing.

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Yuga Labs Secures Ex-Epic Games Exec as New CTO

Yuga Labs, the force behind the massively successful Bored Ape Yacht Club, has announced the appointment of Mike Seavers as their new Chief Technology Officer, effective May 22nd. Seavers, the former Executive Vice President of Development at Epic Games, will take over the CTO role from co-founder Kerem Atalay, who will remain a strategic adviser.

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SEC file charges against Bittrex, former CEO for operating without license

The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged crypto exchange Bittrex and its co-founder Bill Shihara for failing to register as a national securities exchange. The SEC pointed out that the exchange’s foreign affiliate, Bittrex Global GmbH, was also charged because it has a single shared order book with the U.

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Terra executives made over $300M from failed project; Do Kwon owns no property in South Korea

South Korean prosecutors said Terraform Labs executives, including Do Kwon and Daniel Shin, made 414. 5 billion won ($314. 2 million) by tricking investors into investing in the failed project. According to an April 7 KBS News report, the co-founder and former CEO of Chai Shin Hyun-Seong (also known as Daniel Shin) made 154.

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Former Activision Blizzard exec joins Yuga Labs as CEO: Nifty Newsletter, March 29–April 4

The Sandbox co-founder Sebastien Borget said in an interview with Cointelegraph that artificial intelligence could reduce toxicity in the metaverse.

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Sam Bankman-Fried Faces New Charge For Bribing Chinese Officials With $40 Million

FTX co-founder and former CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, is facing yet another criminal charge, this time for allegedly bribing Chinese government officials with $40 million worth of cryptocurrency.  According to federal prosecutors, this marks the 13th charge against Sam Bankman-Fried in a case that continues to draw attention from the cryptocurrency and financial industries. On Tuesday, […]

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SBF charged with bribing CCP official to unfreeze Alameda assets

Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the former FTX co-founder, allegedly paid $40 million in bribes to at least one Chinese government official.

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MicroStrategy repays $205m Silvergate loan, purchases 6,455 BTC 

MicroStrategy, a business intelligence firm and major bitcoin investor, has announced that it has repaid its Silvergate loan of $205 million at a 22% discount. Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy co-founder and former CEO, announced on Twitter that the firm repaid its…

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Former CFTC Chair Giancarlo: A Privacy-Protecting U.S. CBDC Could ‘Take Over the World’

If the U.S. were to design a digital dollar that protects the privacy of its users and is free of surveillance tools, it could reach mass adoption, the Digital Dollar Project co-founder said.

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Breaking: Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon reportedly arrested in Montenegro

The former blockchain executive is wanted by Interpol for his role in the $40-billion collapse of the Terra ecosystem in May 2022.

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InfiniGods - The Web3 Gaming Studio

Owen O’Donoghue is co-founder of InfiniGods, a Web3 gaming studio building a suite of fun, free-to-play blockchain games. O'Donoghue is the former Director of Gaming at Facebook, and knows what it takes to establish and legitimize an industry.

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Ethereum (ETH) Shanghai De-Risks Staking, Expect More ETH Locked, Top Analyst Chris Burniske Says

Blockchain veteran Chris Burniske, co-founder of Placeholder and former head of crypto in ARK, shares his counterintuitive take on Shanghai upgrade

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1 year after $11M LUNC bets: Do Kwon wanted, funds paid, hedge stuck on FTX

Terra Luna former co-founder Do Kwon, who lost $11 million in two bets, is currently wanted by Interpol and is reportedly hiding in Serbia.

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