Reported by: Daniel Van Boom Before his precipitous fall from grace, Sam Bankman-Fried was crypto’s friendly face. His persona wasn’t just for customer consumption, but was also aimed at lawmakers. He lobbied politicians across both parties with his air of technocratic competence, and tens of millions of dollars in donations. Now, months after the company […]
Reported by: JACK DUTTON Ukrainian “anti-oligarch” President Volodymyr Zelensky and his inner circle’s network of offshore companies were not exposed in Panama Papers but can be found in the Pandora Papers, another tranche of files leaked by journalists that revealed the clandestine financial affairs of the elite and super rich. The Pandora Papers, published in […]
Reported by: NICHOLAS SAY The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) are scrutinizing Silvergate’s relationship with embattled crypto firms FTX and Alameda Research. The DoJ fraud unit is looking into Silvergate’s hosting of accounts connected to FTX and Alameda Research, according to a source familiar with the matter quoted by Bloomberg. The crypto-friendly bank plays a […]
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