At first, Anand thought it was just a glitch. He’d read a few tweets saying that withdrawals from FTX—then the second-largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world—had been suspended. But these things had happened before in the crypto market, he said, “when they do server maintenance or something like that … …
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Sam Bankman-Fried just ain’t all that, says Pat Rabbitte. “He’s not that remarkable … I just don’t see it.” Rabbitte was a customer of FTX, the crypto exchange founded by Bankman-Fried that filed for bankruptcy in November. Bankman-Fried is set to go on trial in New York on October 3, …
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On October 3, Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, is due to go on trial for fraud and conspiracy in a court in the Southern District of New York. Last fall, a report published by news outlet CoinDesk cast doubt over the health of FTX’s sibling company, Alameda …
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Idris Elba learned about crypto at the same time as almost everyone else: when prices went through the roof. The British actor and filmmaker, best known for his roles in TV series The Wire and Luther, watched on during the pandemic as his celebrity peers tried to get in on …
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For a second year running, Revolut, the jewel in the UK’s fintech crown, will fail to file its annual accounts on time. It’s not a good look. Since it launched in 2015, Revolut has grown quickly to 6,000 staff and 25 million customers. In pursuit of a “one app, all …
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The dating scene in Los Angeles is tough. Doubly so if you’re not fresh out of college. That’s what Evelyn found when a relationship of two decades came to an abrupt end last year, casting her back into the dating pool at 50. “All the beautiful twentysomethings are here trying …
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A melt, a muppet, a fraud, a bungler, a Judas, a taker of bribes. A good boy, a lad, a maestro, a beauty. To the crowd at Real Bedford Football Club on a sun-bleached evening in August, the referee was all of these things within the span of half an …
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