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Blockworks took a look at what really happened behind the scenes at FTX and Alameda in the days leading up to the demise of both firms
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From ETFs to ordinals to mining, Bitcoin has become a much more complex asset with highly specialized financial products surrounding it
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The Bitcoin white paper was released on Oct. 31, 2008, and the cryptocurrency’s first block was mined on Jan. 3, 2009
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$103M raised this week by blockchain builders, including $20 million for a Call of Duty style shooter
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Aside from SBF’s testimony, Judge Kaplan told lawyers he has to worry about the “deforestation” of America due to the volume of letter motions filed
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Most crypto stocks, with the exception of MicroStrategy, cooled down a bit as trading continued into the afternoon
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AllianceBernstein is an asset manager with $669 billion in AUM as of September 2023
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Futures and options contracts for bitcoin and ethereum are soared in Q3 as institutions continue to grow more interested
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Mining stocks were particularly improved after a pretty brutal summer that chipped away at their share prices
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The US specifically drives the vast majority of crypto activity in North America, helped by large institutional traders
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Bitcoin miners serving AI-curious customers is becoming a trend, with Hive Blockchain and Hut 8 the first to capitalize during the brutal summer months
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A wide variety of firms had successful raises this week, including one developing a decentralized alternative to Google Docs
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Can Sun, a former FTX lawyer, will take the stand this morning to kick off day 12 of the Sam Bankman-Fried trial
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Professor Peter Easton kicked off Wednesday’s trial, with the prosecution telling the court they plan to wrap their case by next week
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In his testimony, former FTX engineering head Nishad Singh touched on Serum and FTX spending in the months before the collapse