In South Korea on Wednesday, the CEO of crypto firm Haru Invest was attacked while attending his trial for alleged fraud totaling more than $800 million. Hugo Hyungsoo Lee was stabbed multiple times…
Today, in the Southern District of New York, was the first hearing in the US Department of Justice’s (DoJ) case against Samourai Wallet developers Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill. I attended the…
Ilya Lichtenstein, the man behind the looting of billions of dollars from Bitfinex, is now helping federal prosecutors build a case against Bitcoin Fog, a crypto mixing service. Lichtenstein pleaded guilty to money…
Key Takeaways An appellate court confirmed Randall Crater’s sentence of over eight years for fraud in the “My Big Coin” case. Judges dismissed Crater’s defense claims that his Sixth Amendment rights were violated….
Forged documents, anachronistic evidence, and false statements. According to the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), Craig Steven Wright has over the past years presented it all in an effort to prove he is…
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most significant developments from the past week. The exploiter behind the $116-million…
Elon Musk is following through on his plan to take on OpenAI—a company he co-founded in 2015 but later left—with an announcement today that his competing technology company, xAI, will let a limited…
The ongoing criminal trial involving FTX founder Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried will move into closing arguments on Nov. 1. On day 15 of the SBF trial, lead defense attorney Mark Cohen’s request for acquittal…
A defendant facing criminal charges has the right to testify during their trial, but many don’t. Now, several weeks into Sam Bankman-Fried’s case, the FTX founder still hasn’t decided whether he’ll take the…
Day six of the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried saw the conclusion of former FTX chief technology officer Gary Wang’s testimony and the beginning of former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison’s. Wang testified about…
Top Stories This Week Opening arguments begin in Sam Bankman-Fried trial The trial of former FTX CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried kicked off on Oct. 4 in New York after jury selection began the…
Cointelegraph reporters are on the ground in New York for the trial of former FTX CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried. As the saga unfolds, check below for the latest updates. Oct. 5: Yedidia cross-examination…
The prosecuting attorneys in the criminal case against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, also known as SBF, have started to call witnesses. According to an Oct. 4 X (formerly Twitter) thread by Inner…