Bitcoin
Harris PAC’s $1 million contribution from Ripple’s Chris Larsen shows crypto industry warming to VP
Chris Larsen, co-founder of Ripple. Source: YouTube SAN FRANCISCO — For months, crypto companies and their executives have been pouring tens of millions of dollars into Donald Trump’s effort to win the White House. Chris Larsen isn’t one of them. The co-founder and chairman of Ripple recently contributed $1 million worth of XRP tokens, the […]
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Trump’s crypto coin goes on sale with Election Day just three weeks out
Collect Trump Cards Source: Collecttrumpcards.com With shares of his nascent social media business in the midst of a sharp rebound and with just three weeks until the presidential election, Donald Trump is bringing his latest proposed money-making endeavor to market, this time in crypto. On Tuesday, the former president and current Republican nominee aims to […]
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FTX bankruptcy judge approves more than $14 billion payback plan two years after exchange collapsed
Nearly two years after FTX spiraled into bankruptcy, a Delaware judge approved the company’s reorganization plan, which involves paying out more than $14 billion to customers of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange. “Looking ahead, we are poised to return 100% of bankruptcy claim amounts plus interest for non-governmental creditors through what will be the largest and most complex bankruptcy estate asset […]
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Bitcoin tumbles back to the $60,000 level as tensions in the Middle East heighten
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Cryptocurrencies slid on Tuesday night, with bitcoin dropping back to the $60,000 level after a shaky start to what is usually one of its strongest months. The flagship crypto was last off by nearly 4% at $60,972.62, according to Coin Metrics. Around 4:45 p.m. Eastern time, bitcoin slid […]
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PayPal CEO’s first year was praised by Wall Street, but hard part starts now for struggling payments company
Alex Chriss, CEO of PayPal Inc. Courtesy: PayPal In January, about a hundred days into his job as PayPal CEO, Alex Chriss told CNBC’s David Faber that the payments company hadn’t had much to celebrate in recent years. But Chriss confidently said he was prepared to “shock the world.” “I love being an underdog,” Chriss […]
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FTX fraudster Caroline Ellison sentenced to 2 years in prison, ordered to forfeit $11 billion
Caroline Ellison, the star witness in the prosecution of her former boyfriend, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, was sentenced Tuesday in New York federal court to two years in prison and ordered to forfeit $11 billion for her role in the massive fraud and conspiracy that doomed the cryptocurrency exchange once valued at $32 billion. The prison […]
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Caroline Ellison could face no jail time for role in FTX collapse
Caroline Ellison, former chief executive officer of Alameda Research LLC, center, arrives at court in New York, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images Caroline Ellison was the star witness in the criminal case against disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. On Tuesday, she will face her own sentencing. Ellison’s role […]
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Bitcoin and crypto stocks rise after the Fed cuts rates by half a percentage point
Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images Cryptocurrencies rose as part of a broad market rally Thursday, one day after the Federal Reserve delivered a half percentage point reduction in interest rates, the first in more than four years. The price of bitcoin was recently higher by 3.5% at $62,417.48, according to Coin Metrics, building […]
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Binance CEO says crypto exchange saw 40% growth this year in institutional, corporate investors
Binance CEO Richard Teng speaks in Singapore on Sept. 17, 2024, at an event hosted by the local foreign correspondents association. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has seen a 40% increase this year in institutional and corporate investors joining the platform, CEO Richard Teng told CNBC’s Lin Lin in an interview […]
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Bitcoin climbs above $60,000 ahead of Fed rate decision
Avishek Das | Lightrocket | Getty Images Bitcoin reclaimed $60,000 on Tuesday as investors awaited details of the Federal Reserve’s rate cutting plans. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by 4.3% at $60,394.41, according to Coin Metrics. At one point, it rose as high as $61,335.83. It got an initial lift on […]
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