Tag Archives: Crypto

‘There’s groups of fans that want to fight you’: Crawley Town’s Crypto owner Preston Johnson opens up on his ‘mistakes’

Crawley Town Crypto owners

In April 2022, US cryptocurrency investors WAGMI United (We’re All Gonna Make It) became the new owners of League Two side Crawley Town with one clear objective: reaching the Premier League.  Preston Johnson and Eben Smith are the co-founders of WAGMI, and in the 15 months since their takeover of Crawley, things …

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Report: Feds Were Looking Into Signature Bank’s Crypto Client Business Dealings Before Collapse

Report: Feds Were Looking Into Signature Bank's Crypto Client Business Dealings Before Collapse

A representative for the New York State Department of Financial Services said on Tuesday that the closure of Signature Bank, the third US financial institution to fail in as few days, had “nothing to do with cryptocurrency,” according to Reuters. Tuesday night, Bloomberg reported that federal authorities were looking into …

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FTX crypto boss, Sam Bankman-Fried charged over illegal donations to politicians

FTX crypto boss, Sam Bankman-Fried charged over illegal donations to politicians

Cryptocurrency mogul, Sam Bankman-Fried has been accused of making tens of millions of dollars of illegal campaign contributions to elected officials. The new 12-count indictment adds four more charges related to the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which prosecutors say was a “multibillion-dollar fraud.” Bankman-Fried, 30, became one of …

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Binance moved $346m for seized crypto exchange Bitzlato: Report

Binance moved $346m for seized crypto exchange Bitzlato: Report

Crypto giant Binance processed almost $346m in Bitcoin for the Bitzlato digital currency exchange, whose founder was arrested by United States authorities last week for allegedly running a “money laundering engine”, Reuters has reported citing blockchain data. The US Justice Department on January 18 said it charged Bitzlato’s co-founder and …

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FTX crypto boss, Sam Bankman-Fried to be released on $250million bail after returning to US from Bahamas over alleged $1.8 billion fraud

FTX crypto boss, Sam Bankman-Fried to be released on $250million bail after returning to US from Bahamas over alleged $1.8 billion fraud

FTX crypto boss, Sam Bankman-Fried will be released on a $ 250 million bond after a deal was struck today in a New York City courtroom.    He was arrested in the Bahamas last week on a range of fraud and money laundering charges for what prosecutors described as one of the biggest financial crimes …

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