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TECH NEWS News: FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison for fraud and conspiracy, facing skepticism from Judge Kaplan. Prosecutors seek 50 ye

A photo of Sam Bankman-Fried in jail has emerged, showing a thinner and bearded inmate who was once called the "golden boy of crypto."

A U.S. court has charged three individuals for staging a SIM-swapping hack that reportedly victimized FTX, Sam Bankman-Frieds fallen crypto exchange.

Crypto companies spent $18.96 million in the first three quarters of 2023 on lobbying, compared with $16.1 million during the same period in 2022.

Polygon will zero in on protocol developers as part of its recently announced grant that seeks to attract Web3 startups to its ecosystem, where it previously primarily focused on Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) developers, Nailwal said.

The cryptocurrency market is starting to bounce back a year after the collapse of exchange FTX and other big players in 2022 crushed prices, tarnished the industry and prompted a regulatory crackdown.

Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of FTX, stands trial in New York on Tuesday, charged with seven counts of fraud and conspiracy stemming from the exchanges abrupt collapse in November 2022. He has pleaded not guilty.

Prosecutors say Bankman-Fried embezzled customer money to plug losses at Alameda Research, a crypto hedge fund he owned, as well as to make investments, buy real estate in the Bahamas, and donate to US political campaigns.

US Attorney Damian Williams said the FTX fraud perpetrated by Bankman-Fried is one of the biggest financial frauds in American history.

NEW YORK, Nov 2 ― FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's defence lawyer told jurors yesterday that prosecutors in his fraud trial sought to portray him as a “villain” and a...