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As CZ Gets His Sentence, Michael Lewis Should Rewatch 'Star Wars'
He likened FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried to Luke Skywalker and Binance’s Changpeng Zhao to Darth Vader. Federal judges saw it differently.

Blockchain Sleuth Elliptic Explores AI and Anti-Money Laundering Using 200M Bitcoin Transactions
Patterns of illicit activity involving groups of bitcoin nodes and chains of transactions are described in a research paper by Elliptic and MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab.

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Sinks Below K in Run-Up to Fed Decision
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for May 1, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

Restaking 'Gold Rush' Spreads to Solana From Ethereum, With Jito and Others Joining In
Restaking has taken hold of the Ethereum ecosystem. With Jito and a handful of other companies building for Solana, can the trend spread?

Crypto Was One of the Biggest Money Laundering Risks in 2022-2023: UK Govt. Report
Between 2022 and 2023 Crypto alongside retail banking, wholesale banking and wealth management posed the greatest risk of being exploited for money laundering, a report by the U.K. Treasury department showed.

Bitcoin Trades Around K, Crypto Market Drops 6% in Run-Up to Fed Decision
BTC is down nearly 9% in the last 24 hours having dropped below the $60,000 support level late on Tuesday.

Bitcoin Trades Around K, Crypto Market Drops 7% in Run-Up to Fed Decision
BTC is down nearly 9% in the last 24 hours having dropped below the $60,000 support level late on Tuesday.

Bitcoin Sinks Below K, Crypto Market Drops 9% in Run-Up to Fed Decision
BTC is down nearly 9% in the last 24 hours having dropped below the $60,000 support level late on Tuesday.

How Changpeng Zhao's 'Good Guy' Reputation Secured a 4-Month Prison Sentence
Judge Richard Jones said he spent the weekend pouring over the voluminous letters of support for the ex-CEO of Binance until the book they were contained in literally fell apart.

How CZ's 'Good Guy' Reputation Secured 4-Month Prison Sentence
Judge Richard Jones said he spent the weekend pouring over the voluminous letters of support for the ex-CEO of Binance until the book they were contained in literally fell apart.