Author: American Coins & Gold

Sam Bankman-Fried Wanted to Close Alameda in 2022, Unpublished Posts Show
He had hoped to continue Alameda as an investment firm and infrastructure developer, but claimed in the posts that Alameda wouldn’t actively trade.

SBF's Lawyers Want to Ask Caroline Ellison About FTX's Anthropic AI Stake
Sam Bankman-Fried’s attorneys asked Judge Lewis Kaplan, who’s overseeing the case, to grant them permission to ask former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison about whether she deleted Signal messages at FTX lawyers’ advice and what Anthropic AI’s recent fundraise means for FTX creditors.

Tokenized RWA Platform Untangled Goes Live, Gets .5M Funding to Bring Private Credit On-Chain
Tokenized real-world asset (RWA) marketplace Untangled Finance went live Wednesday on the Celo network after securing a $13.5 million venture capital boost to bring tokenized private credit to the blockchain, the company told CoinDesk.

U.K. Group Calls for NFT Copyright Infringement Safeguards and Code of Conduct
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee, which includes representatives from several political parties, started an inquiry into non-fungible tokens in November.

Bitcoin Hovers Above ,000 as U.S. Stocks Advance
Meanwhile, bitcoin’s dominance continues to climb

Defending the Indefensible? Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Deserve Better

BlockFi Bankruptcy Judge Says He Wants 3AC’s 4M Claim Resolved in Mediation
Failed crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital’s (3AC) attempt to pursue a $284 million claim against crypto lender BlockFi was put into mediation by the U.S. bankruptcy judge overseeing BlockFi’s case.

Protocol Village: Spark Protocol Expands Beyond Ethereum to Gnosis
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the week of Oct. 9-15, with live updates throughout.

Israeli Crypto Firms Scramble to Deal With War, in Between the Sirens
Few operational disruptions were reported, but some crypto employees were getting called up for reserve duty. Executives and developers coped with the stress of attending funerals, responding to security warnings and encountering supermarket shortages.

LIVE: Caroline Ellison, Ex-Alameda CEO and SBF's Ex, Takes the Stand
Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of crypto hedge fund Alameda Research, is the government’s star witness in its prosecution of alleged crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried.