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  • WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 8: Chief Executive Officer of FTX Trading Limited Sam Bankman-Fried speaks during a House Committee on Financial Services | Full Committee Hearing titled Digital Assets and the Future of Finance: Understanding the Challenges and Benefits of Financial Innovation in the United States on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Dec. 08, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)Finance

    FTX global assets review begins, new CEO ‘pleased’ some entities have ‘solvent balance sheets’

    By Tim Smith, Emily Nicolle, and others
  • LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JULY 08: Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban attends a game between the Mavericks and the Chicago Bulls during the 2022 NBA Summer League at the Thomas & Mack Center on July 08, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)Finance

    Mark Cuban calls stock buybacks ‘everything wrong with what companies do’ but says the Senate’s plan to tax them tops the ‘bad taxes’ list

    By Tim Smith and Bloomberg
  • SPAIN – 2022/01/12: In this photo illustration a Coinbase logo seen displayed on a smartphone with a Bitcoin logo in the background. (Photo Illustration by Thiago Prudencio/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Companies

    Coinbase briefly struggles to handle more traffic than it’s ‘ever encountered’ after its QR code Super Bowl commercial

    By Tim Smith and Bloomberg
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 09: Bill Ackman, investor, watches as Emma Raducanu of Great Britain plays against Maria Sakkari of Greece during their Women’s Singles semifinals match on Day Eleven of the 2021 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 09, 2021 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)Finance

    Bill Ackman says stakeholder capitalism will make inflation ‘persistent and growing’—not ‘transitory’

    By Tim Smith and Bloomberg