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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 30: FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrives at Manhattan Federal Court for a court appearance on March 30, 2023 in New York City. A revised indictment was filed in federal court accusing Bankman-Fried of paying a $40 million bribe to one or more Chinese government officials. He has already been charged with eight criminal counts of fraud, conspiracy, and money-laundering offenses which include making illegal political contributions. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

After tussle, Robinhood buys back over $600 million of stock that Sam Bankman-Fried once owned: ‘There was no certainty’

By Yueqi Yang and Bloomberg

Brian Armstrong, chief executive officer of Coinbase Global Inc., speaks at the IFGS 2023 summit at the Guildhall in London, UK, on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Innovate Finance’s Global Summit — part of U.K. Fintech Week — runs until Tuesday. Photographer: Carlos Jasso/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coinbase CEO responds to SEC’s accusations his company operates an illegal crypto exchange: ‘I think we’re gonna be fine going to the court’

By Yueqi Yang, Sonali Basak, and others

President and CEO of Binance.US, Brian Shroder

Failing crypto firm Voyager is selling their assets to Binance US for $1 billion after FTX deal imploded

By Yueqi Yang, Jeremy Hill, and others

Brian Armstrong.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong thinks his company’s revenue will fall at least another 50% as the entire crypto sector sees a major downturn

By Yueqi Yang and Bloomberg

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and chief executive officer of FTX Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange, speaks during an interview on an episode of Bloomberg Wealth with David Rubenstein in New York, US, on Wednesday, Aug 17, 2022. Crypto exchange FTX US is expanding its no-fee stock trading service to all US users, including non-crypto investors, in a move to expand its customer base and increase assets under custody. Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Sam Bankman-Fried is reportedly in the Bahamas as up to $2 billion in customer funds disappear through ‘back door’

By Yueqi Yang and Bloomberg

Sam Bankman-Fried

FTX’s U.S. crypto exchange says trading may be halted in a few days

By Yueqi Yang and Bloomberg

Falling down cryptocurrency illustration concept shows the falling down graph of cryptocurrency with the symbol of Bitcoin on the green neon light for making the financial background.

Three Arrows Capital’s disgraced founders emerge from 5 weeks in hiding to tell the story of their crypto fund’s collapse

By Joanna Ossinger, Muyao Shen, and others

Billionaire Alan Howard, co-founder of Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP, at the company’s offices in London, U.K., on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. Aron Landy, who replaced billionaire Alan Howard at the helm of Brevan Howard just over a year ago, is shifting the famed macro investing firm away from being a founder-led hedge fund toward a broader financial-services operation, readying it to survive beyond the man whose name is above the door.

Goldman, Barclays invest in Alan Howard crypto trading platform

By Yueqi Yang, Anchalee Worrachate, and others

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – SEPTEMBER 04: Attendees line up for the Coinbase ferris wheel during 2021 Made In America at Benjamin Franklin Parkway on September 04, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation)

Coinbase sunk by fears of a ‘crypto winter’ after it predicts a drop in crypto trading

By Yueqi Yang, Olga Kharif, and others

The live data capture of the Ethereum network can be seen on a computer screen at the Ethereum DEV offices in Berlin, Germany, 14 April 2015. Ethereum is an open source platform that hosts applications and data on a decentralized network. While the block chain technology of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin is restricted to finance, this concerns applications that would normally require escrow services like, for example, financial applications, social networking applications, notaries or booking services that need to save and validate verifiable data. Photo: JENS KALAENE/dpa | usage worldwide (Photo by Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty Images)

$320 million crypto hack is no big deal for the trading firm behind Wormhole—it refunded customer losses in a day

By Nick Baker, Yueqi Yang, and others

Close-up of hands of a man viewing balances of Bitcoin, Ether and other cryptocurrencies in a wallet app from popular service Coinbase, Martinez, California, June 26, 2019. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Hackers steal $320 million in crypto from Wormhole DeFi project

By Olga Kharif, Yueqi Yang, and others

New York City Mayor Eric Adams

New York City Mayor Eric Adams gets his first paycheck in Bitcoin and Ethereum

By Yueqi Yang, Shelly Banjo, and others

TAMPA, FL – JANUARY 16: Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) looks on during the game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on January 16, 2022 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL. (Photo by Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

NFTs and Culture

Tom Brady’s Autograph—which helps celebrities launch their own NFTs—just raised $170 million from Silicon Valley

By Yueqi Yang and Bloomberg

Coinbase Mastercard NFT partnership

NFTs and Culture

Coinbase announces NFT marketplace partnership with Mastercard

By Yueqi Yang and Bloomberg

Justin Sun, founder of Tron and chief executive officer of BitTorrent Inc., in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. Sun, the 30-year-old crypto entrepreneur who bought $10 million worth of GameStop Corp. at the height of its Reddit-fueled rally, is predicting a paradigm shift in investing as younger people swarm into financial assets. Photographer: Fan Kar-Long/Bloomberg

Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun reveals himself as the anonymous bidder who paid $28 million to join Jeff Bezos in space

By Yueqi Yang and Bloomberg