Do Kwon arrested, White House hates crypto, Coinbase Wells notice, SEC charges Justin Sun, Signature sold, FTX Bahamas party fund returns

Our latest epic — and it’s Amy’s turn to post. [Amy Castor] In this issue: Do Kwon of Terra-Luna is arrested at last. Good thing he wasn’t on the run or anything, hey. The White House reports on crypto — Dark Brandon has had it with your blockchain malarkey. Coinbase said Earn wasn’t a security. The SEC disagrees, and it’s sent them a Wells notice....

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Crypto collapse: The Great Unbanking continues, Bitcoin pumps, FTX, Voyager, Tether

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Crypto collapse: Signature Bank blows up, US crypto frantically looks for new banking

More banks are on fire! This time it’s Amy’s turn to post. [Amy Castor] In today’s desperate telegram from the front: Signature, the other bank of crypto, got taken out and shot on Sunday evening — a few hours after we posted about Silicon Valley Bank. USDC has recovered. Circle and Coinbase mostly dodged the fallout from Signature. Good thing...

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Crypto collapse: Silicon Valley Bank falls and takes out USDC, New York calls ETH a security

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Crypto collapse: Good night Silvergate Bank, unbanking crypto exchanges, Voyager sale to Binance proceeding

A quick update for the most predictable crypto collapse dead pool entry of the week — just a short one, for this great event. This time it’s Amy’s turn to post. [Amy Castor] In this update: Silvergate Bank declares it’s winding down Various crypto exchanges are freed from the dead weight of the legacy fiat financial system Binance purchase of...

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Crypto collapse: Binance hits reserves, FTX’s Singh sings, miners’ creative accounting, bitcoin markets are thin

By Amy Castor and David Gerard Our Patreons still have banking — here’s Amy’s, and here’s David’s. Your contributions help us do all of this! Our patrons can also get a couple of “Bitcoin: It Can’t Be That Stupid” stickers just by messaging one of us and asking. David has signed author copies of his books for sale. Sign up on Amy’s blog to see...

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Crypto collapse: Silvergate implosion continues, Signature Bank, Tether lied to banks, Voyager, Celsius

Our latest is out, and it’s over on Amy’s blog. [Amy Castor] In this edition: Silvergate is not dead yet, but we think it’s just a matter of time Signature Bank: Crypto? What crypto? Tether commits only slight bank fraud How incredibly stupid Voyager’s loan to 3AC was Celsius has a plan, even if it’s based only on hope We actually had over...

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Silvergate, banker to the crypto world, is going down

By Amy Castor and David Gerard Put your fiat currency into our Patreons in confidence — here’s Amy’s, and here’s David’s. Silvergate Bank, the US dollar banker to the crypto world, is having issues. The latest red flag: Silvergate is unable to file its 10-K annual report for 2022 on time, and it won’t even be able to meet an extended March 16...

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News: blockchain MEP Eva Kaili corruption arrest, Nigerian CBDC rewrite, BBC blockchain misadventures

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Crypto collapse: New Sam Bankman-Fried charges, New York targets CoinEx, Coinbase losses, Voyager, Celsius

Our latest on the decline and fall of crypto! This one’s over at Amy’s blog. [Amy Castor] In this issue: Yet more criminal charges against SBF The New York Attorney General goes after CoinEx. Why? Coinbase’s 10-K for 2022. They can’t help but taunt the SEC. FTX fallout, Voyager, Celsius Regulators worldwide tighten the screws “Sam Bankman-Fried...

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