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The United States judge overseeing Voyager Digital’s bankruptcy case has chastised the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its ambiguous reasoning for objecting to the crypto lending firm’s proposed sale to Binance.US. The details have been shared in a report published by Reuters.

Artificial intelligence isn't just a hot topic in Hollywood.

The names of two of FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried's guarantors were revealed on Wednesday, after an unsealing motion from media companies including CNBC was granted by a Manhattan federal judge.

Virginie Morgon, one of the most influential women in private equity, has been ousted as the boss of Eurazeo.

Cryptocurrency entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried walked out of a Manhattan courthouse on Thursday with his parents after they agreed to sign a $250 million (€235 million) bond and keep him at their California home while he awaits trial on charges that he swindled investors and looted customer deposits on his FTX trading platform.

Mid-market investment bank William Blair is expanding in Europe with a new operation in Madrid and a fresh dealmaking push in Zurich, as financial services firms bulk up on the continent in the wake of Brexit.

The crypto service is being rolled out across 11 European countries excluding the UK, as the fintech is still awaiting authorisation to offer crypto services there. “I think that offering crypto has become a necessity. Crypto, especially the leading coins, are quite mainstream as assets now.” “This is a transition phase, as we want to test it in a small scale way across Europe. Our current mission is to offer a large range of assets. US stocks were an easy starting point for us.. We want to enlarge the universe in terms of assets, so with crypto on one side and ETFs on the other, people can create a very diversified portfolio through Shares." He expects that some users will view crypto as a risky asset, allocating the majority of their funds toward traditional trades, leaving a smaller proportion to speculate on the crypto side.

As FTX’s bankruptcy proceedings continue to ravage through the crypto markets, the authorities of the Bahamas, where the exchange is headquartered, are investigating the activities of the collapsed business, according to Ryan Pinder, the nation’s attorney general and Minister of Legal Affairs. 

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Mid-market investment bank William Blair has added a senior technology dealmaker in London as it continues to bolster its European business.

 

After months of tussling with the SEC, Ripple finally managed to gain an upper hand in the case recently. And, this sparked excitement in the crypto community.

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill aims to “drive dirty money out of the UK,” read a press release by the Home Office. The Bill is currently in Parliament for a second reading that will take place next month.

U.S. digital asset-focused bank Custodia has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Reserve (FED) Board of Governors and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City over “unlawfully” delaying its application for a master account with the FED. The bank received major backing earlier this week after seven U.S. Congressmen submitted a friend of the court brief. The lawmakers urged a Wyoming court to dismiss the FED’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit.

Nowhere will the Queen be more deeply mourned than in London's financial district. One of the places where a new sovereign is proclaimed is the City's Royal Exchange, where huge crowds gathered in silence to mark the accession of Queen Elizabeth II in February 1952.

BEIJING — Chinese electric car maker Nio joined others in the industry in saying that U.S. restrictions on Nvidia chip sales to China won't affect the automaker's business.

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Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said Tuesday that the U.S. central bank will need to push its short-term interest-rate target to a point where it will restrain the economy and maintain that stance for a while as part of its bid to lower inflation.

The SEC is back to its tactics after the latest ruling by Judge Netburn. The American regulators have filed their objections to Magistrate Judge Netburn’s order compelling them to submit the Hinman speech material.

Meme crypto currency Shiba Inu has no end in sight as it continues the recent upturn in price fortunes. SHIB went as high as $0.00001642 as the bulls took charge of the dog-themed token on 16 August.