2025-01-22
Great scoop from @PickardJE and @journosooz on @CMAgovUK chair being ousted. CEO surely can't be far behind Recalls Martin “shoot first” Wheatley being turfed out of @TheFCA for being too hard on those poor payday lenders https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
UK CMA Chair Marcus Bokkerink plans to leave the antitrust agency, forced out by UK ministers; the CMA appoints ex-Amazon executive Doug Gurr as interim chair
Marcus Bokkerink replaced at CMA with government saying it wants pro-business decisions to drive prosperity and growth
2023-10-26
It's roughly half way in the @SBF_FTX trial. Is he a loveable math geek who got quickly out of his depth, or a crook who stole money from his customers to enrich himself? The reader comments on this @joshckoliver big read are pretty conclusive... https://www.ft.com/...
Bloomberg
Sam Bankman Fried's lawyers say SBF plans to testify in his own trial when they start their case later this week, after damaging testimony from his inner circle
2023-10-25
It's roughly half way in the @SBF_FTX trial. Is he a loveable math geek who got quickly out of his depth, or a crook who stole money from his customers to enrich himself? The reader comments on this @joshckoliver big read are pretty conclusive... https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
After 12 days of damaging US witness testimony from SBF's friends and colleagues, legal experts say he may now have to take the stand to avoid life in prison
It's roughly half way in the @SBF_FTX trial. Is he a loveable math geek who got quickly out of his depth, or a crook who stole money from his customers to enrich himself? The reader comments on this @joshckoliver big read are pretty conclusive... https://www.ft.com/...
Bloomberg
Bankruptcy hearing: FTX is considering proposals from three bidders to restart trading, without disclosing the names, and will make a decision by mid-December
Steven Church / Bloomberg :
2023-08-15
“It's all about getting shit done,” says @cz_binance with characteristic start-up zeal. But since the collapse of rival FTX, Binance has found it harder to “get shit done” as regulatory scrutiny ramps up, reports @ScottChipolina in today's @FT big read https://www.ft.com/...
The Block
Filing: BAM Trading, which runs Binance.US, seeks a protective order against the SEC due to “conducting a fishing expedition”; the SEC seeks four depositions
- BAM Trading, the company behind Binance.US, filed a motion on Monday to seek a protective order against the SEC.
“It's all about getting shit done,” says @cz_binance with characteristic start-up zeal. But since the collapse of rival FTX, Binance has found it harder to “get shit done” as regulatory scrutiny ramps up, reports @ScottChipolina in today's @FT big read https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
A look at Binance's early and rapid growth, aided by the haze of regulatory uncertainty, and whether, post-FTX, the exchange has blown its chance to rule crypto
Scott Chipolina / Financial Times : X: @tonytassell and @jonathaneley X: Tony Tassell / @tonytassell : Has Binance blown its chance to rule the crypto markets? @ScottChipolina div...