
FTX’s Bankman-Fried seeks gag order for all witnesses in criminal case
Lawyers representing SBF have agreed to a gag order preventing him from making comments that could sway his criminal trial but says it should apply to other witnesses too.

Lawyer involved in viral abuse video is MTI crypto expert
Advocate Vaughn Victor is also involved in the liquidation of Tariomix, a company owned by diamond dealer Louis Liebenberg.

Is Young RFK the Democratic Party’s answer to Trump?
ALBAWABA – Democratic United States (US) presidential candidate Robert "Bobby" F Kennedy Jr, less commonly known as Young RFK, is reshaping the political terrain through controversy and somewhat radical proposals...

Mashinsky: Celsius lawyer fixed problems until both got charged
At 6:30 on a steamy New York morning, FBI agents arrested former Celsius Network Chief Executive Officer Alex Mashinsky at his sprawling penthouse on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Hours later, he pleaded not guilty to an indictment accusing the 57-year-old…

Crazy crypto-ruling judge shaking up the $1.2 trillion market
Maybe there’s a method to Torres’ madness. In the meantime, the crypto industry will have to live with one of the more bizarre and dangerous court rulings I’ve ever seen in covering finance for three decades.

Terra interim CEO says any 'little progress' made gets derailed by accusations
Terraform Labs recently appointed CEO Chris Amani held a Twitter Spaces with the purpose of separating the operations of Terraform Labs from Do Kwon’s personal affairs.

SEC reviews Ripple ruling, US bill seeks control over DeFi, and more: Hodler’s Digest, July 16-22
The SEC examines the ruling in the Ripple case, a U.S. Senate bill seeks to regulate DeFi, and the poor performance of altcoins in the second quarter of 2023.

‘Bitcoin Bonnie & Clyde’ to plead guilty for alleged $4.5B cryptocurrency laundering scheme
A new court filing hints that Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, who were charged with laundering $4.5 billion in hacked bitcoin back in 2016, appear to be gearing up to plead guilty.

Caroline Ellison worried SBF breakups would ‘cause drama,’ said they made work at Alameda ‘painful’ in private writings: report
Ellison fretted that the star-crossed lovers were at risk of “making things weird” and “causing drama."

Bitcoin Dawdles Below $30K as Investors Eye Coming Fed Rate Decision, BTC Options Expiry
Next week’s U.S. central bank interest rate decision and the bitcoin options expiry are unlikely to move markets, which have been stuck for weeks.
To Survive the New Era of Robot Spam, Look to Crypto’s History
Human communication systems are under threat from linguistic robots (AI). But the same spammy problem helped lead to the creation of Bitcoin.

'Razzlekhan,' Husband Agree to Plea Deal in Bitfinex Hack Laundering Case Worth Billions
The pair will forfeit the proceeds from nearly 120,000 bitcoins they allegedly laundered from the hacked crypto exchange.