Sam Bankman-Fried

DeFi

The Smart Way to Talk About DeFi’s $22B

"TVL isn't the best indicator when ETH and all other crypto is green for weeks," one observer said of DeFi's recent growth.

Tech  ·  8 January 2021
CoinFlash

Cryptocurrency CEO Donated Second-Largest Amount to Joe Biden’s Campaign

Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of cryptocurrency derivatives platform FTX, made the second-largest donation to Joe Biden's presidential campaign.

News  ·  5 November 2020
DeFi

SushiSwap Will Withdraw Up to $830M From Uniswap Today: Why It Matters for DeFi

It's perhaps the largest test to date of a growing mood in DeFi: that all major projects should be community-owned.

Tech  ·  9 September 2020
Bitcoin

BitMEX Open Interest Collapses After Controversial Long Squeeze

Open interest in XBT/USD on BitMEX has crashed by over 50 percent from 115,000 BTC to 55,000 BTC over the past 12 days.

Markets  ·  24 March 2020
Coinbase

Does Crypto Need Circuit Breakers? Last Week’s Price Crash Ignites a Debate

A longtime feature of stock exchanges, circuit breakers throw sand in the gears of a plummeting market like last week’s. Should crypto adopt them?

Markets  ·  16 March 2020
Donald Trump

New ‘TRUMP’ Token Giving 62% Odds of US President’s Reelection

Crypto traders outside the U.S. now have a way to weigh in on President Trump thanks to a new digital token, the TRUMP.

Markets  ·  7 February 2020