FTX continued to dominate the headlines for another week as their downfall reverberates around the crypto world
Although many Latin American companies claim they have little exposure to FTX's digital token, a widespread loss of conviction in crypto poses a significant risk.
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The FTX debacle continues- when you thought it was all over, things just get weirder.
Tuesday afternoon Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao announced on Twitter an agreement to buy FTX.com, the non-U.S. section of FTX.
Making news this week was FTX expanding into stock trading, Plaid getting into identity verification, Klarna raising money at a lower valuation, Nubank adds 5.7 million new customers in Q1, Robinhood launching self-custodial wallets and more.
Since the FTX meltdown, centralized exchanges in the DeFi space are rushing to publish PoRs, but without liability data, are they relevant?
Sam Bankman-Fried became the regulators' "face of crypto" supposedly bringing clarity to the space - despite this, confusion is rife.
FTX led the news all week with the fastest fall in crypto history. This story crowded out any other major news story.
The crypto contagion continued this week with BlockFi being the center of attention. There was also news from FTX on Robinhood, Celsius continued to flounder, Three Arrows Capital is toast, and amid all this turmoil the EU agreed to a crypto regulatory framework.
Leading the news this week was the incredible demise of Fast that imploded this past week. Also making news was a big M&A deal from Fast archrival Bolt, Jamie Dimon's shareholder letter discusses tech, the UK go all-in on crypto, the SEC wants to regulate crypto exchanges and more.