As Sam Bankman-Fried awaits jail, FTX customers await full repayment

Government exhibit in the case against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. Source: SDNY As Sam Bankman-Fried prepares to face sentencing next month for his criminal fraud conviction tied to the epic collapse of FTX in 2022, former customers of the crypto exchange have reasons to believe they could actually recoup their money. Bankman-Fried, who could … Read more

Cryptocurrency investors eagerly await SEC ruling on bitcoin ETFs

Crypto investors are eagerly awaiting an imminent ruling from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that will likely approve the trading of a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund, more than a decade after initial attempts were rejected.  13 companies have filed for a spot bitcoin ETF:  Grayscale Bitcoin TrustArk/21Shares Bitcoin TrustBitwise Bitcoin ETF TrustBlackRock Bitcoin ETF … Read more

In Ukraine’s Kharkiv, medics await shelling — and a new year of war

January 1, 2024 at 3:47 p.m. EST Medic Iryna Peshykova poses for a portrait at her base in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Monday. (Wojciech Grzedzinski) Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave KHARKIV, Ukraine — At a medic base an hour’s drive from the Russian border, Iryna Peshykova waited for the new year to arrive … Read more

Acaylar and remnants of disbanded Gerflor squad continue to await their fates as the New Year draws near

Gerflor Defenders. – PVL PHOTO There was a sense of uncertainty in Sammy Acaylar’s voice when he talked about the future. “I don’t know if we (team) will be continued, up to now I still don’t know what their decision will be,” Acaylar told the Inquirer over the phone when asked of the fate of … Read more

Migrants are being raped at Mexico border as they await entry to US

By Laura Gottesdiener, Ted Hesson, Mica Rosenberg and Daina Beth Solomon (Reuters) – REYNOSA, Mexico Sept 29 (Reuters) – When Carolina’s captors arrived at dawn to pull her out of the stash house in the Mexican border city of Reynosa in late May, she thought they were going to force her to call her family … Read more