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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested in the Bahamas

TechCrunch

Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested by The Royal Bahamas Police Force following reports that the United States filed criminal charges against the founder and former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX , and is likely to request his extradition. Government, based on a sealed indictment filed by the SDNY.”

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Government Releases Audio of Implosion of Titanic Sub

Futurism

Over a year and a half after the fateful implosion of OceanGate's doomed Titan submersible, officials are still combing through the evidence, and trickling it out for the public to see and hear.

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Twitter battles all things ElonJet, SBF gets arrested, and OpenAI tries to figure out watermarking

TechCrunch

SBF arrested : Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange/Gordian knot that exploded oh-so-dramatically over the last few months, was arrested in the Bahamas this week. Shortly thereafter, the U.S. ” NSA warns of exploits in popular networking gear : “The U.S.

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FTX processed billions monthly in Africa before going bust

TechCrunch

Most FTX customers have been unable to withdraw their funds from the platform as the Bahamas-headquartered company goes through bankruptcy proceedings. It’s public record that it never happened. Bademosi also disclosed that FTX’s trading-focused sister entity Alameda Research, one of the investors in Nestcoin’s $6.45

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New data for strategic disaster philanthropy 

Candid

Hurricane Dorian caused catastrophic damage in the Bahamas and parts of the eastern United States. Based on the latest available data, this report documents $30 billion in private, public, corporate and individual disaster-related giving to address major disasters and humanitarian crises that affected millions globally in 2019.

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How Indigenous Peoples’ Day is Supplanting Columbus Day

Whole Whale

However, the second Monday in October is still celebrated by 14 states and about 130 local governments as Columbus Day. He “found” the Bahamas. Besides looking at state and local government holiday laws, there is another way of looking at the adoption of either Columbus or Indigenous Peoples’ Day. 1937: President Franklin D.