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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. He has repeatedly claimed ignorance of any wrongdoing.

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Bahamas AG defends his investigation into SBF and FTX while pointing fingers at the rest of the world

TechSpot

Bahamas Attorney General L. Ryan Pinder spoke out over the weekend regarding the FTX collapse and the public's interest in the legally "free" status of Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF). The AG live-streamed the presser via the Bahamas Office of the Prime Minister's Facebook page, where it racked up a whopping 623.

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Sam Bankman-Fried launches Substack: ‘I didn’t steal funds, and I certainly didn’t stash billions away’

TechCrunch

judge released Bankman-Fried on a $250 million bail bond after he was extradited to America from the Bahamas. I’ve been, regrettably, slow to respond to public misperceptions and material misstatements. Bankman-Fried could face up to 115 years in jail if convicted on all charges. His trial date has been set for October 2, 2023.

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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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Who’s profiting from the Bored Ape digital land sale?

TechCrunch

Decrypt wrote that “OpenSea set a new one-day record for Ethereum NFT trading on Sunday with $476 million,” with the publication adding that “much” of the sum came from Otherdeed activity. Crypto Bahamas signals stronger ties between old and new worlds of finance.

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SBF claims massive ignorance on obvious conflicts in FTX downfall

TechCrunch

During the interview, SBF, while sipping (and at least once, spilling) a La Croix in the Bahamas, claimed multiple times that he did not know how certain aspects of the business, from its ties to its eventual bankruptcy, went so wrong. In the text message exchange, he also made flippant comments, going as far as to say “f**k regulators.”. “It

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Flying taxi startup Lilium will build a hub for its electric aircraft in Florida

The Verge

It will work with the primary real estate developer in the area, Bahamas-based Tavistock Development Company, on the development and construction of the vertiport. Lilium says it will construct a $25 million “vertiport” in Lake Nona, a planned community of about 65,000 people within the Orlando city limits.

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