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The number of holders of Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) has increased by 7,807 to a total of 1,251,237 since the start of December. What Happened: According to Etherscan data, in December, SHIB saw an average of 643 new holders added daily. This stands in stark contrast to the situation at the end of...

Ark Investment Management CEO Cathie Wood believes the decentralization and transparency of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) make it unsuitable in the eyes of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. What Happened: Wood took to Twitter on Saturday to deliver a firm...

The cryptocurrency sector saw a huge spike in interest in 2021 as the valuations of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) and others hit all-time highs in their coin prices. The crypto bull market of 2021 brought many newcomers to the space, with cryptocurrency...

ARK Investment Management founder and CEO Cathie Wood said the recent FTX debacle would benefit one crypto sector.  During a recent interview, Wood said that the collapse of FTX would boost the decentralized finance (DeFi) networks.   She said that decentralized networks would...

The cryptocurrency market was firing on all cylinders in 2021 with Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) hitting all-time highs in a bull market. This year (2022) has been completely different than 2021 with the collapse of several crypto-related companies and investors having fears...

Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX’s co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried announced on Friday that he will testify before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee on Dec. 13. In response to demands from committee chair Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), who had stated his appearance was...

Jim Cramer lambasted the cryptocurrency market, during his Thursday appearance on "Squawk Box," referring to it as a "ain't con." "The whole thing seems so bottomless that I don't know how to fathom it," he said. What Happened: Cramer characterized Ripple (...

Cryptocurrency exchanges are once more in focus after the bankruptcy of Sam Bankman-Fried founded FTX. It is estimated that at least $1 billion of customer funds evaporated from the now-collapsed exchange, reported CNN. However, the imagination of the "cryptoverse" was dominated by the...

The U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) is cautioning publicly traded firms that if they have been affected by the recent FTX-led (CRYPTO: FTT) disruptions in the industry, they need to inform their investors. What Happened: The Division of Corporation Finance informed U.S....

Renowned "Shark Tank" investor Kevin O'Leary is feeling the pain from the FTX fallout to the tune of $11 million and he's not willing to accept that the money made out like Harry Houdini and disappeared.  What To Know: Following his appearance at...

While some people are calling the last four weeks the darkest period in the world of cryptocurrency, declaring major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) as dead is nothing new. Kicking off the 2022 Benzinga Global Fintech Deal Day, NFT.com and Immutable Holdings (CRYPTO: IMX) CEO Jordan...

U.S. federal prosecutors have reportedly launched an investigation into whether Sam Bankman-Fried manipulated prices of TerraUSD (CRYPTO: USTC) and Luna (CRYPTO: LUNA) to benefit the entities he owned — cryptocurrency exchange FTX and Alameda...

While speaking at Benzinga’s Future of Crypto event, investments in and by FTX were discussed as one of the biggest topics impacting the cryptocurrency sector. Kevin O’Leary was an investor in FTX and Anthony Scaramucci’s Skybridge Capital received an investment from FTX. Both...

Both Kevin O’Leary and Anthony Scaramucci share relationships with former FTX CEO and co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried in common. The two spoke of what happened with FTX and its bankruptcy and what could be coming soon while speaking at Benzinga’s Future of Crypto event in New York...