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Former FTX employee gives insights into company culture

Some highlights from ex FTX employee Danielle Cloud: The Bahamas office had 24/7 food catering. Employees were also provided with free groceries, free monthly haircuts, and bi-weekly massages. The company had 6 or so luxury condos for employees to use, free-of-charge. Stays at luxury hotels were also expensed by FTX. Staff worked Monday through Sunday,…
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Realized losses from FTX collapse peaked at $9B, far below earlier crises

Weekly-realized losses peaked at $20.5 billion when Terra Luna (LUNC) imploded and reached $33 billion when 3AC and Celsius collapsed, according to Chainalysis.

Rep. Tom Emmer mulls bringing back bill aimed at reducing crypto red tape

Tom Emmer is considering reintroducing a bill that removes the requirement for entities to be registered as money transmitters if they don’t handle customer assets.

FTX ex-staffer: Extravagant expenditures and cult-like worshipping of SBF

A former FTX employee has revealed details regarding the lavish expenditures of the exchange as well as its intense company culture.

Binance Australia Fined $2m for Spam Emails

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Bitcoin Price Retreats After Fed Decision But 100 SMA Is The Key

Bitcoin price climbed higher towards $18,400 before there was a bearish reaction. BTC is now trading near a major support at $17,550 and might bounce back. Bitcoin broke the $18,000 resistance zone before there was a downside correction. The price is trading above $17,500 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There is a key bullish trend line forming with support near $17,580 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair could start a fresh increase unless it trades below the 100 hourly SMA. Bitcoin Price Remains Supported Bitcoin price extended its increase above the $17,800 resistance zone. BTC even climbed above the $18,000 resistance zone and settled well above the 100 hourly simple moving average. The price traded as high as $18,387 before there was a bearish reaction. The Fed increased interest rates by 0.5%, sparking sharp moves in the market. BTC price reacted the downside and traded below the $18,000 support zone. There was a clear move below the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the upward move from the $16,880 low to $18,387 high. However, bitcoin price is trading above $17,500 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. It is holding the 50% Fib retracement level of the upward move from the $16,880 low to $18,387 high. There is also a key bullish trend line forming with support near $17,580 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair. On the upside, an immediate resistance is near the $17,900 level. The first major resistance is near the $18,000 zone, above which the price may perhaps revisit the $18,400 zone. Source: BTCUSD on TradingView.com The next major resistance is near $18,500, above which the price might gain pace and rise towards the $19,200 zone in the near term. Downside Break in BTC? If bitcoin fails to clear the $18,000 resistance, there could be more downsides. An immediate support on the downside is near the $17,580 level and the trend line support. The next major support is near the $17,400 zone and the 100 hourly simple moving average. A downside break below the $17,400 support might call more losses. In the stated case, the price could decline towards the $16,800 support in the near term. Technical indicators: Hourly MACD – The MACD is now gaining pace in the bearish zone. Hourly RSI (Relative Strength Index) – The RSI for BTC/USD is now below the 50 level. Major Support Levels – $17,580, followed by $17,400. Major Resistance Levels – $17,900, $18,000 and $18,500.

Only 1% of people can handle crypto self-custody right now: Binance CEO

Changpeng Zhao’s comments come as billions of dollars of stablecoins continue to flow out of the Binance exchange.

Recently Signed 2009 Bitcoin Block Reward Linked to Hal Finney’s Set of BTC Transactions

At the end of November, an unknown person signed a signature tied to an extremely old block reward mined on Jan. 19, 2009, and the user published a message and verified signature linked to the reward on the forum bitcointalk.org. The message was tied to a bitcoin address associated with block 1,018, a block reward […]

Are you buying ETH?

Historic Price of ETH on 12/14 Today's Price: $1,307 1 year ago: $4,018 2 years ago: $589 3 years ago: $143 4 years ago: $84 5 years ago: $684 6 years ago: $7.83 7 years ago: $1.01 Amounts of money made from investments of $1,000 at various points in time (12/14): -$677 (one year ago)…
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FTX insider turned on Sam Bankman-Fried days before bankruptcy, flagging potential fraud to regulators

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