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Digital assets company chaired by Philip Hammond held London party after industry conference
Regulator’s request to judge reflects argument that many digital assets qualify as securities
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London trial of a woman convicted of laundering bitcoin from a £5bn fraud in China highlights role of land in Scotland
Two academics surface renewed concerns about the role Sullivan & Cromwell has played in the crypto exchange’s saga
Administrators raise $884mn from partial sale of stake in AI start-up Anthropic
West African country steps up scrutiny of world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange
US-style ‘spot’ funds are not available to retail customers on the continent — but similar products are
Now that ‘spot’ funds have regulatory approval, due diligence experts will help decide if they can be offered to clients
Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead
Zhimin Qian’s spectre loomed over the trial of her ‘carer and assistant’ Jian Wen for money laundering
Katrín Jakobsdóttir tells the FT the island nation needs food security in a hostile world
Plus, updates on ETF outflows and alt-coins
Research counters recent claims that investors are switching to vehicles holding ‘digital gold’
FTX caretaker boss blasts Sam Bankman-Fried as his sentencing nears
Trade secrets and nonce sense
Arrest of Nvayo’s Christopher Scanlon raises questions about FCA’s ability to oversee digital payments sector
John Ray says bankrupt crypto exchange’s founder is wrong to say customers will be made whole
Cryptocurrency down 16% from its peak as net fund flows turn negative
What were two Chinese women doing in a rented mansion in London with an astronomical amount of cryptocurrency?
The FCA has said it will allow listing requests but only give access to ‘professional investors’
As Sam Bankman-Fried awaits sentencing this month for fraud, digital assets are booming again. Yet the problems that exposed his empire in 2022 are as relevant today as they were then
Prosecutors push back on convicted crypto kingpin’s pleas for leniency ahead of sentencing later this month
Plus, an update on Binance’s troubles in Nigeria
They haven’t even gone up much and now they’re expensive too
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