SBF: 'I Didn't Knowingly Commingle' 🤔

Sam Bankman-Fried's interview, Unsiwap's NFT aggregator, Kraken layoffs, and more!

December 01, 2022

On the Pod…

What’s Poppin’?

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried claims he was unaware that there was a commingling of funds between FTX and Alameda Research.

Uniswap Labs has launched an NFT aggregator on its platform, surfacing collections from eight different marketplaces including OpenSea and LooksRare.

Crypto exchange Kraken is downsizing its workforce by 30% citing the need to adapt to current market conditions.

LBRY Inc., the company behind the LBRY blockchain, disclosed that it may cease to exist in the near future in light of legal fees and debt owed to the SEC.

On Unchained Premium 💎

In this premium interview, I talk with Ouriel Ohayon, CEO and cofounder of ZenGo, about the importance of crypto wallets, especially after the collapse of all these centralized lenders and exchanges

In Other News…✍️✍️✍️

  • TBD, Jack Dorsey’s Bitcoin initiative, canceled its plans to trademark ‘Web5’.

  • NFT creators selling on OpenSea earned $1.1 billion this year, according to an analysis by Shiva Rajaraman, OpenSea's VP of product.

  • Six exchanges, including Kraken, Coinbase, and Binance, were ordered to share user data to help trace more than $10 million in stolen funds.

  • Broker-dealer and crypto trading platform INX Digital joined the list of bidders for the assets of bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Voyager Digital.

  • BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said that the firm had invested $24 million in FTX.

  • Casa, a popular Bitcoin self-custody firm, adds Ethereum support to its platform.

  • BitDAO launched Mantle Network, a modular Ethereum layer 2 chain.

Today in Crypto Adoption...

  • Messaging platform Telegram plans to launch its own crypto wallet and decentralize exchange.

  • Brazil passed a law to legalize cryptocurrencies as means of payment in the country.

The $$$ Corner…

  • Digital asset market maker Keyrock raised $72 million in a Series B funding round led by Ripple.

  • Crypto infrastructure startup Catapult closed a $5 million seed round led by Blockchain Capital. 

  • Framework Ventures and Chapter One co-led a $3 million seed round for Daylight, a software solution for aggregating web3 perks.

What Do You Meme

📈 Your Market Update 📉

  • BTC is up 1.44%, trading at $17,107

  • ETH is up 1.42%, trading at $1,282

  • BTC dominance: 36.98%

  • Crypto market cap: $889 billion

*All data as of today, 5 am ET

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