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According to a notice on recruitment site Civil Service Jobs, the UK’s leading crime commission is on the hunt for a crypto investigator. NCA Launches Crypto-specific Unit Per the posting, the new opening falls beneath a project from the agency’s cyber-focused division, the National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU). The NCCU reportedly has plans to set up a “specialized cryptocurrency and virtual assets team.” The aforementioned unit dubbed the “NCCU Crypto Cell” will have a starting workforce of just 5 personnel.…

Seychelles-based crypto exchange OKX published its second proof-of-reserves (PoR) on Thursday, showing that user assets for the top-3 cryptocurrencies are fully-backed. The exchange promised to publish subsequent PoR reports on roughly the 22nd day of each month from today onwards.  Committing to PoR In a press release from OKX, the company provided a new tool allowing users to self-verify its reserves using open-source tools.  The tool lets anyone examine the results of OKX’s proof of reserves audits at different points…

Media personality Jim Cramer voiced his support for Binance in a Twitter post amidst negative speculation surrounding the firm. Cramer stated that he felt reassured by Binance and asked his followers if they shared the sentiment.  CZ Says No to Cramer Endorsement Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao responded to the tweet, alluding to the long-running inverse Cramer strategy. Cramer is widely-known to represent the consensus view in market trends, a position that rarely ever yields returns. This reputation has birthed two…

Mike McAffrey – CEO of The Block – has accepted millions of dollars in undisclosed funding from disgraced FTX boss Sam Bankman-Fried. The former billionaire’s aid was split across three loans – each for $12 million, $15 million, and $16 million. The first loan, received in April 2021 through a holding company MJMCCAFFREY, was used by McAffrey to lead a buyout and restructuring of the crypto media site.  The next was accepted in January 2022 by another LLC, “Lonely Road,”…

Maxine Water – chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee – is doubling down on requests for Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) to appear on Capitol Hill.  The California representative said it is imperative he testifies before congress on December 13th, despite his hesitation.  On Sunday, SBF responded to Waters’ initial invitation to testify, in the spirit of assisting the now-insolvent FTX’s customers and investors. The former CEO said he would testify once he felt he had a firm understanding of what happened…

After nearly three weeks in the dark from the media, former FTX chief Sam Bankman-Fried is finally making public appearances. On Thursday, he partook in a live Twitter space to take questions directly from the crypto community. Here are the highlights from his interview and questioning. Sam Bankman-Fried said he is making media appearances in the name of transparency. He believes the community deserves answers. SBF claimed that he had little relationship with Alameda Research, over worries about conflicts of interest.…

The crypto borrowing and lending platform Nexo recently provided transparency into exactly how its business makes money. Its lengthy breakdown follows the collapse of numerous high-profile crypto lending firms that were overexposed to defunct projects and businesses.  Nexo’s Business Model As Nexo explained in a Twitter thread on Monday, Nexo’s primary business strategy is to facilitate collateralized credit. Its core services include crypto collateralized loans, interest-bearing crypto accounts, and spot, futures, and options trading.  Through its Earn product (crypto interest…

While busy managing Twitter, Elon Musk has still been keeping up with the drama surrounding FTX and its former CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF). The billionaire has written numerous tweets this week signaling his distaste for SBF and media outlets covering him uncritically.  Musk began by ripping into the Wall Street Journal on Monday. The outlet published an opinion piece claiming that FTX ultimately failed “because Sam Bankman-Fried’s supporters lost confidence in him.” “Yeah umm … that is definitely not the…

Bo Shen, co-founder of venture capital firm Fenbushi Capital, shared via Twitter on Wednesday that his wallet had suffered an attack. A malicious actor carted off assets worth $42 million from the Chinese investor’s personal holdings on November 10. Hacker Gains Access Via Compromised Seed Phrase Per the tweet, the stolen funds included 38M USDC. Shen made sure to clarify in his post that the hack was isolated to his own accounts and Fenbushi wallets remained unaffected.  https://twitter.com/boshen1011/status/1595265219898789888?s=20  Blockchain security…