- Report: FTX Co-Founder SBF Retains White-Collar Lawyer Who Represented Ghislaine Maxwell
On Dec. 6, 2022, the former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) reportedly retained the attorney Mark Cohen, the lawyer that represented Ghislaine Maxwell during her recent sex trafficking case. SBF’s spokesperson further explained that the FTX co-founder is being consulted by a professor at Stanford Law School, David Mills. Sam Bankman-Fried Hires Attorney Who Represented
- Report Suggests FTX’s Tokenized Stocks Might Not Have Been Backed 1:1, Synthetics May Have Been Used to ‘Manipulate’ Real Stock Prices
On Dec. 4, 2022, a report details that FTX-based synthetic stocks may have been used to manipulate the value of AMC shares. In May 2021, FTX offered 36 tokenized stocks but speculators believe it’s questionable whether or not the firm actually held the real stocks in the first place. FTX Listed 36 Synthetic Stocks and
- Any on-shoring of semiconductor supply chain is beneficial, says Bernstein’s Stacy Rasgon
Stacy Rasgon, Bernstein senior analyst and managing director, joins 'TechCheck' to discuss if he sees TSMC's new chip fabrication plant in Arizona as a hedge against China manufacturing issues, where Intel is in its ambitions to manufacture chips in the U.S. and more.
- Report: South African Digital-Only Bank Launches Crypto Payments Gateway
A South African digital-only bank (also known as a “neo bank”), Be Mobile Africa, has reportedly launched a crypto payment gateway that allows merchants to convert digital currency payments to fiat currency. Cédric Jeannot, the CEO of the digital-only bank, said the “new gateway is a game-changer” that also helps small businesses “preserve wealth in
- Apple and the tech trade: What investors need to know
CNBC’s ‘Halftime Report’ investment committee, Stephanie Link, Bill Baruch, Joe Terranova and Jim Lebenthal, discuss Apple and the tech trade.
