Sam Bankman-Fried The founder of the crypto exchange FTX is getting more and more criticism. (Foto: The Washington Post/Getty Images) New York FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is said to have used almost three quarters of the money that investors had pledged in a financing round in 2021 for his own purposes. The Wall Street Journal reports. … Read more
Sam Bankman-Fried The co-founder and CEO of the crypto exchange FTX is threatened with investigations by the public prosecutor. (Foto: Bloomberg/Getty Images) New York It would be a desperate maneuver: According to US media reports, the founder of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, still believes he can raise enough money to compensate his users. … Read more
Ukraine conflict While the West discusses sanctions, the oil price continues to rise indignantly. (Photo: dpa) New York Discussions about an import ban on Russian oil pushed the price of crude oil up to $139 a barrel at the start of trading in Asia on Monday night. This triggered a mood of crisis on Asia’s … Read more
Visa and Mastercard credit cards Because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the two credit card providers are suspending their business in Russia. (Photo: dpa) Washington Because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the world’s two largest credit card providers, Visa and Mastercard, are suspending their business in Russia. Visa will work with customers and … Read more
“Such statements raise the suspicion that Germany should ideally do nothing at all and want to keep possible sanctions as small as possible. And a quiet Federal Chancellor is enthroned above everything,” said Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, Vice President of the German Marshall Fund and former head of the planning office of the then Federal President Joachim … Read more
Logos from Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram Facebook bought Instagram for around $ 1 billion in 2012 and WhatsApp for around $ 22 billion in 2014. (Photo: Reuters) Washington The competition lawsuit, with which the US government wants to smash Facebook, has been accepted in the second attempt by a court in Washington. Judge James Boasberg … Read more