-
'We do not want your support': SBF backs Clarity crypto bill from prison, drawing bipartisan rebuke from Sens. Lummis and Warren
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's support of a broader cryptocurrency bill isn't sitting well with either side of the aisle in the Senate. On Wednesday, the jailed exec voiced his support of the Clarity Act, sweeping legislation to regulate the crypto industry. "The CLARITY Act will be a huge milestone for crypto and a huge achievement for @realDonaldTrump," Bankman-Fried said in a post on X. "I was championing a similar bill to get crypto out of [former Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary] Gensler's hands when Gensler helped Biden's DOJ put me behind bars." In 2022, Bankman-Fried, before being ... (full story)
- Comments / Top
- Subscribe
-
Related Stories
Popular onchain sleuth ZachXBT finally released a much-awaited scoop on Feb. 26, accusing a senior business development employee at Axiom Exchange of abusing internal access controls to track user wallets and allegedly profit from insider trading activity. Axiom is a crypto trading platform founded by Mist & Cal in 2024. After going through Y-Combinator's ...
From foxbusiness.com | Feb 26, 2026
A Florida man was arrested on federal charges related to an alleged cryptocurrency "Ponzi scheme" that defrauded investors of at least $328 million. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida said in a release Tuesday that Christopher Alexander Delgado, a 34-year-old from Apopka, Florida, was arrested on wire fraud and money laundering ...
From cbsnews.com | Feb 27, 2026
A growing concern of cryptocurrency scams, many of them draining the savings of older Minnesotans, is fueling a push to prohibit crypto kiosks across the state. On Thursday, the Minnesota House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee's co-chair and DFL Rep. Erin Koegel introduced HF 3642. The bill would seek to prohibit currency kiosks, sometimes known as ...
