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FTX Controversy Derails Top Law Firm’s Bid for Binance Role

The Department of Justice is retreating from picking an elite New York law firm for a key assignment overseeing cryptocurrency exchange <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1624796D%20CH%20Equity","_id":"0000018e-e34b-d583-afbf-e3df9b260000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Binance Holdings Ltd. because of its work for <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/2006862D%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018e-e34b-d583-afbf-e3df9b260001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">FTX, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

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Crypto.com Hiring Again as Digital-Asset Employment Revives (2)

Major digital-asset exchange <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1850267D%20MV%20Equity","_id":"0000018e-e669-d583-afbf-e6fd13090001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Crypto.comis in the middle of a hiring drive that could see its headcount grow by a total of 1,400 people, the latest sign of an improved employment outlook in the sector.

FTX Controversy Derails Top Law Firm’s Bid for Binance Role

The Department of Justice is retreating from picking an elite New York law firm for a key assignment overseeing cryptocurrency exchange <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1624796D%20CH%20Equity","_id":"0000018e-e34b-d583-afbf-e3df9b260000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Binance Holdings Ltd. because of its work for <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/2006862D%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018e-e34b-d583-afbf-e3df9b260001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">FTX, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Bitcoin Share of Crypto Market Highest Since 2021 Partly on ETFs

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/XBTUSD%20BGN%20Curncy/GP","_id":"0000018e-e310-d583-afbf-e3dc25d50001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Bitcoin’s dominance of the crypto sector is at a three-year high, reflecting robust demand for US exchange-traded funds holding the largest digital asset as well as a rocky period for smaller tokens.

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