According to a recent court filing, the defense team for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has renewed their request for his temporary release during the upcoming trial, citing difficulties preparing an adequate defense under current restrictions. As the letter to Judge Kaplan explained, Bankman-Fried’s knowledge and participation are indispensable in reviewing the thousands of pages of The post SBF lawyers again plead for temporary release during trial with less than 1 week to go appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ben Armstrong, founder of the popular cryptocurrency YouTube channel BitBoy Crypto, was arrested during a bizarre livestream rant outside a private residence on Saturday. The rambling, one-sided conversation appeared to show Armstrong accosting someone named Carlos Diaz, whom he accused of stealing his Lamborghini and making death threats against him. Armstrong cited various unsubstantiated claims The post Bitboy’s Ben Armstrong had gun ‘on the back seat’ while arrested ranting on livestream appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Amazon has reportedly agreed to invest up to $4 billion in Anthropic, an artificial intelligence startup, as the e-commerce giant ramps up competition with Microsoft, Meta, Google, and Nvidia in the burgeoning AI sector. According to TechCrunch, the massive investment underscores Amazon’s aggressive expansion into generative AI. Initially, Amazon will inject $1.25 billion for a The post Amazon invests $4B in OpenAI alumni Anthropic, launching AI cloud war with Microsoft and Google appeared first on CryptoSlate.

According to an interview with CNBC, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin believes cryptocurrencies currently provide the greatest utility in emerging economies. While developed nations often view crypto as a speculative investment, Buterin claims its most meaningful use cases exist in lower-income countries. As CNBC reported, Buterin told them that crypto helps provide developing nations with essential The post Vitalik Buterin sees crypto utility growing in developing world, wary of CBDCs, exchanges appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Crypto analytics platform Nansen has revealed that a bad actor accessed its admin system to provision customer accounts. On Sept. 20, a security breach by one of Nansen’s third-party vendors led to compromised customer access, underscoring the ever-present digital risk, particularly in the continually evolving arena of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. According to a post The post Nansen Warns Of Potential Phishing Attacks Following Vendor Security Incident Exposing Customer Data appeared first on CryptoSlate.