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“If it is a Ponzi, get in on the ground floor,” he said. In about an hour, the price of SafeMoon rose 18%. A Barstool Sports spokesperson was unable to confirm whether Portnoy still owns SafeMoon.
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Cook didn't specify which coin he owns, like bitcoin or ethereum, but he said Tuesday that the space is something he's been interested in for a while.
Brian Brooks, former Binance.US CEO and Comptroller of the Currency, has been appointed CEO of BitFury, a Bitcoin mining and crypto company.
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At Ant Group, Shroder was head for business development, global partnerships. He also oversaw Ant Group’s South East Asia operations. Prior to Ant Group, Shroder served for several years as head of strategy and business development for Uber in the Asia-Pacific region.
Vavilov said he had found an “immediate energy fit” with Brooks, who was acting chairman of the Office of the Comptroller of the Monetary Authority, a US banking regulator until January. He previously worked as Chief Legal Officer at the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase.
However, cryptocurrency experts had warned of several tell-tale signs that it was likely to be a scam.
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Ripple also put heavy investments into non-fungible token projects using the XRP ledger – a public blockchain. Many experts claim that this investment puts Ripple in the position to be an “Ethereum killer.”
The funding was intended as the first step towards a future IPO, which Binance still claims is on the cards. Notably, Brooks lost out on the Coinbase IPO when he left to join the OCC. When he took on the OCC role in April 2020, he received $4.6 million for canceling his Coinbase options contract. Just a year later, the stock owned by Paul Grewal, his Coinbase replacement, was worth $300 million when Coinbase was listed.
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The former US banking regulator and crypto enthusiast is resigning at a time when regulators in Hong Kong, Britain, Germany, Japan, Italy and Thailand have cracked down on Binance due to worries over investor protection. Watchdogs globally also fret that the boom in cryptocurrencies is aiding money laundering and increasing systemic risks.