Republican Senator Pat Toomey grilled the FTX spokesperson Kevin O’Leary on the recent collapse of the crypto exchange.
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Congress waded into the complex, mystifying world of cryptocurrency Tuesday with a hearing on FTX, a newfangled company that found an old-fashioned way to lose billions of dollars, according to its CEO.
Federal prosecutors unsealed an eight-count indictment Tuesday against a former CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, who was arrested in the Bahamas on charges including wire fraud and misusing customer funds. Customers lost an estimated $8 billion and the company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
The hearing before the House Financial Services Committee explored the new frontier of cryptocurrency for transferring money – and wealth – through the digital realm. The unfamiliar landscape adopted a language of blockchain and crypto wallet.
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