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FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Should Get Up to 50 Years in Prison, $11 Billion Fine: DOJ

The U.S. Department of Justice set out its sentencing recommendations Friday after FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty last year.Source link

Ethereum Rollups Start Reaping Dencun Benefits: 99% Fee Drops Reported in Some Cases

Ethereum rollups, the layer 2 scaling structures, have started reaping the benefits of the recently applied Dencun upgrade. The update, which included EIP-4844, also known as Proto-Danksharding, has allowed transaction fees to decrease by 99% in some cases, with Arbitrum, Base, Optimism, and Starknet becoming cheaper across the board. Ethereum Dencun Upgrade Reduced Rollup FeesSource link

Starbucks Is Shutting Down Its Odyssey NFT Rewards Program—Will It Return?

Starbucks Odyssey is shutting down this month, and it's unclear whether the Polygon-based NFT rewards program will be revived.Source link

Sam Bankman-Fried Should Spend 40-50 Years in Prison, DOJ Says

Prosecutors recommended that a federal judge sentence FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried to at least 40 and as many as 50 years in prison for his conviction on fraud and conspiracy charges tied to the collapse of what was once one of the world's largest crypto exchanges.Source link

Bitcoin SV Down 22% Since Court Ruled Craig Wright Isn’t Satoshi

BSV fell hard after the UK courts declared Wright not to be Satoshi Nakamoto, but the BSV faithful remain defiant.Source link