The Five Billion Dollar Question: Was It Enough for SBF To Sideline Donald Trump?

Greetings! Big day today, Sam Bankman-Fried finally stands trial. He faces seven counts of fraud and conspiracy in what prosecutors have called one of the biggest frauds in U.S. history.

But the juiciest crypto drama is about new details from Michael Lewis' book describing an allegedly wild political scheme hatched by SBF pre-FTX collapse.

Let’s see what we are covering today:

• ETH futures ETFs debut quietly to low volume 

• UBS launches tokenized money fund on Ethereum 

• Book claims SBF offered Trump $5B not to run 

• GSR gets license for crypto services in Singapore 

• Solana inflows continue, favored by institutions 

Alright, let's unpack all that!

Ethereum Futures ETF Launches to Muted Volumes

Nine new Ethereum (ETH) futures exchange-traded funds (ETFs) launched on October 2. These ETFs, designed to track futures contracts tied to ...

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UBS Launches Tokenized Fund on Ethereum as Part of Monetary Authority of Singapore's Project Guardian

UBS Asset Management has announced the launch of a tokenized Variable Capital Company (VCC) fund through a live pilot. The pilot is part of Project Guardian, an initiative led by the ...

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Michael Lewis’s New Book Reveals SBF Considered $5B Offer to Trump Not to Run for President

According to Michael Lewis' latest book on bankrupt FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced crypto billionaire proposed giving former US President Donald Trump $5 billion in exchange for ...

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Crypto Trading Firm GSR Receives Payment License from Monetary Authority of Singapore

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has granted preliminary approval to GSR Markets, the Singaporean affiliate of cryptocurrency trading business GSR, for a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license. The MPI license will allow ...

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