{"id":21589,"date":"2023-08-26T21:50:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T21:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/sam-bankman-frieds-life-in-jail-tornado-cashs-turmoil-and-a-3b-btc-whale-hodlers-digest-aug-20-26\/"},"modified":"2023-08-26T21:50:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T21:50:45","slug":"sam-bankman-frieds-life-in-jail-tornado-cashs-turmoil-and-a-3b-btc-whale-hodlers-digest-aug-20-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/sam-bankman-frieds-life-in-jail-tornado-cashs-turmoil-and-a-3b-btc-whale-hodlers-digest-aug-20-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Bankman-Fried\u2019s life in jail, Tornado Cash\u2019s turmoil, and a $3B BTC whale: Hodler\u2019s Digest, Aug. 20-26"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-top-stories-this-week\"><strong>Top Stories This Week<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tornado-cash-co-founders-charged-with-money-laundering-sanctions-violations\"><strong>Tornado Cash co-founders charged with money laundering, sanctions violations<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>United States officials pressed charges against the co-founders of crypto mixer Tornado Cash on Aug. 23. Roman Storm and Roman Semenov were both charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to commit sanctions violations and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business. Storm was arrested and released on bail a few days later, while Semenov was added to the U.S. list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons. Combined, the charges carry a maximum sentence of 45 years in prison. The third Tornado Cash co-founder, Alexey Pertsev, was arrested in the Netherlands on money laundering charges in August 2022. The law enforcement actions are a continuation of a U.S. government crackdown on Tornado Cash that began last year due to its alleged role in laundering funds of the Lazarus Group, a North Korean-linked hacking collective. Tornado Cash has been implicated in several other hacks as well. All told, the mixer has laundered over $1 billion in ill-gotten gains, the U.S. Department of Justice alleges.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sam-bankman-fried-is-low-on-meds-living-on-3-peanut-butter-in-prison\"><strong><strong>Sam Bankman-Fried is low on meds, living on $3 peanut butter in prison<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried appears to be having a tough time behind bars, eating only bread with peanut butter to accommodate his vegan diet while exhausting his supply of prescription medication. In the same hearing where Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty to seven fraud-related charges, his lawyers pleaded for the former FTX CEO to receive better treatment inside Brooklyn\u2019s notorious Metropolitan Detention Center. Also this week, Bankman-Fried was granted permission to meet with his legal team outside of jail with 48 hours\u2019 notice. Every day, he will have roughly seven hours to prepare for his upcoming trial expected to begin in October.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mystery-solved-bitcoin-wallet-accruing-3b-in-3-months-is-identified\"><strong>Mystery solved: Bitcoin wallet accruing $3B in 3 months is identified<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The mysterious Bitcoin wallet that surged up the ranks to become the third-largest holder of Bitcoin in the world in just over three months, has been identified. Blockchain intelligence platform Arkham Intelligence labeled the wallet as Robinhood: Jump Trading Custody. According to data from crypto statistics platform BitInfoCharts, the wallet address first received Bitcoin on March 8. Over the course of the next three months and two weeks, the wallet had accrued a staggering 118,000 BTC \u2014 worth $3.08 billion at current prices. The current largest Bitcoin wallets in the world, according to BitInfoCharts, are reportedly owned by Binance and Bitfinex \u2014 as Bitcoin cold wallets.<\/p>\n<section class=\"adv-banner adbutler-ad adbutler-ad__desktop\">\n<div class=\"container\"><!-- 1456x180 [img] --><br \/>\n<noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/;ID=169476;size=728x90;setID=601214;referrer=https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/sam-bankman-frieds-life-in-jail-tornado-cashs-turmoil-and-a-3b-btc-whale-hodlers-digest-aug-20-26\/;type=img.png\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"adv-banner adbutler-ad adbutler-ad__mobile\">\n<div class=\"container\"><!-- 600x500 [img] --><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/;ID=169476;size=300x250;setID=601213;referrer=https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/sam-bankman-frieds-life-in-jail-tornado-cashs-turmoil-and-a-3b-btc-whale-hodlers-digest-aug-20-26\/;type=img.png\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/;ID=169476;size=300x250;setID=601213;referrer=https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/sam-bankman-frieds-life-in-jail-tornado-cashs-turmoil-and-a-3b-btc-whale-hodlers-digest-aug-20-26\/;type=img.png\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-prime-trust-parent-company-lost-8m-investing-in-terrausd\"><strong><strong>Prime Trust parent company lost $8M investing in TerraUSD<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The parent company of crypto custodian Prime Trust \u2014 currently involved in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings \u2014 has reported losing roughly $8 million in client and treasury funds through TerraUSD investments, presumably when the algorithmic stablecoin collapsed in May 2022. The company described the investment as well as a ramping up of spending in October and November 2022 \u2014 in the midst of FTX\u2019s collapse \u2014 as contributing to its bankruptcy filing. Court documents show Prime Trust owed more than $85 million in fiat and $69.5 million in crypto to its clients. The collapse of the Terra ecosystem triggered a major market crash in 2022, affecting several firms including FTX, BlockFi, Celsius Network and Voyager Digital.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-pepe-whale-seizes-dip-opportunity-buys-529k-worth-of-tokens\"><strong>PEPE whale seizes dip opportunity, buys $529K worth of tokens<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A Pepe holder bought 640 billion Pepe tokens for 320 Ether valued at $529,000 after the price of the frog-themed memecoin dropped by approximately 15% due to recent changes to a multisig wallet and concerns about potential developer manipulation. According to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain, the whale purchased PEPE at an average price of $0.000001163. The value of the once-popular memecoin plunged after changes related to the amount of signatures required to sign transactions led to worries about a potential \u201crug pull,\u201d which was later confirmed by one of the project\u2019s co-founders. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23312\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Pantera-Capital-1024x682.png\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Pantera-Capital-1024x682.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23312\"  \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-winners-and-losers\"><strong>Winners and Losers<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"826\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23311\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WL-aug-26-01-1024x826.jpg\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"826\" src=\"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WL-aug-26-01-1024x826.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23311\"  \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p>At the end of the week, Bitcoin <strong>(<\/strong><strong>BTC<\/strong><strong>)<\/strong> is at <strong>$26,040<\/strong>, Ether <strong>(<\/strong><strong>ETH<\/strong><strong>)<\/strong> at <strong>$1,653<\/strong> and <strong>XRP<\/strong> at <strong>$0.52<\/strong>. The total market cap is at <strong>$1.05<\/strong> trillion, according to CoinMarketCap.<\/p>\n<p>Among the biggest 100 cryptocurrencies, the top three altcoin gainers of the week are Bone ShibaSwap <strong>(BONE) <\/strong>at 18.58%, Sui <strong>(SUI)<\/strong> at 12.86% and Toncoin <strong>(TON)<\/strong> at 11.97%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The top three altcoin losers of the week are Pepe <strong>(PEPE) <\/strong>at -21.07%, XDC Network <strong>(XDC) <\/strong>at -9.62% and ApeCoin <strong>(APE) <\/strong>at -8.35%.<\/p>\n<p>For more info on crypto prices, make sure to read Cointelegraph\u2019s market analysis.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-suggest\">\n<p>Read also<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-suggest__items\">\n<div class=\"article-suggest__item\">\n<p>                            <span>Features<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Whatever happened to EOS? Community shoots for unlikely comeback<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-suggest__item\">\n<p>                            <span>Features<\/span><\/p>\n<p>NFT clone Punks: Right or wrong?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-most-memorable-quotations\"><strong>Most Memorable Quotations<\/strong><br \/><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIf history were to repeat itself, the next halving would see bitcoin rising to $35k before the halving and $148k after.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Pantera Capital<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cA new computing era has begun. Companies worldwide are transitioning from general-purpose to accelerated computing and generative AI.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Jensen Huang<\/strong><strong>, founder and CEO of NVIDIA<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cSome of the people who currently think that there should not be effective law enforcement on-chain would feel differently if they got hacked, defrauded, or lost their private keys.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Mike Kanovitz<\/strong><strong>, CEO of Jurat<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cYou could never underestimate the damage the SEC\u2019s lawsuit has caused \u2013 not only against Ripple \u2013 but #XRP. Three years of adoption \u2013 that\u2019s what it\u2019s caused.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>John Deaton<\/strong><strong>, pro-XRP lawyer<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAI will never replace human creativity because it will always lack the essential spark that drives the most talented artists to do their best work, which is intention.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Neal Mohan<\/strong><strong>, CEO of YouTube<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cBlockchain and AI can certainly co-exist \u2014 they\u2019re both pillars of Web3.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Aydin Kilic<\/strong><strong>, CEO of Hive Digital Technologies<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-prediction-of-the-week\"><strong>Prediction of the Week\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Bitcoin \u2018overconfidence reigns\u2019 but bulls must reclaim $27.8K \u2014 Trader<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin needs to reclaim one key moving average to \u201cregain its bullish status,\u201d argues popular pseudonymous analyst CryptoCon, warning that bulls remained too optimistic about the $26,000 BTC price support holding.<\/p>\n<p>For CryptoCon, the 20-week exponential moving average (EMA), now at $27,750, must be won back as support in order for the uptrend to be safe. \u201cI have been covering this moving average a lot recently, but I believe it is critical for Bitcoin to regain its bullish status,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The analysis compared current BTC price action to its rebound from 2018 cycle lows. \u201cIt is very important that Bitcoin both rises above and retests the 20 Week EMA as support,\u201d CryptoCon noted with a chart showing the similarities between 2019 and 2023, with the retest and subsequent successful EMA reclaim circled.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fud-of-the-week\"><strong>FUD of the Week\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23313\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/John-Deaton-1024x682.png\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/John-Deaton-1024x682.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23313\"  \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-\"><\/h3>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-chinese-official-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-bitcoin-mining-corruption\"><strong>Chinese official sentenced to life in prison for Bitcoin mining, corruption<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A Chinese government official has been sentenced to life in prison for illegitimate business operations related to running a 2.4 billion Chinese yuan ($329 million) Bitcoin mining enterprise and for unrelated charges of corruption. Prosecutors say Xiao Yi \u2014 a former member of the Jiangxi Provincial Political Consultative Conference Party Group \u2014 \u201ccovered up\u201d the mining operation by instructing relevant departments to fabricate statistical reports and adjust the classification of electricity consumption. From 2017 to 2020, his facility\u2019s electricity consumption accounted for 10% of the city of Fuzhou\u2019s total electricity consumption.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fbi-flags-6-bitcoin-wallets-linked-to-north-korea-urges-vigilance-in-crypto-firms\"><strong>FBI flags 6 Bitcoin wallets linked to North Korea, urges vigilance in crypto firms<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has flagged six Bitcoin wallets linked to North Korean state-backed hacking group Lazarus. The six wallets contain 1,580 BTC worth $40 million believed to be hoarded from various cryptocurrency hacks over the past year. The FBI in its investigation found that Lazarus Group moved approximately 1,580 BTC linked with several crypto exploits. The hacking group has been actively involved in multiple crypto-linked exploits over the years and are believed to have stolen nearly $2 billion in crypto since 2018.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-opensea-manager-accused-of-insider-trading-sentenced-to-3-months-in-prison-50k-fine\"><strong>OpenSea manager accused of insider trading sentenced to 3 months in prison, $50K fine<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A federal judge has sentenced former OpenSea product manager Nathaniel Chastain to three months in prison for wire fraud and money laundering related to insider trading on the platform. He was accused of using insider information in his position at OpenSea to profit off the trading of NFTs. In his position as product manager, he had the authority to choose which NFTs would be featured on the OpenSea website. He purchased 45 NFTs prior to them being featured and then resold them.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23314\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Neal-Mohan-1024x682.png\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Neal-Mohan-1024x682.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23314\"  \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-recursive-inscriptions-bitcoin-supercomputer-and-btc-defi-coming-soon\"><strong>Recursive inscriptions: Bitcoin \u2018supercomputer\u2019 and BTC DeFi coming soon<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Some believe that Ordinals and recursive inscriptions could supercharge the Bitcoin network as a viable competitor to smart contract platforms. It\u2019s not going to be easy, though.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ai-eye-get-better-results-being-nice-to-chatgpt-ai-fake-child-porn-debate-amazon-s-ai-reviews\"><strong>AI Eye: Get better results being nice to ChatGPT, AI fake child porn debate, Amazon\u2019s AI reviews<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Being nice to ChatGPT gets better results, Wired\u2019s weird child porn debate and the end of CATPCHAs.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nft-collector-giant-swan-s-gothic-vr-dreamscapes-royalty-nightmare-on-opensea\"><strong>NFT Collector: Giant Swan\u2019s gothic VR dreamscapes\u2026 royalty nightmare on OpenSea<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>From crying in his car to putting the first 3D object onchain \u2014 the story of Giant Swan. 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