<p>Binance founder Changpeng &#8220;CZ&#8221; Zhao was released from U.S. custody on Friday after serving out his four-month sentence in a low-security correctional facility. CZ&#8217;s sentence was the product of a federal investigation that found Binance had failed to stop widespread criminal activity on the world&#8217;s largest cryptocurrency exchange. CZ pleaded guilty to the DOJ&#8217;s charges, [&hellip;]</p>

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<p>The promise of blockchain to change the world hasn&#8217;t materialized. For the most part, the technology has instead enabled people to speculate on a new asset class. A big hurdle to realizing blockchain&#8217;s full potential, web3 proponents argue, is that decentralized services are incredibly hard to build. Tomasz Tunguz, best known for his popular startup [&hellip;]</p>

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<p>Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of FTX affiliate Alameda Research, was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday. Ellison pled guilty to conspiring with FTX&#8217;s Sam Bankman-Fried to steal $8 billion worth of customers&#8217; funds, but she was an exceedingly cooperative witness, helping law enforcement to investigate the massive fraud scheme. Her two-year sentence [&hellip;]</p>