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  • 01:20
    SBF's ex-girlfriend will be released early, and she was transferred from state federal prison to community supervision on October 16th.
    BlockBeats News, December 17th, according to a report by Business Insider, Caroline Ellison, former CEO of Alameda Research and ex-girlfriend of SBF, was transferred from Danbury Federal Prison in Connecticut to a residential reentry facility on October 16th. She may be in home confinement or in a halfway house, still under the federal custody system. Caroline Ellison was sentenced to two years in prison for her involvement in the FTX case and has served approximately 11 months of her sentence. Prison records indicate that she is expected to be released on parole on February 20, 2026.
  • 01:19
    The South Korean government allocated $15 million in debt relief funds, originally intended to support small businesses, to cryptocurrency holders.
    ChainCatcher news, according to DL News, an audit by the Financial Supervisory Service of South Korea found that the “New Start Fund,” which was intended to assist small businesses struggling after the pandemic, provided more than $15 million in debt relief to 269 individual cryptocurrency traders.
  • 01:14
    Russian lawmakers make it clear: Bitcoin will never become a legal means of payment
    According to TechFlow, on December 17, Dlnews reported that Anatoly Aksakov, Chairman of the State Duma Financial Market Committee, recently made it clear to RIA Novosti that bitcoin and ethereum will never become legal means of payment in Russia. He emphasized: "We must understand that cryptocurrencies will never become currency in Russia. Cryptocurrencies can only be used as investment tools. When payment is required, only rubles must be used." Although the Central Bank of Russia has consistently opposed cryptocurrencies, the government seems to be shifting towards regulation rather than an outright ban. President Putin has acknowledged the growth of the cryptocurrency mining industry, and there are reports that Russian companies have used cryptocurrencies for cross-border trade worth billions of dollars.
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