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TD Bank’s U.S. entity pleaded guilty and agreed to pay more than $3 billion in penalties, acknowledging it failed to properly monitor money laundering by drug cartels and other criminal groups. WSJ’s Dylan Tokar unpacks the investigation that led to such a historic deal.

Further Listening:

-The Suitcases Full of Cash Flowing Through Airports 

Further Reading:

-TD Bank Agrees to $3 Billion in Penalties and Growth Restrictions in U.S. Settlement 

-TD Pays Hefty Penalties as Prosecutors Detail Nearly a Decade of Lax Controls 

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Host Christine Lee breaks down the news in the crypto industry from the latest SEC moves to Nigeria denying bail for Tigran Gambaryan.

The U.S. SEC sues crypto market maker Cumberland DRW. Separately, crypto exchange Bitnomial sues the SEC and Nigeria denies bail for American crypto compliance officer Tigran Gambaryan. "CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today.

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As former FTX executive Ryan Salame heads to prison, he blames Alameda’s lawyers, says prosecutors misled his attorneys, and explains why he thinks Caroline Ellison is at least as guilty as Sam Bankman-Fried.

Ryan Salame, the former CEO of FTX Digital Markets, is headed to prison, but not before sharing his side of the story. Ryan talks candidly about the decisions he made at FTX, why he withdrew millions of dollars worth of assets in the days leading up to its bankruptcy, and the backstory behind the Thai prostitute trading scheme to unfreeze Alameda’s funds in China. He also disputes the claims about his campaign finance violations, while explaining why he thinks Caroline Ellison is “at least as guilty as SBF” and that Nishad Singh lied. 

Show highlights:

• Ryan’s life pre-FTX and how he got into crypto
• His three attempts to quit working at FTX
• How Ryan committed campaign finance violations
• Why Ryan disputes claims that FTX misled banks and misused customer funds
• How Ryan was involved in setting up trading accounts with the identities of Thai prostitutes to unfreeze Alameda’s funds
• Whether Ryan was involved in bribing a Chinese official
• Why he withdrew millions of dollars worth of assets from his FTX accounts right before its bankruptcy
• Why Ryan claims he was cooperative with prosecutors, despite common belief
• How he refuses to comment on his wife Michelle Bond's case, but denies wrongdoing
• Why Ryan pleaded the Fifth Amendment
• His allegations that prosecutors lied to his lawyers about whether they would pursue charges against Michelle
• Why he thinks that SBF could have never coerced Caroline Ellison and whether Ellison is “equally guilty” as SBF
• Why Ryan believes Nishad Singh lied to save himself and his take on Gary Wang
• How, if he didn’t know about the fraud, he could be so certain that Caroline or Nishad lied
• Whether the legal advice from FTX’s and Alameda’s lawyers should have been considered in Bankman-Fried's trial
• Whether testimony from more employees could have created reasonable doubt in SBF's trial
• Why Ryan is going to law school
• His plans post-prison
• What Ryan learned from the FTX debacle

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Guest:

Ryan Salame, former CEO of FTX Digital Markets

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CoinDesk Indices presents notable data insights from the week, followed by additional analysis from Caleigh Crossman, Data Ops Lead at Security Token Market.

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The CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) functions as a benchmark for the performance of the digital asset market, delivering institutional quality information to digital asset investors. Subsets of the CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) are investable CoinDesk Crypto Sectors and the CoinDesk 20 Index, designed to measure the performance of top digital assets. Today’s takeaways are provided by Tracy Stephens, senior index manager at CoinDesk Indices with additional analysis from Caleigh Crossman, Data Ops Lead at Security Token Market.

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The leaders of Egypt, Somalia and Eritrea, countries which all have strained relations with Ethiopia, have been meeting in the Eritrean capital, Asmara. Can Eritrea help de-escalete tension between its neighbours

Also an app that helps detect illnesses in people with black and brown skin

And the Ugandan bill, seeking to restore respect for the elderly!

Presenter: Charles Gitonga Producers: Rob Wilson, Yvette Twagiramariya and Victor Sylver in London. Technical Producer: Nick Randell Senior Journalist: Karnie Sharp Editors: Alice Muthengi and Andre Lombard

Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? It’s unclear but he might have been on our very own show!

Welcome back to the Mining Pod! We’re going through Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining news including a difficulty update after Florida hurricanes, IREN’s lawsuit about HPC, Bitmain releasing another version of the S21 with less efficiency (why?), Marathon’s Anduro platform getting in on tokenized whiskey, Marathon also getting sued for being too loud at its Granbury, Texas site and HBOs new Satoshi Nakamoto documentary uncovering the creator of Bitcoin was none other than Peter Todd, a guest and friend of the show! We dig in.

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Timestamps:

00:15 Start

01:16 Difficulty update

03:14 IREN HPC lawsuit

09:26 Bitmain announces new S21 variants

15:04 MARA’s whiskey on the blockchain

25:30 MARA’s continued dispute with Texas town

29:16 Cry corner: HBOs documentary

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Much of Florida struggles to recover from Hurricane Milton. Colorado gold mine rescue. The power of radio. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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