Ryan Salame, former co-CEO of FTX, has begun a 7.5-year prison sentence for illegal political contributions and running an unlicensed money-transmitting business, amid scrutiny over varying punishments for FTX executives.
EdmundU.S. prosecutors demand a 5-7 year sentence for Ryan Salame, citing his role in FTX's collapse and the embezzlement of $10 billion, contrasting with defense calls for 18 months.
WeiliangRyan Salame, ex-co-CEO of FTX, agrees to forfeit a $5.9 million Bahamas property to settle criminal charges, as part of a plea deal.
AlexFormer FTX co-CEO Ryan Salame's sentencing rescheduled to May 28, reasons undisclosed. Despite pleading guilty, his role in the exchange's collapse remains unclear amidst ongoing legal proceedings.
Huang Bo“This is a big deal for OP mainnet,” Karl Floersch, CEO and co-founder of OP Labs, the company behind the blockchain, told CoinDesk this week in an interview.
OthersOptimism has garnered interest from the most influential figures in the crypto Industry like Vitalik Buterin.
CointelegraphSeveral projects have launched on Optimism this year with the goal of giving users instant transactions and lower gas fees.
CointelegraphThe Ethereum co-founder has often advocated for projects to move away from coin voting in DeFi and DeGov, as it will enable smaller holders a chance to truly participate in governance.
CointelegraphThere are currently 38 projects deployed on the Ethereum layer-2 network. More are expected as attention shifts to scalability.
CointelegraphOptimism Foundation will launch a governance token called OP to govern protocol and network parameters, and incentivize adoption.
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