FTX exec’s wife scheduled for November trial on campaign finance charges

Michelle Bond has lost her bid to dismiss criminal charges, with a federal judge setting her trial to begin on Nov. 9 after rejecting arguments tied to her husband Ryan Salame’s plea agreement. According to an order from Judge George…

Ethereum price prediction data shows smart money quietly stacking ETH on Binance as BTC tests $60K and USDT dominance nears a 2022 FTX-era ceiling. The Ethereum price prediction crowd tends to watch derivatives. On-chain researcher Amr Taha was watching something else. His June 23 CryptoQuant analysis flagged a reserve shift at Binance that does not […] The post Ethereum Price Prediction: On-Chain Smart Money Is Quietly Accumulating While Bitcoin Tests $60K appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

Pro- and anti-AI groups spent $24m on a congressional contest in New York, but it’s unclear to what end US politics live – latest updates When the Democratic primary for New York’s 12th congressional district was called on Tuesday night, the result capped off one of the most expensive races of its kind in the state’s history. More than $24m poured into the Manhattan contest from tech-backed financial groups as the campaign turned into a battleground for pro- and anti-AI groups to test their influence. Much of the spending targeted candidate Alex Bores, a member of the state assembly who sponsored an AI safety bill and subsequently became a lightning rod for the tech industry. Pro-AI political action committees (Pacs) put more than $8m into the race to oppose Bores, according to Tech Influence Watch, while industry groups supporting regulation spent more than $16m to counter the attacks. Continue reading...

Industry spends millions to target candidate who supports greater regulation of the technology

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AI-focused Super Pacs are spending heavily in midterms, and nearly half has gone to a single Manhattan district race The artificial intelligence industry is spending heavily in the 2026 midterms, hoping to secure influence over the technology’s first generation of legislation – and New York City’s primary has emerged as the key battleground. AI-focused Super Pacs have raised roughly $100m this cycle, of which $44m has been spent so far, in dozens of congressional races across the country. Nearly half of all spending has converged on a single Manhattan race: Tuesday’s Democratic primary in the district of NY-12. Will Craft and Andrew Witherspoon contributed reporting Continue reading...

A federal judge has denied Michelle Bond’s bid to dismiss campaign finance charges tied to alleged FTX-linked contributions.

The case highlights the potential for crypto-related financial misconduct to influence political systems, raising concerns about electoral integrity. The post Michelle Bond faces campaign finance charges linked to FTX after judge denies dismissal bid appeared first on Crypto Briefing.