U.S. prosecutors are requesting a reduced sentence for Ilya Lichtenstein, the mastermind behind the 2016 Bitfinex bitcoin heist, citing his significant cooperation in recovering stolen assets. Lichtenstein faces sentencing for stealing 120,000 bitcoin, worth $ 71 million at the time. U.S. Government Recommends Lighter Sentence for Bitfinex Hacker Due to Cooperation Prosecutors are recommending …
Sanctor Capital is a sanctuary where bright minds can find the support they need to maximize their impact on the industry. They have a long successful track record of guiding early-stage projects to Web3 market success. Ilya Abugov is a Partner at Sanctor Capital, a blockchain investment firm. He recently joined the Bitcoin.com News Podcast […]
Ilya Sutskever, a co-founder and the chief scientist at Openai, announced his departure from the company after nearly a decade to work on a “personally meaningful” project, without specifying further details. Jakub Pachocki, previously the director of research at Openai since 2017 and the lead on the development of the GPT-4 large language model, has […]