<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1624796D%20CH%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-11e0-d583-afbf-d3fc58d00000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Binance co-founder <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018f-11e0-d583-afbf-d3fc58d00001","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Changpeng Zhao is facing up to three years in prison, if efforts by US prosecutors to secure his sentencing prove successful. More than 160 friends, colleagues and investors are determined for the crypto executive to escape incarceration entirely.

Two founders of the Samourai Wallet crypto-mixing service were charged by federal prosecutors with helping launder $100 million in crime proceeds.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is in talks with potential acquirers for <-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018f-11fb-d583-afbf-d3ff382a0000","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Republic First Bancorp Inc., according to people with knowledge of the matter.

A rash of failures of A-rated insurers points to a hidden weakness in the market, researchers say.

Also restaurant reservation HFT, non-converting convertible bonds, index-fund blacklists and rural Chinese apartments.

Wall Street traders and money managers could be in for disappointment if they’re hoping a new US ban on non-compete clauses will clear the way for them to spring into the arms of higher-paying competitors.