MacKenzie Sigalos

More than four months after he was convicted on seven charges by a New York jury, Sam Bankman-Fried is set to learn how long he’ll spend behind bars.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted of securities fraud conspiracy that wrecked his cryptocurrency exchange and a related hedge fund, Alameda Research.

Prior to Sam Bankman-Fried’s sentencing on Thursday, prosecutors relied heavily on testimony from ex-girlfriend Caroline Ellison in building its case.

CNBC Crypto World features the latest news and daily trading updates from the digital currency markets and provides viewers with a look at what’s ahead with high-profile interviews, explainers, and unique stories from the ever-changing crypto industry. On today’s show, former federal prosecutor Paul Tuchmann, partner at Wiggin and Dana, and crypto-focused attorney Zack Shapiro, managing partner at Rains Law Firm, provide legal insight into Sam Bankman-Fried’s 25-year prison sentence.

CNBC Crypto World features the latest news and daily trading updates from the digital currency markets and provides viewers with a look at what’s ahead with high-profile interviews, explainers, and unique stories from the ever-changing crypto industry. On today’s show, in an exclusive on-camera interview, Halimah DeLaine Prado, general counsel at Google, discusses the tech company’s lawsuit against crypto scammers for allegedly uploading fake apps to the Android app store.

CNBC Crypto World features the latest news and daily trading updates from the digital currency markets and provides viewers with a look at what’s ahead with high-profile interviews, explainers, and unique stories from the ever-changing crypto industry. On today’s show, Tiago Sada, head of product, engineering and design at Tools for Humanity, Worldcoin’s parent company, explains the identity platform’s new layer 2 blockchain.

The Bitcoin halving takes place roughly every four years, and the technical event cuts the reward pays out to miners for validating blocks of transactions. This creates a scarcity effect that could drive up the price of the cryptocurrency, while cutting miners’ revenue, meaning more efficient miners perform better post-halving. Watch the video above to learn more about what the halving means for both crypto markets, and for the bitcoin miners validating transactions on the network.

A small bitcoin miner in Africa is setting up shop in rural areas to try and bolster the continent’s power supply while also making money.

Bitcoin mining firms diversify their revenue streams to brace for halving.

Bitcoin coders at popup hackathon prepared for big launches on blockchain after the halving, and a cryptocurrency market now valued at over $2.4 trillion.