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Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for masterminding a fraud that cost investors, lenders and customers $11bn (£8.7bn).
Japanese stocks fell Thursday as markets remained focused on whether authorities will intervene to support the yen. The Nikkei 225 slipped 1.5% but has climbed 20% so far in 2024 aided by the weaker yen, which increases the value of Japanese companies’ overseas profits.
The FTSE and European stocks were higher on Thursday despite official figures confirming that the UK fell into a recession in the second half of 2023.