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Bank of Japan’s Kuroda Shocks Markets by Raising the Benchmark Rate to 0.5% From 0.25%
20.12.2022
The Japanese yen is up 3.42% against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday as the Bank of Japan surprised the world by deciding to allow the benchmark interest rate to rise to 0.5% from 0.25%. The Japanese central bank was one of the only banks worldwide to hold off on raising benchmark interest rates,...
Big Short Investor Michael Burry Says Audits of Crypto Exchanges Like Binance and FTX Are ‘Meaningless’
17.12.2022
Hedge fund manager Michael Burry, famed for forecasting the 2008 financial crisis, says the problem with auditing cryptocurrency exchanges, like Binance and FTX, is the same as when he started using a new kind of credit default swap. “Our auditors were learning on the job,”...
CEO of crypto news site The Block resigns for failing to disclose $27M loans from Alameda Research
9.12.2022
New CEO Bobby Moran said there was no evidence that Mike McCaffrey had "improperly" influenced coverage of Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX, and Alameda Research on the news site
Crypto Hedge Fund BKCoin Fired Co-Founder Kang Over Misappropriated Investor Funds
8.12.2022
An ongoing case in a Florida district court alleges Kang misused $12 million in investor assets
Hedge Fund Presidio Trading to Spin Out Crypto Market Tail Risk Strategy
8.12.2022
Tail risk investment strategies look to reduce overall portfolio risk by outperforming during an unexpected downturn, but do so at the cost of lower returns in a bull market
A Look Inside Alameda – Sam Bankman-Fried’s Fallen Crypto Hedge Fund Investments Revealed Here
7.12.2022
The venture capital arm of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto trading firm Alameda Research had illiquid investments worth more than $5.4bn spread across nearly 500 companies, newly published documents have revealed.
The venture investments controlled by Bankman-Fried appears to have covered everything...
Coinbase CEO Slams Sam Bankman-Fried for Blaming FTX’s $8 Billion Hole on ‘Accounting Error’
7.12.2022
The chief executive of the Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, has slammed former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) for claiming that FTX is missing $8 billion due to an “accounting error.” He stressed: “It’s stolen customer money used in his hedge...
Hedge Fund Fir Tree Sues Grayscale for Details on GBTC: Bloomberg
6.12.2022
Fir Tree wants the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust to resume redemptions and cut fees
3AC bankruptcy process faces challenges amid unknown whereabouts of founders
2.12.2022
The liquidators claim Zhu Su and Kyle Davies are located in Indonesia and the Emirates, where foreign court orders are difficult to enforce
‘Big Short’ Investor Michael Burry Warns of Extended Multi-Year Recession in US
2.12.2022
Hedge fund manager Michael Burry, famed for forecasting the 2008 financial crisis, has warned about “an extended multi-year recession” in the U.S. He believes there isn’t a strategy to pull us out of “this real recession.” Michael Burry’s Recession Warning Famous...
Kevin O’Leary, Bill Ackman Slammed for Defending Sam Bankman-Fried — ‘I Think SBF Is Telling the Truth’
2.12.2022
Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary and billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman have been slammed for stating that they believe Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) was telling the truth that he “didn’t knowingly commingle funds.” The former CEO of the collapsed crypto exchange FTX also...
Three Arrow’s Su Zhu reveals latest attempts at a comeback post-FTX
28.11.2022
The fall of FTX appears to have brought back certain crypto "villains” out from hiding, one even wants to start a new podcast series
$138B investment manager Man Group to launch crypto hedge fund: Report
18.11.2022
Institutional investors still see a future for Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies despite the epic collapse of FTX and Alameda Research
FTX will be the last giant to fall this cycle: Hedge fund co-founder
18.11.2022
This bear market has seen the collapse of Celsius, Three Arrows Capital, Voyager, and now FTX, but the worst is likely over, a hedge fund executive suggests
Binance CEO CZ Calls SBF a ‘Psychopath,’ 3AC Co-Founder Accuses FTX, Alameda of Stop Hunting His Hedge Fund
17.11.2022
During a conversation with Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) and the Milken Institute, the exchange executive called the former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) a “psychopath” for one of the tweets SBF wrote last week. CZ’s statements further follow the accusations stemming from Three Arrows Capital...
Defunct Billion-Dollar Crypto Hedge Fund Three Arrows Capital Speaks Out, Blames Collapse on FTX
15.11.2022
Kyle Davies, founder of the collapsed crypto fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), has lashed out at FTX, claiming that the exchange hunted their positions during the LUNA collapse.
Speaking on the fallout of crypto exchange FTX and its trading arm Alameda Research, Davies said the firms were also...
Ikigai Exec Says ‘Large Majority’ of Crypto Asset Management Firm’s Funds Stuck on FTX
14.11.2022
After Kevin Zhou, the co-founder of the hedge fund Galois Capital, revealed half of the firm’s assets were held on FTX, another crypto asset management firm called Ikigai detailed that “a large majority of the hedge fund’s total assets” were stored on FTX. Ikigai chief investment officer, Travis...
Hedge Fund Galois Capital Discloses ‘Roughly Half’ of the Firm’s Capital ‘Stuck on FTX’
12.11.2022
According to the co-founder of Galois Capital, the hedge fund manager who warned about the Terra collapse before it happened, half of the hedge fund’s capital is left trapped on FTX. Galois co-founder, Kevin Zhou, wrote a letter to investors explaining the situation and said he was “deeply sorry”...
Dan Loeb's Hedge Fund Third Point Among Those in Talks for $9.4B FTX Rescue
10.11.2022
Third Point is part of a group of investors involved in bailout talks for Sam Bankman-Fried's troubled crypto exchange
Why are institutions accumulating crypto in 2022? Fidelity researcher explains
4.11.2022
Institutional involvement in crypto, especially in Ethereum, has increased in 2022 despite the bear market, according to the latest findings of a Fidelity Digital Assets survey