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Law Firm Subpoenas FTX Co-Founder, Top Executives, and Former Alameda CEO Over Voyager Digital Deal
7.2.2023
On Feb. 6, 2023, law firm Kirkland & Ellis issued a subpoena to FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried and top executives on behalf of Voyager Digital. The subpoena requested they produce documents and communications related to the “Alameda Loan Agreement” between Alameda Ventures...
Court permits Core Scientific to borrow $70M to replace existing loan
31.1.2023
Investment bank B. Riley is already a Core Scientific creditor and tried to provide funds before the Bitcoin miner filed for Chapter 11
Massachusetts-Based Bankprov to End Loan Offerings Secured by Cryptocurrency Mining Rigs
31.1.2023
The Amesbury, Massachusetts-based Bankprov, a subsidiary of Provident Bancorp, has announced that it will no longer provide loans secured by cryptocurrency mining rigs. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EX-99.1), Bankprov stated that revenue from its digital asset loan...
From Homeless to Quadrupled Monthly Income: Just One of Many Advantages of Blockchain and Web3
27.1.2023
Among the greatest values of blockchain and Web3 is that they enable different communities across the world to use the novel technology's building blocks to solve issues specific to each of them, said Xochitl Cazador, Head of Ecosystem Growth at the open-source, mobile-first Celo platform. The many...
Is The Federal Home Loans Bank System Carrying Out a Stealth Rescue of the 2 Biggest Crypto Banks?
22.1.2023
Signature Bank and Silvergate, two of the biggest crypto banks, have received billions in loans from the Federal Home Loan Banks, a system originally designed to support housing finance and community investment.
According to a Saturday report from The Wall Street Journal, Signature Bank received...
U.S. home-loan banks lent billions of dollars to crypto banks: Report
21.1.2023
Signature Bank and Silvergate reportedly borrowed over $13 billion from the federal home loan system
Bitfarms seeks to modify loan facility with BlockFi as bear market drags on
13.1.2023
“During 2022, Bitfarms began taking proactive actions to increase financial flexibility and to reduce indebtedness and capital expenditure obligations,” according to CFO Jeff Lucas
Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Looks to Amend BlockFi Loan, Warns of Default
13.1.2023
The outsanding $20 million are secured by only $5 million
FTX Loan Wiped Out $800M in BlockFi Executives’ Equity, Filings Reveal
12.1.2023
The crypto lender released extensive details of its finances in the run-up to its collapse in November
Genesis-DCG Loan Leads to Class Action Arbitration Case from Gemini Clients
3.1.2023
Claimants allege in a filing that Genesis breached its Master Agreement when it became insolvent in the summer of 2022, while hiding its insolvency from lenders like Gemini
BlackRock Gives Bankrupt Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific New $17M Loan
30.12.2022
BlackRock, which already was largest shareholder of the miner, also had $37.9 million secured convertible notes with Core
Bitcoin Miner Argo Blockchain Sells Helios Facility to Galaxy Digital for $65 Million, Galaxy to Host Argo’s ASIC Fleet in Texas
29.12.2022
After the publicly-listed bitcoin mining firm Argo Blockchain suspended trading on Nasdaq and the London Stock Exchange, the company said it would follow up the next day with an announcement. The following day, on Dec. 28, 2022, Argo detailed it is selling its Helios facility to Galaxy Digital...
Defrost Finance breaks silence on ‘exit scam’ accusations, denies rug pull
28.12.2022
Defrost Finance had not publicly commented on the rug-pull accusations in the media, until now
DeFi flash loan hacker liquidates Defrost Finance users causing $12M loss
25.12.2022
Moments after a few users complained about the unusual loss of funds, Defrost Finance’s core team member Doran confirmed that Defrost V2 was hit with a flash loan attack
BTC miner Core Scientific gets interim nod for $37.4M bankruptcy loan
23.12.2022
The loan would allow Core Scientific to keep its mining and hosting operations afloat while it restructures
Bitcoin Miner Greenidge Enters Non-Binding Debt Restructuring Deal With NYDIG
20.12.2022
The bitcoin mining operation Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. has executed a restructuring deal with NYDIG, according to an announcement published on Tuesday. According to the non-binding term sheet agreement, NYDIG will obtain 2.8 exahash per second (EH/s) of Greenidge’s mining capacity...
Ghanaian Cedi Appreciates by More Than 30% in 4 Days — Currency Recovery Follows IMF Loan Announcement
18.12.2022
Just a few months after it became the world’s worst-performing currency, the Ghanaian cedi’s exchange rate versus the U.S. dollar bounced back from just over 14 units per dollar on Dec. 1, to 8 units for every dollar by Dec. 16, new data has shown. The currency’s resurgence...
Lodestar Finance exploited in flash loan attack
11.12.2022
The main vulnerability behind the attack was within GLP oracle and how it conducts its price
Orthogonal Trading fails to repay a loan amount of $10M to Mapple Finance
6.12.2022
With the FTX going into bankruptcy, the overall ripple effect is seemingly carrying on, leaving its ugly mark and negative impact on all who are connected. In the latest case scenario, it happens to be Orthogonal Trading that has come under its adverse influence. For the uninitiated, this entity...
Crypto trading firm Auros Global misses DeFi payment due to FTX contagion
1.12.2022
Auros is an algorithmic trading and market-making firm that provides liquidity for exchanges and token projects