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Report: FTX CEO Says Crypto Exchange Is Ready to Spend Billions on Acquisition Deals
29.5.2022
Billionaire and FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried said the leading crypto asset exchange aims to make a number of acquisitions and could spend up to $2 billion on such efforts. The FTX chief executive officer highlighted in a recent interview that a fraction of the funds raised by the company were...
FTX Halts LUNA and UST Markets to Support New LUNA Airdrop
26.5.2022
FTX will halt the LUNA and UST markets at noon UTC on May 26, 2022. Holders will, however, have an option to receive the new LUNA airdrops during the snapshot time, and the receipt will be subject to certain adjustments. Meanwhile, FTX will go for more suspensions as mentioned below:- Deposit &...
FTX’s Bankman-Fried Pitches CFTC on Directly Clearing Customers’ Crypto Swaps
25.5.2022
Sam Bankman-Fried faced a full room of derivatives industry giants and regulators to argue for FTX’s proposal to directly clear transactions
Bitcoin Mining Can be a Force for Good or Bad, Banning it Doesn’t Solve Anything – FTX.US President
25.5.2022
Bitcoin (BTC) mining can be a force for both good and bad, depending on how it’s done and where it happens. But countries thinking of banning it should know that miners will not hesitate to simply move somewhere else, FTX.US president Brett Harrison said at the World Economic Forum in Davos...
Skeptical Twitter Users Think SBF’s Proposed USD 1B Campaign Donation Is an ‘Investment’ Strategy
25.5.2022
Twitter users say they believe that the FTX crypto exchange’s multi-billionaire owner Sam Bankman-Fried’s plans to spend some USD 1 billion or more to fund the US Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential election campaign is a “calculated investment.”...
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Sam Bankman-Fried could spend up to $1B in 2024 to thwart Trump comeback
25.5.2022
The FTX founder said he’d spend “north of $100 million” with a “soft ceiling” of $1 billion and added “who knows what’s going to happen between now and then.”
FTX's Bankman-Fried Is Already a Political Mega-Donor. He's Doubling Down
24.5.2022
The CEO of FTX is ready to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. political campaigns
ECB on Crypto, African Bitcoin Hub, Coinbase in Fortune 500, Binance in Dubai + More News
24.5.2022
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Coinbase introduces crypto to Fortune 500 while FTX CEO featured in TIME 100
24.5.2022
U.S.-based crypto exchange Coinbase ranked 437th on the elusive Fortune leaderboard, while Sam Bankman-Fried was highlighted by TIME magazine in the innovation category
FTX reportedly shopping for brokerages in preparation for stock trading
24.5.2022
Amid its plans to roll out stock trading services, FTX has reportedly met with at least three brokerage start-ups over the past few months regarding potential acquisitions
FTX US Launches Zero-Commission Equities Trading Platform
19.5.2022
FTX US announced on Thursday that the firm has launched an equities trading platform called FTX Stocks which will give U.S.-based customers the ability to purchase stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The launch is currently in a private beta phase for select U.S. customers and equities can...
Terra Honeypot Scam, Blocked Bored Ape NFT Sale, FTX Offers Stocks + More News
19.5.2022
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FTX US to launch stock trading against stablecoins
19.5.2022
FTX Stocks will allow retail investors to fund their accounts with fiat-backed stablecoins like USD Coin via the FTX US crypto exchange
FTX US Debuts Stock Trading in Push for Bigger Slice of US Retail Pie
19.5.2022
Brokerage accounts can be funded with the stablecoin USDC, the exchange said
FTX, Liberty City Lead $20M Raise for Dev Platform DoraHacks
18.5.2022
The hackathon startup will use the funds to launch an NFT-focused venture fund, among other things
Web3 Gaming Company Metatheory Raises $24 Million With Backing From A16z, Pantera, and FTX
18.5.2022
Metatheory, a Web3 gaming company founded in 2021, has announced it has raised $24 million in a Series A funding round. The investment round, which was led by big VC names in the crypto space like a16z, also had the participation of Pantera Capital and FTX Ventures. Kevin Lin, CEO of the company...
FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Thinks Bitcoin Has No Future as a Payments Network
18.5.2022
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has given his take regarding the future of Bitcoin’s usage. Bankman-Fried stated he doesn’t believe that Bitcoin will work as a payments network, due to its limited capability for scaling to fulfill this task. However...
FTX's Bankman-Fried Hints at Bitcoin Lightning Network Integration After Community Backlash
17.5.2022
After facing a backlash from the Bitcoin (BTC) community over comments to the Financial Times that Bitcoin is “not a payments network,” Sam Bankman-Fried, the billionaire CEO of crypto exchange FTX, now hints that his exchange may implement Bitcoin Lightning Network payments.
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Bitcoin bulls aim to flip $30K to support, but derivatives data show traders lack confidence
16.5.2022
The BTC futures premium flashed a slightly positive reading, but options markets show extreme fear from whales and market markers
FTX CEO sees no future in Bitcoin payments, community fires back
16.5.2022
FTX CEO’s comments on Bitcoin received heavy backlash from the crypto community, with many reminding him of Solana, a PoS network that has gone offline half a dozen times