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US Law Enforcement Directs Paxos to Freeze More Than 11,000 PAXG Tokenized Gold Coins
14.11.2022
According to the blockchain infrastructure company Paxos, the firm has frozen 11,184.38 pax gold (PAXG) tokens held on the platform FTX.com. The regulated token issuer noted that it was directed to freeze the PAXG tokens after “direction from U.S. federal law enforcement.” Paxos...
SBF’s ‘Truly Trustless’ Protocol — Serum’s Upgrade Authority May Be Tainted, Devs Look to Fork Project
13.11.2022
According to Solana’s founder, Anatoly Yakovenko, Serum developers are forking the platform because the “upgrade key to the current one is compromised.” Serum, created by FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), was touted as “completely permissionless,” but now that...
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”...
The Epic Collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX Exchange: A Crypto Markets Timeline
12.11.2022
Tracing the CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) through key news developments in the swift unraveling of billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto empire shows just how quickly the speculation kept shifting
News Summary: Bitfinex & Nansen Proof-of-Reserves, BTC Volatility Hits Yearly Low in October, SEC Gets Support Against Ripple
11.11.2022
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Read More: News Summary: Bitfinex & Nansen Proof-of-Reserves, BTC Volatility Hits Yearly Low in October, SEC Gets Support Against...
California Regulator Reveals Investigation Into FTX’s Failure, Says ‘Crypto Assets Are High-Risk Investments’
11.11.2022
After it was discovered that FTX was dealing with financial issues and the crypto exchange paused withdrawals, U.S. regulators started to take notice. On Nov. 10, 2022, California’s Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) published a consumer alert and said the state regulator...
TRX’s USD Exchange Rate Jumps 270% Higher on FTX After Exchange Brokers Deal With Tron
11.11.2022
On Thursday, at approximately 12:48 p.m. (ET), the embattled exchange FTX revealed that it has created a special facility with Tron. The deal allows holders of specific Tron-based coins to withdraw the tokens to external wallets on a 1:1 ratio. While coin market aggregation sites say tron tapped...
Reports Claim Beleaguered Crypto Exchange FTX Seeks Over $9 Billion From Investors
10.11.2022
On Nov. 10, 2022, two reports said that FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) is canvassing for emergency funds up to $9.4 billion for the embattled exchange. One report says that SBF has solicited crypto companies like Tether, OKX, and Tron founder Justin Sun as well. FTX Is Reportedly Seeking Up...
FTX CEO Updates Crypto Community, Sunsets Alameda Trading, Addresses a Specific ‘Sparring Partner’
10.11.2022
On Nov. 10, 2022, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) addressed the crypto community in a thread posted to Twitter. SBF noted that he messed up and “should have done better” and also detailed that at some point he “might have more to say about a particular sparring partner.” SBF Says He Messed...
From a $32 Billion Valuation to Financial Troubles: An In-Depth Look at the Rise and Fall of FTX
10.11.2022
During the last two days, the cryptocurrency community has been dealing with the FTX fiasco after Binance revealed that it was backing out of the deal to acquire the rival exchange. Between Nov. 8-9, the crypto economy shed more than $230 billion in value as FTX’s troubles shook investors....
Report: Singapore’s State Investor Temasek Is Engaging With Embattled Crypto Exchange FTX
10.11.2022
According to a report published on Nov. 9, 2022, Temasek Holdings, the Singaporean state holding company owned by the government of Singapore is allegedly engaging with FTX amid Binance’s plans to bail out the crypto trading firm. Singapore’s state investor has been known to have invested in...
Galaxy Digital Reveals Update on Ties to FTX, Partnership Has ‘Exposure of Approximately $76.8 Million’
10.11.2022
Following the issues surrounding FTX, the publicly-listed firm Galaxy Digital published its third-quarter earnings report and noted it has an “exposure of approximately $76.8 million of cash and digital assets to FTX.” The news follows a great number of exchange executives announcing that they...
Binance Backs out of FTX Deal Citing ‘Due Diligence,’ Reports of ‘Mishandled Customer Funds’
9.11.2022
The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance will not go through with purchasing the rival crypto exchange FTX. The company noted that after due diligence and “news reports regarding mishandled customer funds,” Binance has decided not to pursue the FTX acquisition....
These Four Key Charts Shed Light on the FTX Exchange's Spectacular Collapse
9.11.2022
Nansen’s on-chain metrics suggest several reasons why FTX decided to sell itself to Binance
FTX Exchange Halts All Crypto Withdrawals
8.11.2022
Customers' crypto withdrawals that were previously backlogged have been halted altogether, according to announcements from the official FTX Support Telegram group
FTX Token, BNB and Solana soar after Binance CEO inks potential deal to acquire FTX
8.11.2022
Solana and FTX token saw a sharp rebound after headlines announced that Binance would acquire FTX due to liquidity issues, but will the upside last?
FTX Exchange Users Lose Millions in Exploit – Here’s What You Need to Know
24.10.2022
Users of the popular crypto exchange FTX have lost millions of dollars to a phishing exploit using a fake version of a website belonging to the trading platform 3Commas. However, FTX has promised to make their users whole again.
The phishing exploit was first reported by Chinese crypto journalist...
Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX Exchange Under Investigation by Texas Regulators
18.10.2022
Major crypto trading platform FTX.US and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried are being investigated by the securities regulator in Texas, USA, for selling an investment product that may have violated state law.
The investigation concerns allegations that FTX offers US residents unregistered securities...
Texas Securities Regulators and Attorney General Object to FTX Purchasing Voyager Digital
17.10.2022
Regulators from the state of Texas and the state’s attorney general are objecting to FTX purchasing Voyager Digital, as the state’s securities commissioner needs to “determine whether FTX US is complying with the law.” Texas State Securities Board, Department of Banking, and Attorney General File...
Report: CME Group to Face off With FTX After Filing for Futures Commission Merchant Status
2.10.2022
According to a recent report, the world’s largest derivatives exchange CME Group is looking to register as a direct futures commission merchant (FCM). CME Group’s decision follows the digital currency exchange FTX, as the crypto company applied to become a derivative clearing...