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SBF banned from using online messengers under new bail agreement
28.3.2023
The U.S. prosecutors reportedly agreed to allow Sam Bankman-Fried to stay home while restricting using some electronic devices and apps
Sam Bankman-Fried's Lawyers, Prosecutors Agree on Proposed Bail Conditions
28.3.2023
The FTX founder will be given a new phone without internet access and a laptop with limited functionality
Tom Brady’s Estranged Wife Gisele Bundchen Claims FTX Collapse ‘Blindsided’ Her
25.3.2023
Former U.S. National Football League (NFL) quarterback Tom Brady’s estranged wife Gisele Bundchen has said she was “blindsided” by the collapse of crypto exchange FTX. Bundchen claimed that she only invested in FTX because her financial advisors recommended it. Bundchen...
FTX Demands Protection of Assets from Liquidators of Bahamas Unit – What's Going On?
21.3.2023
Defunct crypto exchange FTX has asked a US bankruptcy judge to protect its property from the liquidators in charge of winding down its Bahamas unit.
In a lawsuit filed against the liquidators overseeing the wind-down of its Bahamian affiliate FTX Digital Markets, FTX claimed that they are wrongly...
SBF shilled FTX risk model to FDIC chairman Gruenberg prior collapse
19.3.2023
The invitation was mediated by former CFTC Commissioner Mark Wetjen, who joined FTX US as the Head of Policy and Regulatory Strategy in Nov. 2021
FTX Debtors Reveal $6.8 Billion Hole in Balance Sheet Amidst Financial Discrepancies and Payments to Insiders
18.3.2023
According to a presentation recently submitted by the FTX debtors on March 16, Sam Bankman-Fried’s companies had a $6.8 billion hole in their intercompany balance sheet when they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. FTX and its conglomerate of firms have debts of around $11.6 billion...
Sam Bankman-Fried to propose revised bail package ‘by next week’
18.3.2023
The move comes after a judge expressed displeasure about SBF’s use of encrypted-messaging apps and virtual private network services while on bail
How Effective Altruism Power Brokers Helped Make Sam Bankman-Fried
17.3.2023
YouTube Influencers Face $1 Billion Class-Action Lawsuit Over FTX Endorsements – Who's Caught in the Crossfire?
17.3.2023
A number of high-profile crypto and finance YouTubers are involved in a class-action lawsuit for promoting the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX.
The lawsuit’s plaintiff is Edwin Garrison, who is seeking $1 billion in damages because the YouTubers “promoted FTX crypto fraud without...
First Mover Americas: Investors Pull Coins From Bitcoin Funds
16.3.2023
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for March 16, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
FTX Paid Around $2.2B to Sam Bankman-Fried, New Management Says
16.3.2023
The failed crypto exchange made a total of $3.2 billion in payments to Bankman-Fried and other key employees
Sam Bankman-Fried petitions court to prioritize reimbursing his legal fees
15.3.2023
FTX's legal counsel requested insurers to advance or reimburse Bankman-Fried's defense costs and fees under the company's directors and officers (D&O) insurance
What is JOMO in crypto trading?
14.3.2023
JOMO is that "I-was-right-about-the-market" joyful feeling after narrowly escaping a bad trade and potentially catastrophic losses
Sam Bankman-Fried's bail conditions still too lenient, says judge
10.3.2023
U.S. district judge, Lewis Kaplan, expressed concern that Bankman-Fried could find ways to evade the restrictions and covertly communicate with others electronically
US Prosecutors Seek to Further Restrict Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s Internet Access
5.3.2023
The U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), Damian Williams, and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are requesting “proposed modifications” to the bail conditions of former FTX CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried. The SDNY prosecutor is asking the court to prohibit Bankman-Fried...
DOJ seeks to narrow Sam Bankman-Fried's bail terms, use only flip phones
4.3.2023
The proposal restricts Sam Bankman-Fried communication to a flip phone or other non-smartphone device with no internet access
Bankman-Fried Should Have Only Flip Phone, Website Whitelist, DOJ Says
4.3.2023
Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail conditions should restrict his use of the internet, including the use of a non-internet connected flip phone, an attorney to the U.S. Department of Justice has proposed in court filings made late Friday
FTX presentation shows 'massive shortfall' in firm's assets
3.3.2023
FTX and FTX US together have billions in deficits in their exchange wallets and fiat accounts, uncovered in a "huge effort" according to the exchange's CEO
Prosecutors’ Case Against FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Becomes Clearer
1.3.2023
Federal prosecutors have shared more information about their case against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. Between two new indictments and civil suits against another former FTX executive, we now have a much clearer picture about what the Department of Justice thinks it has
Pressure Mounts on FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried as Former Director of Engineering Pleads Guilty – Here's What You Need to Know
1.3.2023
Nishad Singh, the former director of engineering at now-defunct crypto exchange FTX, has pleaded guilty to U.S. criminal charges, agreeing to cooperate with the investigation into FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried.
Singh pleaded guilty to six conspiracy charges, including conspiracy to commit wire...