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Just In: FTX’s Bankruptcy Estate Sold 22 Million GBTC Shares, Leading to $1 Billion GBTC Outflow
22.1.2024
FTX’s $1 billion sell-off of its GBTC shares was a major catalyst of the trust’s outflows after becoming a spot Bitcoin ETF. Image by Formatoriginal, Adobe Stock. The ongoing bankruptcy proceedings for crypto exchange FTX have led to major sell-offs from one of the largest bitcoin...
FTX Sold About $1B of Grayscale's Bitcoin ETF, Explaining Much of Outflow: Sources
22.1.2024
BTC's price has fallen since bitcoin ETFs were approved. In theory, now that FTX is done selling its substantial holdings, the selling pressure could ease since a bankruptcy estate liquidating holdings is a relatively unique event
FTX Under New Scrutiny: Appellate Court Orders Independent Investigation
21.1.2024
An independent examiner was initially barred from delving into the FTX bankruptcy case. However, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia has recently overturned this decision, mandating that the defunct crypto exchange undergo an investigation by an external party. This ruling points...
Breaking: Global Settlement Reached in FTX Digital Markets Liquidation
19.12.2023
FTX struck a global settlement between its US and Bahamas bankruptcy proceedings in an attempt to jointly maximize creditor payouts. Image by Александр Поташев, Adobe Stock. The ongoing saga following the dramatic collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried‘s bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX took...
Solana Rally Sees FTX's Holdings Grow to $3.3B, Setting Claims Market on Fire
15.12.2023
FTX Bankruptcy Judge Takes Step to Shorten Timeline for Customers' Recoveries
14.12.2023
A federal judge took steps to end a protracted dispute between FTX and its largest creditor at a bankruptcy hearing, signaling the court could try to speed up efforts to recover FTX customer's funds from the failed crypto firm's estate
IRS Deals Devastating Blow to FTX With $24 Billion Tax Claim, Crypto Exchange Pushes Back
1.12.2023
FTX has challenged the potentially fatal tax claims levied by the IRS last month for $24 billion. Image by Michael O’Keene, Adobe Stock. According to a November 30 filing by FTX debtors, the IRS tax claims of $24 billion filed in early November are “completely unsubstantiated”...
Crypto exchange FTX gets nod to sell $873M of assets to repay creditors
30.11.2023
Nearly $700 million of the $873 million trust assets allowed to be sold by FTX comes from Grayscale’s flagship product, the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, or GBTC
CFTC Chairman: U.S. Regulators Lack Authority to Prevent Another Major Crypto Collapse
15.11.2023
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Rostin Behnam has stated that U.S. regulators lack the authority to preemptively prevent another major crypto collapse similar to the FTX incident. Speaking at the Financial Markets Quality Conference 2023 at Georgetown University, Behnam...
FTX Foundation Member Denies Involvement In SBF Fraud, Insists on Unpaid Bonus
14.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Rafael Henrique Ross Rheingans-Yoo, an employee of FTX Foundation has filed a response to FTX’s claim regarding his unpaid salaries and bonuses totaling $275,000. In a Nov 13 court filing, the foundation staff argued that he was entitled to $650,000 but was only paid $375,000...
FTX Debtors’ Lawsuit Seeks Recovery of $935 Million ‘Fraudulently’ Transferred to Bybit’s Investment Arm and Others
13.11.2023
A new lawsuit filed by entities overseeing the FTX bankruptcy process seeks to recover $935 million that was reportedly transferred to Bybit’s investment arm and others just before the former’s Chapter 11 filing in November 2022. Bybit is also accused of using FTX assets held on...
FTX Bankruptcy Team Sues Crypto Exchange Bybit for $1 Billion – What’s Going On?
12.11.2023
Source: Adobe / Ascannio FTX’s bankruptcy advisers have filed a lawsuit against crypto exchange Bybit Fintech and its two affiliated companies. The lawsuit aims to recover approximately $953 million worth of cash and digital assets that were withdrawn from Sam Bankman-Fried‘s...
SEC’s Gensler hints he’s open to a FTX reboot under proper leadership: Report
9.11.2023
“If Tom or anybody else wanted to be in this field, I would say, ‘Do it within the law,’” SEC Chair Gary Gensler iterated
FTX Wants to Sell $744M Worth of Grayscale, Bitwise Assets
6.11.2023
Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX and its debtors have asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware to approve the sale of trust assets, funds of Grayscale and Bitwise amounting to an estimated $744m, through an investment adviser
Google to invest another $2B in AI firm Anthropic: Report
28.10.2023
Google has already invested $500 million as part of the deal, while the outstanding $1.5 billion will be paid over time, according to the Wall Street Journal
FTX Moves Millions Worth of LINK, MATIC, AGLD to Coinbase as Sam Bankman-Fried Testifies
26.10.2023
The latest transactions followed $19 millions worth of crypto moved from FTX cold wallets to exchanges
Bankrupt Crypto Firms Alameda Research and FTX Move $10 Million in Crypto to Exchange Accounts, Raising Questions
26.10.2023
Wallets linked to bankrupt crypto firms Alameda Research and FTX moved over $10 million worth of cryptocurrency to a single wallet address, which then deposited the funds to exchange deposit accounts. ???? #FTX and #Alameda related addresses are depositing tokens to exchanges! Via address 0xde9...
FTX probes $6.5M in payments to AI safety group amid clawback crusade
26.10.2023
Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX wants to look into millions it had given to the Center for AI Safety, a nonprofit that has argued AI should be a global priority next to pandemics and nuclear war
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Defunct Exchange FTX Receives Multiple Bids for Restart
25.10.2023
Options also include a sale of the exchange, which boasted 9 million users before going bankrupt
FTX Reportedly Considering Bids to Restart Exchange, Decision Expected by Year End
25.10.2023
Fallen crypto exchange FTX is currently evaluating proposals from three prospective bidders seeking to restart the crypto trading platform, according to a recent Bloomberg report.
During a court hearing held in Wilmington, Delaware, Kevin M. Cofsky, the investment banker representing FTX from...