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Japan Urges Regulators Worldwide to Subject Crypto Exchanges to Bank-Level Oversight
19.1.2023
Japan has reportedly urged other countries, including the U.S., to regulate crypto exchanges like they do banks. A top official at the Financial Services Agency explained that the recent FTX implosion wasn’t brought on by crypto technology but by “loose governance, lax internal...
FTX CEO fights to keep lawyers as calls for removal intensify
19.1.2023
Numerous parties have objected to the retention of Sullivan & Cromwell as lead counsel to FTX, citing conflicts of interest and insufficient disclosures
First Mover Asia: FTX’s Illiquid Holdings Filled With Tokens That Sit in Venture Funds in Which It Invested; Bitcoin Falls Below $21K
19.1.2023
A good portion of FTX's illiquid tokens can be found on the balance sheet of funds, including Sino Global and Multicoin Capital. FTX invested in these funds, and their names often appear alongside FTX as co-investors in projects
FTX profited from Sam Bankman-Fried's inflated coins: Report
18.1.2023
Former FTX CEO allegedly used his popularity to lure developers, and Alameda Research to inflate the price of certain coins
Media startup says it will buy back $10 million SBF stake: Report
18.1.2023
The company had disclosed the investment on Dec. 2, but had previously not committed to returning the funds
Crypto Lawyers Share Blame for FTX, Other Disasters, CFTC Commissioner Says
18.1.2023
Lawyers, accountants and other financial professionals should have stepped in to halt the fatal mistakes going on inside crypto firms such as FTX long before they imploded, said Christy Goldsmith Romero, a commissioner with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Sam Bankman-Fried Disputes FTX US ‘Shortfall’ Claims, Critics Skeptical of Excel Spreadsheet Defense
18.1.2023
Following an update from FTX debtors about the $5.5 billion discovered by administrators during an investigation, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) took to Twitter to share a blog post from his Substack newsletter. SBF stated that the presentation published by litigation firm Sullivan &...
FTX fallout: SBF trial could set precedent for the crypto industry
18.1.2023
The FTX saga is set to enter its next phase in October with the start of SBF’s trial. However, industry experts are concerned that prosecutors could use him to set an example
FTX Discovers $5.5B in Liquid Assets — Debtors Explore Ways to Maximize Recovery via Potential Sale of Subsidiaries, Real Estate
18.1.2023
On Jan. 17, 2023, FTX Trading Ltd. and affiliated debtors updated the public and detailed that the firm’s current administrators have discovered $5.5 billion of liquid assets to date. Top-level executives, including the new FTX CEO and chief restructuring officer, John J. Ray III, met with...
Bitcoin Erases Entire FTX-Related Decline in Latest Surge
18.1.2023
Wednesday morning gains for the crypto came after soft U.S. economic numbers suggested the possibility for easier monetary policy
Would a Clear Out of Crypto Moguls and Their Centralized Companies Be Good for the Digital Asset Class?
18.1.2023
As more and more crypto companies face scrutiny – and some throw in the towel after a rough bear market - questions are being raised whether that could be a good thing for crypto after all....
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FTX Bosses Voiced Their Concerns About Client Fund Use, Court Papers Show
18.1.2023
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The authorities claim that Sam Bankman-Fried siphoned billions of dollars in customer funds from FTX and used the money to make political contributions, finance trading at Alameda and buy luxury real estate in the Bahamas, where FTX was based. The two managers...
EU postpones final vote on MiCA for the second time in two months
18.1.2023
The final vote was delayed due to issues in the translation of the 400-page legal document
Coincheck Owner Is ‘Interested’ in FTX Japan as Bidding Deadline Nears
18.1.2023
The Japanese securities giant Monex Group – the owner of the Coincheck crypto exchange – has suggested that it may move to buy FTX Japan....
Read More: Coincheck Owner Is ‘Interested’ in FTX Japan as Bidding Deadline Nears
Silvergate Loses $1 Billion But Stock is Up Because Numbers Show it is Not Going Bust Anytime Soon
18.1.2023
Silvergate shares moved higher on Tuesday after the crypto bank assured investors it is taking steps to weather the FTX collapse despite posting a $1 billion loss in the last quarter of 2022.
Silvergate posted its fourth-quarter results on Tuesday, reporting a net loss of $1 billion for...
Which tokens could FTX dump on the market?
18.1.2023
The list of illiquid tokens includes a Donald Trump prediction token, an animal fundraising coin and tokens for several Solana projects
'There will be many more zeros' — Kevin O'Leary on FTX-like collapses to come
18.1.2023
The Shark Tank star said all unregulated exchanges are seeing “massive outflows” right now, and rightly so
Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Holds Strength Above $21K, Congress' FTX Problem
17.1.2023
ALSO: Crypto bank Silvergate reports a fourth-quarter loss of $1 billion. Equities closed mixed after big banks’ 4Q earnings reports
FTX's Failure Highlights Need for Federally Mandated Insurance, Not More Regulation
17.1.2023
There is extensive precedent for requiring companies providing critical infrastructure to get special insurance. Why not require crypto companies to back themselves with a market-based solution, say the founders of Evertas, a crypto insurance provider?
FTX: it took 'Herculean investigative effort' to identify $5.5B in liquid assets
17.1.2023
Debtors said they had identified $1.7 billion in cash, $3.5 billion in crypto assets and $0.3 billion in securities following FTX filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy