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Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission Set to Regulate Country’s Virtual Assets Industry
21.3.2023
Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission is set to be announced as the body that will oversee and regulate the virtual asset industry. According to a report, the collapse of crypto exchanges like FTX prompted Taiwanese officials to seek ways of protecting users against similar events should...
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...
Crypto Trading Firm Auros Secures $17M Investment as It Recovers From FTX Woes
21.3.2023
Auros Global, the trading firm that reportedly lost $20 million on FTX’s implosion, was released from provisional liquidation of British Virgin Island court after major debt restructuring and a fresh $17 million investment led by TradFi trading firm Vivienne Court and bitcoin miner Bit Digital
FTX debtors file lawsuit against exchange's Bahamian arm on ownership of property
20.3.2023
The lawsuit claimed FTX Digital Markets was an "economic nullity" within the FTX Group "created as a front to facilitate a conspiracy to defraud the Debtors’ customers"
FTX’s Bahamas Arm a ‘Nullity’ That Should Be Stripped of Assets: Court Filings
20.3.2023
The Caribbean arm is a mere shell to further Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud, the company alleged
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
Africa-Focused Fintech Chipper Cash Weighs Possible Sale of Business
18.3.2023
One of Africa’s fintech giants, Chipper Cash, is said to be weighing the possibility of selling the business or bringing in new investors. According to the CEO of the FTX and Silicon Valley Bank-backed fintech startup, Chipper Cash had insignificant exposure to both SVB and Signature Bank....
FTX Firms Had $6.8B Hole in Balance Sheet at Time of Bankruptcy
17.3.2023
The group of companies had debts of about $11.6 billion against $4.8 billion in assets, according to a presentation filed by its advisers
FTX debtors report $11.6B in claims, $4.8B in assets with many crypto holdings 'undetermined'
17.3.2023
The presentation reported $25 million in donations — political and otherwise — from three of the FTX silos, but added “limited information” was available on crypto donations
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...
FTX influencers face $1 Billion class-action lawsuit over alleged crypto fraud promotion
16.3.2023
The suit is led by Edwin Garrison and was filed against "FTX influencers," primarily on the YouTube platform
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 fiasco set the approval of Bitcoin spot ETFs back: Valkyrie investment chief
16.3.2023
The chief investment officer at Valkyrie Investments, Steven McClurg, explains how firms are working around a challenging regulatory environment to bring Bitcoin spot ETFs to the U.S. market
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
SBF's inner circle received $3.2B, mainly from Alameda: Court filings
16.3.2023
Billions worth of loans and payments flowed from FTX entities to Sam Bankman-Fried and five other former executives of FTX and Alameda Research
1 year after $11M LUNC bets; Do Kwon wanted, funds paid, hedge stuck on FTX
16.3.2023
Terra Luna's former co-founder, Do Kwon, who lost $11 million in the bet, is currently wanted by Interpol and is reportedly hiding in Serbia
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