Incoming reports indicate that Sam Bankman-Fried’s legal team is readying their arguments for a pretrial release hearing before the U.S. appeals court on Tuesday as the billionaire founder of the defunct exchange FTX prepares for his trial on Oct. 3. Bankman-Fried’s initial plea was overruled last month as the prosecutors argued that the defendant had...Read More
A weekly market report by America’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, has outlined several reasons why the forthcoming mass token liquidation by its bankrupt rival FTX is unlikely to cause market shocks in the ecosystem. The research report, written by Coinbase head of institutional research David Duong, disclosed that analysts at the exchange found some factors...Read More
With about two weeks to go until the start of Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial, yet another trove of documents replete with everything from his early life to unverifiable attempts at exonerating himself has surfaced. Lots of Words, Little Substance Sticking to the tone of his lengthy – yet ultimately trite – substack posts and interactions with...Read More
Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX has been approved by the bankruptcy court to liquidate its crypto assets worth $3.4 billion. Meanwhile, the company’s former CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, may stay in prison until his scheduled trial in October after a US Judge denied his requests for a pretrial release. Judge John Dorsey of the US Bankruptcy Court...Read More
The US Judge in charge of Sam Bankman-Fried’s case has denied the former FTX CEO’s repeated requests for a temporary release from jail to make adequate preparations ahead of his upcoming trial. Sam Bankman-Fried, who maintains his not-guilty plea to all charges levied against him, is scheduled to appear in court in October. No Pretrial...Read More
With less than a month left before Sam Bankman-Fried’s court case is due to begin, DOJ officials have been rushing to put the final touches to their arguments. Since the outcome will be decided by a jury, the DOJ has spent a while formulating questions for members of the jury to ensure that they are...Read More
Over the past year, FTX has filed numerous lawsuits against previous business partners, attempting to claw back funds allegedly spent without justification or in subprime deals. Often, these funds were indeed spent on a whim, whether at networking parties or, presumably, gaming. However, LayerZero’s CEO Bryan Pellegrino argued that this could not be farther from...Read More
The world’s most valuable company – Apple, with market cap nearing $3 trillion, has reportedly secured the rights to the upcoming book about FTX’s founder – Sam Bankman-Fried. The book will likely be one of the many documentaries, including short TV series, to be released about SBF and his former empire. Apple Gets the Book...Read More
The now bankrupt crypto exchange, which actually has intentions to restart operations at some point, reportedly wants to retrieve some of the money it paid to professional athletes and teams that used to promote it. Some of those names, according to Bloomberg, include Shaquille O’Neal and Naomi Osaka, but Tom Brady has not been mentioned....Read More
Ryan Salame, a former high-ranking executive at the crypto exchange FTX, has entered a guilty plea in connection with criminal charges related to the extensive fraud case involving FTX’s founder, Sam Bankman-Fried. As part of the agreement, Salame has agreed to pay $5 million to debtors of FTX, and $6 million in fines to the...Read More
As part of FTX’s bankruptcy court proceedings, the exchange’s new management has – to the best of their ability – produced a balance sheet containing all expenses filed on behalf of the FTX Group’s C-Suite. Some of these expenses were already known to the public, such as the infamous purchase of Robinhood shares for SBF...Read More
Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial is one of the biggest cases of white-collar securities fraud in Manhattan, with billions of dollars having gone astray from the defunct cryptocurrency platform FTX, causing significant financial distress to former users (and employees). In the latest development, the lawyers representing the disgraced founder objected to the four million pages of discovery...Read More
Since his bail was revoked, Sam Bankman-Fried has been pleading for everything between “temporary” re-release, more computers, and more time to review the prosecution’s evidence. FTX’s current defense strategy is to claim he acted in good faith, taking the advice of FTX’s legal team. Naturally, this would imply a lack of knowledge regarding the misdeeds...Read More
A former engineer at Alameda Research has come forward with claims on X that his entire life savings were stolen by Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), his former boss. Aditya Baradwaj paints a vivid picture of the rise and fall of FTX, exposing the contradictions, grand visions, and heartbreaking consequences that ensued. As an engineer at Alameda...Read More
FTX intends to initiate the sale, staking, and hedging of its crypto assets. For this purpose, the bankrupt crypto exchange is seeking to rope in Mike Novogratz and Galaxy Digital as its investment advisers as part of its ‘Digital Asset Management and Monetization Program.’ Implementing hedging strategies for Bitcoin and Ether will serve as a...Read More
The founder of FTX – Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) – has reportedly pleaded not guilty in a Manhattan federal court to seven criminal charges in a new indictment. This was his first appearance since his bond was revoked earlier this month, leading to his imprisonment. SBF is expected to spend the days until his trial in...Read More
FTX’s sister trading firm, Alameda Research, will be allowed a general unsecured claim of $175 million against Genesis. The disgraced crypto exchange led by Sam Bankman-Fried previously sought to claw back $4 billion from DCG-owned lender Genesis which also filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. However, the latest court filing suggests that FTX and Genesis have...Read More
Prime Trust – a once-leading cryptocurrency custodian – filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware approximately two months after the Nevada Financial Institutions Division claimed it operates in an “unsafe and unsound manner.” The company was among the leaders in its field a few years ago, holding funds on behalf of other fallen behemoths...Read More
On the 14th of August, the prosecution in SBF’s ongoing court case produced the longest and most explicit list of charges so far. The document is 70 pages long and names legal precedents for most of the charges brought against him. However, special attention is given to the accusation of illegal political campaign contributions. It...Read More
Sam Bankman-Fried was reportedly sent to jail on Friday as US Judge Lewis Kaplan denied his lawyers’ request to delay detention. The former crypto mogul’s court date is set for October 2nd, and he could sit in a jail cell until then if the appeal is unsuccessful. CryptoPotato reported last month the allegations presented by...Read More
A group of customers of the once-prominent cryptocurrency exchange FTX has reportedly filed a lawsuit against the law firm Fenwick & West, insisting that it contributed to the alleged scam orchestrated by Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) and the subsequent multi-billion losses it brought. The former leader of the exchange has pleaded not guilty to the fraud...Read More
Bankrupt crypto lender, BlockFi revealed that the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey has conditionally approved its disclosure statement. The development essentially demonstrated that the reorganization process of BlockFi continues to make gradual progress eight months after filing the voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code....Read More
Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX has filed a motion to remove its Dubai unit from the ongoing bankruptcy proceedings in the United States. According to a document submitted to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, FTX Dubai did not conduct any business activities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) before the global entity...Read More
FTX seems to be the story that keeps on giving as more and more information gets revealed following the downfall of what was one of the world’s largest crypto empires. Now, a new report indicates that a number of cryptocurrencies that were traded by Alameda Research saw their price pumped by bots. An Army of...Read More
Cohen & Gresser – an international law firm representing the former CEO of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) – maintained that he did not attempt to intimidate Caroline Ellison (ex-leader of Alameda Research) or taint the jury’s sentiment when talking to a New York Times reporter. The 31-year-old, who faces several fraud charges and is accused...Read More
Lawyers representing FTX’s creditors said they weren’t filled in on a recently proposed plan to revive the company’s international exchange, according to a Monday night filing. Creditors claimed that the proposed restructuring plan is a mere “idea” with no formal talks having taken place to actually put it into action. No Contact With Creditors? The...Read More
Disgraced crypto exchange FTX is looking to reboot its operations nearly nine months after sliding into bankruptcy. According to a draft plan filed on July 31st, FTX put forth a plan to categorize its creditors into distinct classes of claimants and offered a potential route for one of these classes to revive the now-defunct exchange...Read More
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has requested that the bail bond of Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the founder and former CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, be revoked and that the court impose a detention order against him due to his attempts to tamper with witnesses. According to a letter submitted to Judge Lewis Kaplan...Read More
FTX and Genesis have come to an agreement in principle to settle claims made by both parties in their ongoing legal brawl. Both bankrupt firms had previously claimed that the other party owed money. However, the legal counsel representing both wrote to bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane stating that they had agreed to a settlement. The...Read More
As Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial draws ever closer, the prosecution has taken action to prevent him from tampering with witnesses in the case by attempting to influence them one way or another. SBF Suspected of Ellison Leak The moment FTX collapsed, Sam Bankman-Fried started an “apology tour,” telling various reporters and government representatives that he hadn’t...Read More
