As the public opinion of former crypto hotshot Sam Bankman-Fried continues to wane, criticism aimed at him and his business is only growing fiercer. Jesse Powell, Kraken’s current CEO, who will be stepping down shortly, already criticized Sam Bankman-Fried for his attitude and hubris. According to Powell, SBF acted like he knew everything despite being...Read More
One week after the implosion, legal woes for FTX have only intensified. According to the latest court filings from the company’s Bahamian liquidators, there are signs of “serious fraud and mismanagement” on the bankrupt crypto exchange’s part. The document filed in the US Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York revealed that the...Read More
John J. Ray III may have unwounded major corporate failures, but in over four decades of legal and restructuring experience, he claims to have never seen such “unprecedented” management failures as in the case of the bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange under Sam Bankman-Fried’s tenure. In the latest filing to federal bankruptcy court, FTX’s new chief...Read More
FTX investors have sued the company’s ex-CEO Sam Bankman-Fried for illegally offering yield-bearing crypto accounts at the now insolvent exchange. The lawsuit, filed in Miami on Tuesday, alleges that FTX’s crypto-yield-bearing accounts were unregistered securities illegally sold in the U.S, according to Reuters. Now that the exchange has failed to honor withdrawals, investors claim to...Read More
Amidst speculation over Sam Bankman-Fried’s whereabouts, the authorities are mulling over extraditing the former CEO of the bankrupt crypto exchange, FTX, back to the United States. According to the latest Bloomberg report, law-enforcement officials in the US and Bahamas have been engaged in talks over SBF as they investigate his role in FTX’s implosion. People...Read More
The Canadian businessman and Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary still believes Sam Bankman Fried’s future businesses could be worth investing in, despite losing money on FTX. O’Leary recently outlined the extent of his exposure to the exchange while arguing that there’s a “silver lining” in the company’s collapse. Mr. Wonderful’s Thoughts on FTX In an...Read More
The Executive Chairman of MicroStrategy and prominent bitcoin bull – Michael Saylor – likened the CEO of FTX – Sam Bankman-Fried – to the notorious Jordan Belfort, also known as “The Wolf of Wall Street.” In his view, SBF “was using stolen money” and cooperated with corrupt regulators to keep his business going. Make a...Read More
Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of the now-bankrupt FTX, tried to rally financial support for his beleaguered crypto exchange. This comes as the platform is facing bankruptcy amid an $8 billion black hole in its balance sheets. FTX collapsed in spectacular fashion over the past week, triggering a contagion that has impacted the broader crypto...Read More
Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, is probably one of the world’s most hated people right now. After being hailed as the savior of doomed projects, possible personal motivations for his actions are now being dissected. Amid FTX contagion fears, investor confidence has been severely dented. Extreme fear has gripped the...Read More
FTX has lost several potential rescuers after shady details of the internal workings continue to emerge. The biggest setback was Binance pulling out of the deal. But according to the crypto giant’s CEO, the deal with FTX did not make sense. While speaking at the Indonesia Fintech Summit, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao weighed on the takeover...Read More
Major venture capital firm Sequoia Capital has written down the value of its investment in the beleaguered crypto exchange FTX, to zero. Notably, the company was part of the investors who participated in FTX’s $900 million funding round in July 2021, which brought the exchange’s valuation to $18 billion at the time. Sequoia Marks Down...Read More
Investment banking company Jefferies Group’s CEO, Richard “Rich” Handler, took to Twitter to reveal that he unsuccessfully tried to get in touch with FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried earlier this year when the latter was offering bailouts to several troubled firms. While sharing his “personal email trail” on “non-meeting with FTX,” Handler revealed several snapshots that...Read More
The past few days were unnerving as the crypto industry watched the fall of FTX, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges. With FTX now insolvent, some of the biggest and oldest players in the space have started expressing disappointment at the company’s CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), popularly known as crypto’s white knight. Jesse Powell...Read More
FTX had reportedly reached out to several other large exchanges, including Coinbase and OKX, but was turned down. Its finances were one of the factors after the reviewal of which, Binance backed out of a planned takeover. While Binance may have averted more scrutiny from regulators in Europe and the United States but the botched...Read More
Sam Bankman-Fried issued an official apology following the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange. He talked about making customers whole and finding a solution that would be best for all parties involved. FTX’s CEO took it to Twitter earlier on November 10 to shine some light on the current situation with his distressed crypto exchange. At...Read More
The announcement came in a call to investors on Nov. 9, just after Binance pulled out of the deal to acquire FTX. SBF said he hoped the beleaguered exchange could raise as much as $3-4 billion in equity. He added that FTX could also raise some debt, according to the WSJ citing people familiar with...Read More
The past few days saw extreme turbulence related to FTX, Alameda, and Binance. In the wake of it, ending with Binance’s statement of intent to take over FTX’s business, the CEO of both companies has been knocked off of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index due to an estimated 94% drop in personal wealth. $25 Billion Lost...Read More
A few months earlier, FTX CEO SBF said several “third-tier” crypto exchanges were insolvent but yet to be exposed. This was when several crypto lending platforms suffered massive financial contagion following Three Arrows Capital’s (3AC) fallout as a result of Terra’s spectacular collapse. His comments, obviously, did not age well now that his empire appears...Read More
Changpeng Zhao – the CEO of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance – outlined two vital lessons following the saga between his company and FTX. In his view, crypto exchanges should not use their own tokens as collateral, and individuals should never borrow money to run a crypto enterprise. In a recent tweet, Binance’s executive...Read More
Fears of a Terra-style debacle have seeped into the crypto market as the Binance-FTX drama continues. Binance CEO CZ made headlines by announcing plans to liquidate entire FTT holdings gradually to avoid any market impact. His crypto exchange had already exited from FTX equity last year. While CZ clarified that the move should not be...Read More
BitDAO may terminate its token swap and hold agreement with quant crypto trading firm Alameda Research. This follows fears that Alameda may have dumped 100 million BIT tokens. BitDAO has asked Alameda to confirm that it has not sold any of the DAO’s native tokens as part of an earlier agreement between both entities. The...Read More
Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of FTX, has come out to allay fears about the state of the crypto exchange’s finances. Bankman-Fried said the platform has excess cash and clients’ funds are safe while also calling on Binance CEO to collaborate with him to improve the ecosystem. In a recent tweet thread on Monday (November 7, 2022),...Read More
In a quick-paced turn of events over the weekend, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao announced that his company would liquidate all FTT holdings given the “recent revelations.” The statement made FTT price take a sharp plunge, falling by nearly 10% in 24 hours. Binance Exits Its FTT Position Even before what CZ said could sink in,...Read More
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) broke down his decision to pass on investing in Twitter at the Forbes Iconoclast Summit on Thursday. Though excited about Elon Musk’s plans, the young billionaire believed his company had little to contribute to help them manifest. Nothing to Offer As SBF summarized over Twitter on Thursday, his company’s strengths...Read More
The CEO of the popular exchange asserted in a recent interview that the firm is working on launching its own stablecoin. He also confirmed previous reports that FTX is looking to raise more funds and spoke about the recent and possible future acquisitions. Without providing any further details, Sam Bankman-Fried said the exchange knows how...Read More
The cryptocurrency platform FTX will distribute approximately $6 million to reimburse victims affected by a recent phishing attack. CEO Sam Bankman-Fried revealed this is a one-off decision, underlining that the company will not compensate such customers in the future. Only This Time Last week, hackers targeted several FTX users and drained $1.26M worth of cryptocurrencies....Read More
Earlier this week, the crypto billionaire riled the industry by suggesting ways to confront the legal and hacking woes plaguing the ecosystem. Erik Voorhees, ShapeShift co-founder, is the latest one to detail concerns regarding the draft. The OFAC Conundrum While Voorhees noted that rules are important and that “voluntarily-adopted” standards are noble because they are...Read More
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) posted a draft of a set of standards to create clarity and protect customers as the US awaits full federal regulatory regimes. While highlighting the significance of regulatory oversight and customer protection, SBF said there needs to be an open economy where peer-to-peer transfers, code, validators, etc., are presumptively free....Read More
The Texas State Securities Board – the region’s securities regulators – is investigating FTX and its boss, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), over whether some of its crypto offerings violate state law. As reported by Bloomberg on Monday, the regulator has taken specific issue with the company’s yield-bearing crypto accounts, which may constitute unregistered securities offerings. As...Read More
Lawyers representing the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (UCC) of Voyager Digital have raised objections to sweeping legal immunity being planned for the firm’s senior executives. Last month, the Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF)-led crypto exchange FTX won the bid for Voyager for $1.4 billion, beating Binance in the race. However, the Voyager management has reportedly added...Read More
