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FTX's Secret Backdoor: How Billions In Customer Funds Were Allegedly Stolen
Thursday, October 5, 2023 - 2:18pm | 563Insiders from the cryptocurrency exchange FTX (CRYPTO: FTT) revealed that prior to its downfall, certain U.S.-based staff members identified a concealed mechanism. This mechanism, allegedly linked to Alameda Research, permitted the unauthorized withdrawal of billions in customer funds. Despite...
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From Options To Crypto: Miami-Based MIAX Set To Acquire FTX's LedgerX For $50M
Wednesday, April 26, 2023 - 12:28pm | 406Cryptocurrency exchange FTX (CRYPTO: FTT) has agreed to sell its crypto-derivatives platform, LedgerX, to the owner of Miami International Securities Exchange (MIAX) for about $50 million. The sale of LedgerX, one of the few solvent pieces of Sam Bankman-Fried’s former empire, will give...
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FTX's Asset Sale Approved By Judge: Abu Dhabi Strikes Big
Wednesday, March 29, 2023 - 12:13pm | 258According to a court filing on Tuesday, a Delaware bankruptcy judge has given the go-ahead for Abu Dhabi's investment arm to acquire FTX's assets in Sequoia Capital Fund for $45 million. The sale to Al Nawwar Investments RSC Limited satisfies the restrictions set by U.S. bankruptcy law,...
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Legal Eagles Soar: How FTX Bankruptcy Lawyers And Consultants Are Raking In Tens Of Millions
Tuesday, March 7, 2023 - 3:31pm | 502The group of professionals assigned to the FTX bankruptcy case billed a total of $38 million plus expenses for their services in January. The bankruptcy administrators have hired the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell as their primary counsel, along with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and...
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Former FTX US President On Bankman-Fried's Mental Health, Addiction: 'He Wasn't Who I Remembered'
Saturday, January 14, 2023 - 10:27pm | 565Former FTX US President Brett Harrison has revealed that his relationship with the exchange’s embattled founder Sam Bankman-Fried had reached a point of total deterioration. Harrison says that it was not worth continuing working for the company no matter the prestige or upside...
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FTX Seeks Court Approval To Liquidate LedgerX, Other Units By Early 2023
Friday, December 16, 2022 - 12:39am | 392FTX’s new leadership has requested federal bankruptcy judge approval to begin selling off four of its businesses including LedgerX, by the early months of 2023. What Happened: Lawyers for FTX (CRYPTO: FTT) filed a motion to initiate an auction process for digital currency...
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FTX Subsidiary Will Release $175 Million For Use During Bankruptcy Proceedings
Wednesday, November 30, 2022 - 10:29am | 389LedgerX, a subsidiary of FTX Group that also had to seek bankruptcy protection due to its parent company's collapse, will make available $175 million for use in the Chapter 11 proceedings for the crippled cryptocurrency exchange and its other firms. A $250 million fund was set aside by LedgerX...
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EXCLUSIVE: FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried On Regulation, Tokenization, Building 'A Global Liquidity Venue'
Wednesday, December 22, 2021 - 8:30am | 1316One would think that a deep passion for something as nuanced as blockchain and cryptocurrency would be requisite for success in such space. That’s not really the case, according to Sam Bankman-Fried, the 29-year-old billionaire co-founder of FTX and Alameda Research. Bankman-Fried’...
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Fintech Focus For September 4, 2020
Thursday, September 3, 2020 - 7:28pm | 2158Quote Of The Day: The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. - Sun Tzu Fintech Movers: By eliminating the need for a trust-based model, Bitcoin is calling into question the current foundation of economic organizations and is paving the way for a more predictable financial...