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FTX Lawyers Sue Bankman-Fried Over ‘Worthless’ Fintech Acqusition

May 18, 2023 1 min read

Lawyers for FTX have filed a lawsuit against Sam Bankman-Fried, alleging that he used fraudulent funds to acquire a fintech company called Embed. The lawsuit seeks to recover $250 million that FTX paid for Embed. The lawsuit alleges that Bankman-Fried and Alameda Research, his investment firm, knew that Embed was insolvent when they acquired it. The lawsuit also alleges that Bankman-Fried and Alameda used fraudulent funds from FTX customers to

Sam Bankman-Fried Asks for Charges to be Dropped in Market Manipulation Case

May 9, 2023 1 min read

FTX founder and former CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, has requested that a judge drop the charges against him, claiming that they are a “rush to judgment” by prosecutors. Bankman-Fried’s lawyers filed a document with a federal court in Manhattan, stating that the charges against him were initially a civil issue that was turned into a criminal one because of haste. The lawyers claim that traditional civil and regulatory processes should have

Voyager Digital to Close its Doors After FTX and Binance.US Acquisitions Fail

May 7, 2023 2 mins read

Crypto lender Voyager Digital has announced its decision to self-liquidate its assets and close its operations after acquisition deals with FTX and Binance.US fell apart. Voyager customers will receive a recovery rate of 36% of their cryptocurrency holdings, much lower than the expected rate of 72-73% if the acquisition deals had gone through. The rate may increase if Alameda Research is unsuccessful in its bid to recover $446 million from

Mainstream Media Intensifies Call for Non-US FTX User Identities to be Disclosed

May 4, 2023 1 min read

Four major U.S. media outlets, including Bloomberg, Dow Jones, The New York Times, and the Financial Times, have renewed their efforts to obtain the identities of non-U.S. customers of crypto exchange FTX. The media firms filed a new objection to the motion to seal their identities on May 3, citing the lack of legal basis to redact the names according to non-U.S. data privacy laws. The media outlets argue that

FTX Seeks to Recover $4 Billion from Genesis in Clawback Claims

May 4, 2023 1 min read

Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX has filed a lawsuit seeking to recover nearly $4 billion from Genesis Global Capital, a crypto lender that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this year. According to the court filing, FTX claims that it was able to withdraw its assets from the exchange before other creditors before the two firms filed for bankruptcy. The filing alleges that Genesis was one of the main feeder funds

FTX advisors charge bankrupt crypto exchange $103M in Q1, raising eyebrows

May 3, 2023 1 min read

FTX advisors are set to earn $103 million in Q1 as they guide the cryptocurrency exchange through its bankruptcy proceedings. In March alone, five firms billed FTX a total of $36.4 million, slightly higher than the previous months. New York-based law firm Sullivan & Cromwell received the highest paycheck, billing $14.1 million in fees and expenses for March and a total of $44.4 million for Q1. Alvarez & Marsal, FTX’s

FTX lawsuit against crypto influencer served via Twitter

May 3, 2023 1 min read

Influencer Tom Nash has been served a class-action lawsuit through a tweet after a US court allowed the action since lawyers claimed they could not serve him through other means. The lawsuit filed by The Moskowitz Law Firm alleged that Nash and nine other influencers promoted FTX, which later went bankrupt, without disclosing their compensation. According to a May 2 order from a Florida District Court Judge, Nash was served

Gensler faces backlash from Republicans for lack of Bankman-Fried transparency

April 14, 2023 2 mins read

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler faces a congressional subpoena threat from House Republicans if the regulator fails to provide information related to the charges brought against Sam Bankman-Fried, the failed crypto mogul. The Republicans are demanding the staff memo recommending charges for Bankman-Fried, as well as other information related to the charges filed by the agency against him. The congressional probe centers around the timing of

FTX plans to relaunch in Q2 after resolving asset recovery issues

April 13, 2023 1 min read

FTX, the embattled cryptocurrency exchange, announced on Wednesday during a Bankruptcy court hearing that it has made significant progress in asset recovery. The exchange reported it had recovered a total of $7.3 billion in cash and cryptocurrency assets, which is an increase of $800 million since January. The latest recovery update is seen as a significant turn of events, especially for FTX’s customers, who have been eagerly waiting to access

Ren Protocol to Transfer Crypto Assets to FTX Debtors’ Wallets in Shutdown Contingency Plan

April 13, 2023 1 min read

Cross-chain bridge platform Ren Protocol has announced that it will be moving all of its crypto assets to FTX debtors’ wallets. This move was authorized and directed by FTX, Alameda Research, and other affiliates who acquired Ren Protocol in 2022. The decision to transfer assets to FTX debtors’ wallets was made to ensure that debtors can safeguard their assets in the event of a potential shutdown of Ren Protocol’s systems

Bankrupt Crypto Exchange FTX Should Consider Relaunch, Says Former Sales Chief

April 12, 2023 1 min read

The former head of institutional sales at FTX, Zane Tackett, has suggested that the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange should relaunch and offer a token that represents creditor claims. Tackett suggested that this would give creditors some value, no matter how small, and a way to price the assets held by FTX. He proposed that the new exchange should offer a market for FTX claims based on one token per $1 lost,

Leading Japanese Snack Food Maker Calbee Inc. to Deploy Its Evolving Potato Chip NFTs on Astar Network

April 11, 2023 4 mins read

Tokyo, Japan, April 11th, 2023 Astar Network, the smart contract platform for multichain, today announced that Japan’s leading potato chips and snacks company Calbee Inc. will issue evolving NFTs on the Astar blockchain as part of a new promotional campaign, “NFT Chips”. With Calbee’s NFT Chips Campaign, consumers who buy a pack of Usu-Shio, Consomme-Punch or the immensely popular Nori-Shio potato chips will be able to claim a free, evolving Potato NFT