Sam Bankman-Fried’s Ban on Contacting FTX Employees Using Encrypted Messages Gets Extended

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Ban on Contacting FTX Employees Using Encrypted Messages Gets Extended

ByNews Polite

A US judge on Thursday extended a ban on FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s ability to contact employees of companies he once controlled and use encrypted messaging technology while out on bail awaiting trial on fraud charges. US District Judge Lewis Kaplan on February 1 had temporarily barred Bankman-Fried from contacting…

FTX Has ‘A Few Billion’ to Support Industry, Claims Head Sam Bankman-Fried

FTX Has ‘A Few Billion’ to Support Industry, Claims Head Sam Bankman-Fried

ByNews Polite

Sam Bankman-Fried, head of one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, FTX, said he and his company still have a “few billion” on hand to shore up struggling firms that could further destabilise the digital asset industry, but that the worst of the liquidity crunch has likely passed. Bankman-Fried, 30, who…