FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried in Talks With US Prosecutors to Resolve Dispute Over Strict Bail Conditions

FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried in Talks With US Prosecutors to Resolve Dispute Over Strict Bail Conditions

Sam Bankman-Fried is in talks with US prosecutors to resolve a dispute over the FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder’s bail conditions, his lawyer said on Thursday. The judge overseeing Bankman-Fried’s criminal fraud case in federal court in Manhattan on Wednesday temporarily barred the 30-year-old former billionaire from contacting employees of FTX…

FTX Collapse Has Put Spotlight on Vulnerabilities in Crypto Ecosystem: Economic Survey 2022-23

FTX Collapse Has Put Spotlight on Vulnerabilities in Crypto Ecosystem: Economic Survey 2022-23

The recent collapse of the crypto exchange FTX and the ensuing sell-off in the crypto markets have placed a spotlight on the vulnerabilities in the crypto ecosystem, the Economic Survey 2022-23 presented in Parliament said on Tuesday. Crypto assets are self-referential instruments and do not strictly pass the test of…

Coinbase Considering Appeal as Netherlands Hits Crypto Exchange With $3.5 Million Fine : All Details

Coinbase Considering Appeal as Netherlands Hits Crypto Exchange With $3.5 Million Fine : All Details

Coinbase has been fined $3.5 million (roughly Rs. 30 crore) in the Netherlands. The Dutch central bank has served the crypto exchange with a legal notice for offering crypto services in Netherlands without completing the required procedures, including registration. In May 2020, the Netherlands mandated crypto-related companies to register as…

Binance Moved $346 Million for Seized Bitzlato Crypto Exchange, Blockchain Data Shows

Binance Moved $346 Million for Seized Bitzlato Crypto Exchange, Blockchain Data Shows

Crypto giant Binance processed almost $346 million (roughly (Rs. 2,900 crore) in Bitcoin for the Bitzlato digital currency exchange, whose founder was arrested by US authorities last week for allegedly running a “money laundering engine,” blockchain data seen by Reuters show. The Justice Department on January 18 said it charged Bitzlato’s…

New FTX CEO Says Bankrupt Crypto Exchange Could Restart Business: Report

New FTX CEO Says Bankrupt Crypto Exchange Could Restart Business: Report

Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX is looking into the possibility of reviving its business, Chief Executive Officer John Ray told the Wall Street Journal on Thursday. Ray, who took over the reins in November, has set up a task force to explore restarting FTX.com, the company’s main international exchange, he said…

Bankman-Fried blames Changpeng Zhao for campaign against FTX
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Bankman-Fried blames Changpeng Zhao for campaign against FTX

Sam Bankman-Fried accused Binance boss Changpeng “CZ” Zhao of waging a lengthy campaign to destroy his crypto empire on Thursday while making yet another attempt to explain what led to FTX’s catastrophic bankruptcy. In a lengthy Substack post, the disgraced former FTX CEO alleged that Zhao’s “fateful tweet” on Nov….

Binance’s Deal to Acquire Bankrupt Voyager Digital Faces US SEC Objection: All Details

Binance’s Deal to Acquire Bankrupt Voyager Digital Faces US SEC Objection: All Details

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a limited objection to Binance.US’s proposed $1 billion (roughly Rs. 8,250 crore) acquisition of bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Voyager Digital, a bankruptcy court filing showed on Wednesday. The regulator pointed out the failure to include necessary information in Binance.US’s disclosure statement. It…

Sam Bankman-Fried is fighting to keep $450m stake in Robinhood
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Sam Bankman-Fried is fighting to keep $450m stake in Robinhood

Sam Bankman-Fried is battling to keep a $450 million stake in retail stock Robinhood that FTX’s new boss is trying to claw back from the indicted crypto huckster, according to court records. The ousted FTX founder claims he is entitled to the assets listed under Emergent Fidelity Technologies, a holding…

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Allowed $250 Million Bond, House Arrest

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Allowed $250 Million Bond, House Arrest

The cryptocurrency entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried can post $250 million (nearly Rs. 2, 070 crore) bond and live in his parents’ home in California while he awaits trial on charges that he swindled investors and looted customer deposits on his FTX trading platform, a judge said Thursday. Assistant US Attorney Nicolas Roos…