Sam Bankman-Fried Cashed Out $300 Million During FTX’s Fundraise in October 2021

Sam Bankman-Fried Cashed Out $300 Million During FTX’s Fundraise in October 2021

FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) quietly cashed out $300 million (roughly Rs. 2,430 crore) in personal stakes after a $420 million (roughly Rs. 3,410 crore) fundraising in October 2021, as per a recent report. At the time of the fundraising, Bankman-Fried told investors that the raise would…

Analytics Firm Chainalysis Among FTX’s Long List of Creditors, Reveals Court Filing

Analytics Firm Chainalysis Among FTX’s Long List of Creditors, Reveals Court Filing

Crypto analytics firm Chainalysis has disclosed that FTX owes it money in connection with the bankruptcy proceedings for the beleaguered cryptocurrency exchange. Chainalysis was listed as a creditor in filings submitted to the Delaware bankruptcy court on Wednesday, and it requested that any pertinent records be delivered to its attorneys….

Crypto Lender BlockFi Pauses Withdrawals Amid FTX, Alameda Research Liquidity Crisis

Crypto Lender BlockFi Pauses Withdrawals Amid FTX, Alameda Research Liquidity Crisis

Crypto lending firm BlockFi has announced that it was “not able to operate business as usual,” citing a lack of clarity regarding FTX, FTX.US, and Alameda Research as the reason. The leading cryptocurrency lending platform says that until there is clarity, it will be limiting activity including pausing withdrawals. It…

India’s Giottus Crypto Exchange to Give ‘Proof of Reserves’, Rivals Keep Quiet

India’s Giottus Crypto Exchange to Give ‘Proof of Reserves’, Rivals Keep Quiet

Giottus, an Indian crypto exchange, has taken a bold step to mark its impression in the crypto sector and make it to the headlines. Amid silence from rival crypto exchanges on the subject, Giottus has said that it will provide proof of reserves in order to add another layer of…

Binance, FTX Enter Tug-of-War in Auction to Bag Assets of Insolvent Crypto Lender Voyager

Binance, FTX Enter Tug-of-War in Auction to Bag Assets of Insolvent Crypto Lender Voyager

Voyager, the crypto lending platform that declared bankruptcy earlier this year, is analysing buy-out offers for its assets from other players in the crypto sector. At present, crypto exchanges Binance and FTX are standing neck-and-neck to outbid each other and bag the worthy remains from Voyager’s business. The price point…

Crypto Sector Bagged Over $14 Billion from Venture Capital Firms in First Half of 2022: KPMG

Crypto Sector Bagged Over $14 Billion from Venture Capital Firms in First Half of 2022: KPMG

The crypto sector saw the successful completion of 725 deals in the first half of this year. So far in 2022, the industry has bagged investments of $14.2 billion (roughly Rs. 1,13,500 crore), a new report by KPMG has claimed. The organisation is among India’s renowned providers of risk, financial,…

FTX to Freeze Deposits, Withdrawals on Solana, Arbitrum Blockchains Amid Merge Transition

FTX to Freeze Deposits, Withdrawals on Solana, Arbitrum Blockchains Amid Merge Transition

FTX crypto exchange will be briefly pausing all deposits and withdrawals of ETH and ERC-20 tokens as the Etheruem blockchain gears up to transition into its eco-friendly upgrade, named the Merge. The final Bellatrix update for this transition to complete is scheduled to start on Tuesday, September 6. The Merge…

Crypto Exchange FTX Ordered to Halt ‘False and Misleading’ Claims by US Bank Regulator

Crypto Exchange FTX Ordered to Halt ‘False and Misleading’ Claims by US Bank Regulator

A US bank regulator ordered crypto exchange FTX on Friday to halt what it called “false and misleading” claims the exchange had made about whether funds at the company are insured by the government. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said a July tweet by Brett Harrison, head of FTX’s US…

Crypto Exchange FTX Is in Talks to Acquire a Stake in BlockFi: Report

Crypto Exchange FTX Is in Talks to Acquire a Stake in BlockFi: Report

Cryptocurrency exchange FTX is in talks to acquire a stake in crypto lender BlockFi, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The companies had previously announced on Tuesday that BlockFi had signed a term sheet with FTX for a $250 million (roughly Rs. 1,955 crore) revolving…