The collapse of crypto exchange FTX sparked a run on Sivergate Capital Corp., forcing the bank to sell assets at a steep loss to cover some $8.1 billion in withdrawals. Read more
Tag: Virtual Currencies/Cryptocurrencies
SEC charges Sam Bankman-Fried with defrauding investors in now-bankrupt FTX
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday charged Samuel Bankman-Fried with committing fraud after raising $1.8 billion from investors, as the U.S. government hammer came down on the founder and Read more
Bankman-Fried says he’s now willing to testify to House committee
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former chief executive of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, on Friday changed his position and said he was willing to testify in front of the U.S. Read more
Crypto lender BlockFi is suing Sam Bankman-Fried over his shares in Robinhood: report
Just hours after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New Jersey on Monday, cryptocurrency lender BlockFi filed a lawsuit against a holding company by FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried over his Read more
Supposed $477 million FTX ‘hack’ was actually a Bahamian government asset seizure
Remember that hack of nearly half a billion dollars in cryptocurrency from bankrupt FTX last weekend? Turns out it was actually a government asset seizure. The Securities Commission of the Read more
Binance CEO tweets regret at not shorting FTX token
The chief executive of Binance said he regretted not betting against the token tied to the failed FTX cryptocurrency exchange. Changpeng Zhao, the co-founder and CEO of Binance who is Read more
‘What. H.’ — Sam Bankman-Fried’s latest tweets spark scorn as well as concern
The latest message from former FTX chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried left onlookers puzzled and alarmed after the swift decline into bankruptcy for the cryptocurrency exchange he founded. In successive tweets, Read more
FTX bankruptcy is ‘somebody running a company that’s just dumb-as-f___ing greedy,’ says Mark Cuban
Billionaire Dallas Maverick’s owner Mark Cuban recently offered his perspective on the implosion of crypto platform FTX late this week. “‘That’s somebody running a company that’s just dumb-as-fucking greedy.’” — Read more
FTX is investigating a potential hack amid bankruptcy filing
Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX is probing a potential hack and asked customers to stay off the FTX website, the company said. More than $400 million worth of crypto funds appears Read more