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Former Alameda CEO confirms firm borrowed billions from FTX customer deposits as part of plea deal

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Caroline Ellison, the former chief executive officer of Alameda Research, said as part of her plea deal that she was aware FTX funds had been made available for the venture capital firm’s investments. In a transcript of proceedings for her plea deal in the Southern District of New York released on Dec. 23, Ellison acknowledged the financial ties between FTX and Alameda at the center of prosecutors’ case against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. According to the former Alameda CEO, Alameda had access to a “borrowing facility” through FTX from…

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Criticizes ‘Double Standard’ in Wells Fargo Fine Case Compared to FTX Crash

The CEO of Ripple recently suggested that Wells Fargo did not receive the ‘FTX treatment’ despite exploiting its customers.  Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse recently likened the recent Wells Fargo fund management fiasco to the collapse of FTX. However, Garlinghouse disapproved of what he perceived as a hypocritical reaction to Wells Fargo’s case. According to the Ripple CEO, the leading American bank’s $3.7 billion fine for mismanaging customers’ interests was on the same scale as FTX’s monumental fall. However, Garlinghouse says the outrage directed at Wells Fargo turned out to be barely noticeable compared to the sunken crypto…

Ripple CEO compares Wells Fargo billions mismanagement with FTX collapse

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Amid the heated-up news steam about the FTX drama, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has tried to turn the public’s attention to another case regarding the misdeeds of traditional finance. A $3.7 billion fine for mismanagement at Wells Fargo bank was treated as, in Garlinghouse’s words, “barely a blip on the radar.” Ripple CEO expressed his concern with the lack of public attention to the Wells Fargo case in his tweet on Dec. 21: The world is (appropriately) outraged by SBF and FTX’s fraud, but when Wells Fargo mismanages billions in…

Court Approves FTX CEO SBF’s Extradition from Bahamas to US

The former crypto billionaire could face life imprisonment if the government pursues wire or bank fraud charges.  Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, who was arrested by the Bahamian authorities, has reportedly been flown to the US after a judge approved his extradition from the Bahamas. The ex-crypto billionaire would be handed to law enforcement agencies upon getting to the US. Popularly called SBF, the crypto exchange boss was arrested on the 12th of December. This came after the Office of the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York…

Pantera CEO on the FTX collapse: Blockchain didn’t fail

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With the FTX exchange being highlighted all over the world of finance, trust in the crypto space seems to dwindle. However, Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead believes that there are two areas in crypto that truly work.  According to the executive, narratives that question blockchain and call it a failure because of the FTX collapse are wrong. The Pantera CEO argued that there are several things in crypto that work, such as regulated exchanges and decentralized exchanges. “If you can’t trust FTX who can you trust?!” The two-pronged answer is:…

What blockchain analysis can and can’t do to find FTX’s missing funds: Blockchain.com CEO

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Blockchain.com’s founder and CEO, Peter Smith, believes on-chain analytics will play a significant role in locating the missing FTX funds, though it will have its limitations. On Dec. 20, Fox Business host Liz Claman said that blockchain’s selling point was that it makes crypto transactions transparent and traceable, asking Smith the question of what it could trace in the case of FTX’s missing customer funds. Smith said that blockchain sleuths have already done a fair bit of work in chasing the money trail, adding that it could in fact be…

Elon Musk Promises to Step Down as Head of Twitter — Edward Snowden Throws His Name in the Hat for CEO – Featured Bitcoin News

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Tesla CEO and Twitter chief Elon Musk has promised to step down as head of Twitter. As the billionaire seeks a new CEO to run the social media platform, privacy advocate Edward Snowden threw his name in the hat, stating that he takes payment in bitcoin. “The question is not finding a CEO, the question is finding a CEO who can keep Twitter alive,” Musk clarified. Elon Musk Discusses Finding New Twitter CEO Elon Musk set up a poll on Twitter over the weekend asking his 122.3 million followers whether…

Successful decentralization doesn’t need blockchains: Nillion CEO

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Decentralization via blockchain technology has given rise to several applications such as cryptocurrency, nonfungible tokens (NFTs), decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), decentralized finance (DeFi), and many more use cases. However, the future of decentralization may very well extend beyond blockchain technology. Nillion, an internet infrastructure platform based on cryptography, has developed a technology called Nil Message Compute (NMC), which changes how data is stored, processed and decentralized. This new technology could have important implications for how companies and users pursue decentralization as an ethos. When asked how decentralization without blockchains was possible, the…

Former President & COO of Activision to Become New Yuga Labs CEO

Daniel Alegre is set to become Yuga Labs’ new CEO in the first half of 2023 and will focus on the company’s Otherside project. Yuga Labs has appointed the outgoing President and COO of Activision Blizzard, Daniel Alegre, as its new CEO. Alegre’s new position at Yuga Labs was announced less than 72 hours after he departed his role at the video game-holding and publishing company. His exit from Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) comes amid stalled developments regarding Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) impending takeover of the Santa Monica-based company.  As the new CEO of Yuga Labs,…

Grayscale CEO highlights 20% GBTC share buyback option if ETF conversion fails

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According to an end-of-year letter to investors published on Dec. 10, Grayscale Investments CEO Michael Sonnenshein said that the firm might consider “a tender offer for a portion of the outstanding shares of GBTC [Grayscale Bitcoin Trust]” if the latter’s exchange-traded fund (ETF) conversion process is ultimately unsuccessful. Sonnenshein stated that “such tender offer would be for no more than 20% of the outstanding shares of GBTC” and would require both regulatory “relief” from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission as well as shareholder approval. Grayscale and its subsidiary…