Tag: FTX

Sam Bankman-Fried hires defense attorney as US authorities probe FTX: Report

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Former FTX chief executive officer Sam Bankman-Fried has reportedly hired Mark Cohen, a former federal prosecutor, to act as his defense attorney. According to a Dec. 6 report from Reuters, Bankman-Fried’s spokesperson Mark Botnick said the former FTX CEO has retained Cohen amid a flurry of civil litigation from investors in the crypto exchange and investigations by lawmakers and regulators in the United States. Cohen, a co-founder of law firm Cohen & Gresser, was a former assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York who also on the…

Financial Stability Board aims to address crypto-related issues following ‘failure of FTX’

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The international monitoring body Financial Stability Board, or FSB, called for a global framework aimed at regulating and supervising crypto in the wake of FTX’s collapse, also saying it would assess vulnerabilities associated with decentralized finance. In a Dec. 6 meeting in Basel, the FSB said it planned to “enhance its crypto-assets monitoring framework” to include “DeFi-specific vulnerability indicators” as well as address the potential impact of having DeFi becoming more closely connected to traditional financial markets. According to the monitoring body, the financial stability risks from the crypto market…

Kevin O’Leary defends SBF, says FTX should be audited

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In an interview with Yahoo Finance on Dec. 6, Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary called for calm in the wake of FTX’s collapse. The exchange’s former CEO, Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried, should be understood as innocent unless evidence comes to light that shows he has committed fraud, O’Leary stated. O’Leary called for FTX to be audited to reveal where the exchange’s money went so that investors can get their funds back. The narrative on the @FTX_Official situation is quickly changing from “throw everyone in jail” to “where is my money?” Time for…

US lawmakers request answers from Silvergate over ties to FTX: Report

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Three members of the United States Senate have reportedly penned a letter to Silvergate Bank requesting information about any relationship with FTX and business entities under former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. According to a Dec. 6 report from NBC News, Senators Elizabeth Warren, John Kennedy, and Roger Marshall sent a letter to Silvergate CEO Alan Lane. The lawmakers reportedly asked the bank to provide details on its relationship with FTX entities in response to “new and disturbing allegations” about its business practices. “Your bank’s involvement in the transfer of FTX customer…

Morgan Creek CEO Says FTX Co-Founder SBF Was a ‘Pawn’ Used to ‘Punish’ the Crypto Industry – Regulation Bitcoin News

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Following FTX’s collapse, many industry executives, influencers, luminaries, and politicians have shared their opinions about the carnage the event has caused to crypto markets and a great deal of innocent bystanders. On Dec. 2, the CEO and founder of Morgan Creek Capital, Mark Yusko, explained in an interview that it’s quite possible that the FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) was merely a “pawn” or “useful idiot” leveraged to “punish the industry.” Morgan Creek’s Mark Yusko: ‘This Debacle Is a Fraud Perpetrated by, I Believe, Someone Above the Useful Idiots’ Since…

A loophole allowed FTX to secure its Aussie license without full checks: ASIC’s Longo

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Joseph Longo, the chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is calling for a regulatory loophole to be closed that allowed FTX to acquire an Australian Financial Services License (AFSL) in the country without the full suite of checks. According to a Dec. 5 report from the Australian Financial Review, Longo made the comments while speaking at a joint parliament committee on corporations and financial services on Monday local time. A major topic the committee dug into was of course the recent FTX and Alameda Research meltdown led…