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Bahamas Regulator Appoints ‘Big Four’ Auditor PWC as Joint Provisional FTX Liquidator โ Bitcoin News
On Nov. 14, 2022, the Securities Commission of the Bahamas (SCB) published a press release that explains the โBig Fourโ accounting firm PWC (Pricewaterhousecoopers) has been designated as provisional liquidator in the FTX investigation. The SCB detailed that โgiven the magnitudeโ of the events surrounding FTX, the Bahamas regulator recognized that it had to โmove swiftly.โ โBig Fourโ Auditing Company PWC Appointed to Provisional Liquidator Status in the FTX Investigation According to a press release published by the SCB on Monday, Kevin Cambridge and Peter Greaves from the โBig Fourโ…
The Long Arm of FTX
Two weeks ago, I thought the biggest story for the week of Nov. 8 would be the U.S. midterm election. Control of both the House and the Senate were up for grabs, with the future of crypto legislation at stake. All of thatโs still true, but FTX collapsed in incredible and rapid fashion, with the effects reverberating throughout the world, and thatโs really taken precedence in both crypto interest and national attention right now. Source
FTX Fallout Adds Urgency to South Koreaโs Push for Crypto Regulations: Report
An official at the Financial Services Commission says that unfair trade needs to be regulated. Source
Bahamasโ supreme court approves โprovisional liquidatorsโ for FTX
The Supreme Court of the Bahamas has approved two provisional liquidators to oversee the assets of crypto exchangeย FTX Digital Markets, which is headquartered in the country. According to a Nov. 14 announcement from the Bahamasโ Securities Commission, the countryโs supreme court approved the appointments of PricewaterhouseCoopers advisory partner Kevin Cambridge and partner Peter Greaves to act as โjoint provisional liquidatorsโ for FTX. The securities regulator also applied to have Brian Simms, a senior partner of Bahamas-based commercial law firm Lennox Patton, as a provisional liquidator on Nov. 10. โGiven the…
Whatโs in the Crypto Legislation Backed by FTX Founder
Crypto commodity platforms, for their part, would be required to maintain a relationship with the CFTC similar to other commodity dealers. For example, they would need to keep good records for at least five years, share information with the CFTC upon request, appoint a chief compliance officer, and submit to provisions that protect against โfraud, deceit, and manipulation.โ Source
Crypto.com’s Exposure to FTX Less Than $10 Million Says CEO โ CRO Token Not Used as Collateral โ Featured Bitcoin News
According to the CEO of Crypto.com, Kris Marszalek, his firm had recovered much of the $1 billion that had been sent to FTX when the crypto exchange collapsed. However, he acknowledged that at the time of FTXโs collapse, Crypto.comโs exposure to the crypto platform was below $10 million. Marszalek also claimed that Crypto.com has never used its crypto token as collateral. Crypto.comโs Business Model Kris Marszalek, the co-founder and CEO of Crypto.com, recently told his followers that when FTX collapsed, much of the $1 billion that was sent to the…
Exchanges delist FTX Token pairs from trading platforms
As the FTX collapse continues to cause turmoil in the crypto industry, various crypto exchanges have delisted FTX Token (FTT) on their platforms.ย In an announcement, crypto exchange Binance highlighted that they have removed the FTT/BTC, FTT/BNB, FTT/ETH and FTT/USDT trading pairs on their platform citing that the pairs failed to pass their recent reviews. However, the exchange noted that the FTT/BUSD pair is still available on its exchange. At #Binance we conduct regular reviews of listed assets to ensure they meet our standards to protect our users. Based on…
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FTX bankruptcy filing speculates over 1M creditors
The FTX liquidation crisis turned bankruptcy saga continues as a recent filing reveals additional information on Sam Bankman-Friedโs leadership and the exchangeโs final days. On Nov. 14, a new document was filed in a United States federal court in Delaware, where FTX US is based. It revealed that the exchange may have โmore than 1 million creditors in these Chapter 11 Cases.โ This comes after Bankman-Friedโs voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing on Nov. 11, which initially set forth 100,000 creditors. These speculated 1 million creditors are said to belong to…