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Amid FTX collapse, crypto funds see largest inflows in 14 weeks

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Inflows into cryptocurrency investment products rose sharply last week as institutional investors bought the dip amid the marketwide collapse triggered by FTX’s and Alameda Research’s bankruptcies.  Digital asset investment products saw inflows totaling $42 million in the week ending Nov. 13, the largest increase in 14 weeks, according to CoinShares data. Bitcoin (BTC) investment products saw the largest inflows at $19 million, followed by multiasset and Ether (ETH) funds at $8.6 million and $5.9 million, respectively. Investors were also betting on a further deterioration in market conditions, with short Bitcoin…

Former Huobi-linked entity says it has $18.1 million stuck on FTX

According to a new filing with the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong on Monday, investment holdings company New Huo Technology, formerly known as Huobi Global, said that it has $18.1 million worth of deposits stuck on troubled cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Of this amount, $13.2 million consisted of client’s deposits, and $4.9 million comprised of assets belonging to Hbit, another subsidiary.  New Huo Technology is majority-owned by Chinese businessman Lin Li, who also created Huobi Global, the 20th largest crypto exchange worldwide by trading volume. On November 13, the company disclosed…

Kevin O’Leary On His Attempts to Save FTX

Days before, O’Leary said, he was looking to make sense of the liquidity issue on FTX’s balance sheet. At the time, O’Leary said that he was receiving an influx of “inbound requests” from sovereign wealth and pension funds interested in helping fix FTX’s cash crunch. Bankman-Fried told O’Leary that FTX was looking for $8 billion. Source

Manhattan District Attorney’s Office probes FTX collapse: Report

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Prosecutors with the United States attorney’s office in the Manhattan district of New York have reportedly begun investigating the fall of crypto exchange FTX. According to a Nov. 14 report from Reuters, a source with knowledge of the investigations said authorities in New York were looking into the collapse of the major crypto exchange following FTX declaring bankruptcy on Nov. 11. The report followed news the state of California’s Department of Financial Protection and Innovation announced it would be investigating the “apparent failure” of FTX. The ongoing saga with FTX…

Bitget Prepares 5 Million USD Builders Fund to Help Users Distressed by FTX Collapse – Press release Bitcoin News

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press release PRESS RELEASE. Nov 14th, 2022 – Leading global cryptocurrency exchange Bitget announces that it has set aside a 5 Million USD worth of Builders’ Fund, aiming to help those affiliates, influencers and professional traders who are distressed by the FTX collapse. The market witnessed the collapse of FTX within a week, and worse still, the exchange announced their wallet was hacked after filing for bankruptcy protection in the US. The remaining funds in the company have been wiped out completely. No one is the winner in this chaos,…

Former FTX CEO’s Alleged $40M Penthouse Listed for Sale, Report Says Firm Spent $74M on Real Estate – Bitcoin News

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In light of a recently published real estate listing, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) is reportedly selling a 12,000-square-foot penthouse in the Bahamas for $39.9 million. Moreover, reports further detail that FTX Property Holdings spent roughly $74 million on real estate purchases in the surrounding Albany Bahamas oceanside district. Bahama Mansion Called the ‘Orchid Building’ Listed for Close to $40 Million This past weekend, the web portal seasidebahamas.com published a real estate listing that’s reportedly tied to the former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF). The property dubbed the “Orchid…

Ikigai Asset Management Had ‘Large Majority’ of Assets on FTX, Unclear Whether It Will Be Able to Continue

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