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Royal Bahamas Police Force Reveals FTX Is Being Investigated for ‘Criminal Misconduct’ – Bitcoin News

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“A team of financial investigators” are currently investigating the now-defunct crypto exchange FTX, the Royal Bahamas Police Force said in a statement shared on Sunday. The police noted that the financial investigators were searching to see if “any criminal misconduct occurred.” Bahamas Law Enforcement Looks Into FTX Collapse After the Bahamas securities regulator took action against FTX on Nov. 11, 2022, the country’s Securities Commission updated the public the following day. The regulating entity noted that it did not give permission to FTX to authorize withdrawals for Bahamian customers. “The…

Bankrupt FTX Faces Criminal Investigation in the Bahamas

The once multi-billion dollar cryptocurrency enterprise, which was headquartered in the Bahamas, started unraveling after a CoinDesk article questioning the financials of FTX’s sister company Alameda Research led to a liquidity crunch in early November. On Tuesday, rival exchange Binance was looking to buy the embattled FTX before the deal was scrapped – the exchange is now seeking protection from bankruptcy in the U.S. Source

FTX under investigation in the Bahamas for criminal misconduct

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An investigation of possible criminal misconduct over the insolvency of cryptocurrency exchange FTX is underway by financial investigators and the Bahamas securities regulators, according to a statement by the Royal Bahamas Police Force sent to Reuters on Nov 13.  The Royal Bahamas Police stated: “In light of the collapse of FTX globally and the provisional liquidation of FTX Digital Markets Ltd., a team of financial investigators from the Financial Crimes Investigation Branch are working closely with the Bahamas Securities Commission to investigate if any criminal misconduct occurred.” The investigation comes…

Liquidity hub Serum forked by developers after FTX hack

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Solana’s developers forked the widely used token liquidity hub Serum, after being compromised by a hack on the bankruptcy exchange FTX on Nov. 11 that led to a series of unauthorized transactions.  According to pseudonymous developer Mango Max on Twitter, a “verified build of the same version has been made and deployed” on Nov 12. Additionaly, the upgrade authority and fee revenues “have been changed and are now managed by a multi-sig controlled by a team of trusted developers.” Serum (SRM) and megaserum (MSRM) tokens, as well as fee discounts…

FTX Contract Deployer Unlocks 192 Million FTT, Exchange Token’s Questionable Tokenomics Highlights Red Flags – Altcoins Bitcoin News

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Following the collapse of FTX and the exchange filing bankruptcy on Nov. 11, the trading platform’s exchange token called ftx (FTT) has shed 91.6% in value during the last seven days. While the FTT token’s utility is based entirely on the backing of the now-bankrupt FTX and Alameda Research, the token is still trading for $1.85 per unit. Moreover, FTT’s deployer contract surprisingly unlocked 192 million FTX tokens on Nov. 12, 2022. While a few crypto exchanges have halted FTT deposits, crypto coin aggregation sites like coingecko.com have flagged the…

Crypto Exchange Kraken Freezes Accounts of FTX, Alameda Research, Their Executives – Exchanges Bitcoin News

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Crypto exchange Kraken has frozen a handful of accounts owned by the bankrupt FTX Group, Alameda Research, and their executives. Kraken has been in contact with law enforcement after discovering that an account on its platform was used in connection with unauthorized transfers at FTX. Kraken Freezes Accounts Belonging to FTX, Alameda Research, and Executives Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has taken steps to freeze verified accounts on its platform belonging to FTX Group, Alameda Research, and their executives. The official Twitter account for Kraken tweeted early Sunday morning: Kraken has spoken…

The Mysterious FTX Debacle, Tim Draper’s BTC Price Prediction, More Support for Ripple in SEC Lawsuit — Week in Review – The Weekly Bitcoin News

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As theories proliferate wildly about the true nature of what happened to failed crypto exchange FTX, little is yet clear to the crypto community. Former CEO of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried has addressed the issue publicly on social media, mentioning a mysterious “sparring partner.” This week, Bitcoin.com News has also provided an in-depth look at the rise and fall of the toppled exchange behemoth. All this and more, just below. FTX CEO Updates Crypto Community, Sunsets Alameda Trading, Addresses a Specific ‘Sparring Partner’ On Nov. 10, 2022, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried…

$3 billion in Bitcoin left exchanges this week amid FTX contagion fears

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Bitcoin (BTC) investors are withdrawing funds from exchanges at a rate not seen since April 2021 with nearly $3 billion in Bitcoin withdrawn over the past seven days. New data from on-chain analytics firm Glassnode shows the number of wallets receiving BTC from exchange addresses hit almost 90,000 on Nov. 9. Exchange users wake up to self-custody Amid ongoing turmoil over the bankruptcy of major exchange FTX, concerns have heightened among exchange users over security of funds. Commentators have upped advice to avoid custodial wallets and take control of cryptoassets,…