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Family Pleads for Clemency as Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman Faces Sentencing – Blockchain News, Opinion, TV and Jobs
By Enoch Mutembei As the sentencing date for Sam Bankman-Fried, the former FTX CEO, approaches, a plea for clemency has emerged from an unexpected source – his own family. In a recent filing to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, SBF’s lawyers submitted 29 letters of support, including heartfelt recommendations from his mother, father, and brother. Barbara Fried, Joseph Bankman, and Gabriel Bankman-Fried, the mother, father, and brother of the 31-year-old former CEO, all penned letters to Judge Lewis Kaplan, shedding light on SBF’s…
FTX Estate Can Sell Near $1B Stake in AI StartUp Anthropic, Court Rules
In January 2024, the FTX estate said it expects to fully repay its customers. Sam Bankman-Fried, the former FTX boss, is due to be sentenced next month after being found guilty of fraud last year, with his prison duration expected to be hotly contested. Source
Swiss Crypto Hedge Fund Tyr Capital Clashes With Client Over FTX Exposure: FT
Tyr investor TGT has brought claims against the hedge fund that it ignored several warnings over its ties with FTX. Source
FTX Creditors Hit Crypto Exchange’s Legal Counsel With Lawsuit Over Fraud and Civil Conspiracy Allegations
Creditors of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX have filed a class-action lawsuit against a global law firm providing legal counsel to the former digital asset empire. In a new court filing submitted on February 16th, FTX creditors allege Sullivan and Cromwell (S&C) engaged in civil conspiracy, aiding and abetting fraud, aiding and abetting fiduciary breach and violation of federal laws against racketeering. The New York City-based law firm is overseeing the FTX bankruptcy proceedings and assisted the exchange in several deals, including the acquisition of the crypto derivatives platform LedgerX. The…
Rocketing Worldcoin Prices Could Help Three Arrows, FTX Creditors
WLD’s rise has apparently come after AI developer OpenAI’s launch of a text-to-video generator, Sora, last week. Worldcoin’s parent company and OpenAI share the same founder, Sam Altman, and crypto traders are likely considering WLD a bet on the latter’s successes. Source
The FTX Hack: The Unsolved SIM Swap Mystery
New rules from the SEC and FCC, and the former’s own SIM swap incident, are likely to raise scrutiny on crypto firms to clamp down on a scourge of identity-hacks, says Andrew Adams, partner at Steptoe. Source
FTT Crashes 30% As FTX Relaunch Hopes Fade: Is the Dream Over?
The dream of a revived FTX exchange evaporates, triggering a massive sell-off of its native token, FTT. According to Kaiko, on February 5, FTT, the now utility-free currency of the defunct exchange, plummeted over 30% last week, erasing much of its recent gains fueled by speculation of an FTX comeback. FTT price collapse | Source: Kaiko via X FTX Won’t Resume Operations The worrying drop follows reports that the bankrupt exchange, once led by Sam Bankman-Fried, is unlikely to resume operations. Notably, the news comes despite a glimmer of hope…
Multicoin Capital Is in Talks to Sell Roughly $100M FTX Bankruptcy Claim: Source
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FTX Seeks to Sell 8% Stake in AI Startup Anthropic
Setting up the sales procedures now will let the estate “coordinate the most optimal and appropriate time for the sale of Anthropic Shares in conjunction with Anthropic’s capital raising efforts” and maximize the value of the estate “for the benefit of all stakeholders” Friday’s filing said. Source