On Nov. 11, 2022, the CEO of Crypto.com Kris Marszalek shared the company’s proof-of-reserves addresses that hold leading crypto assets like bitcoin and ethereum. Marszalek says a “proof-of-reserves audit preparation is underway” and the wallet addresses shared are the company’s cold wallets. Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek Shares Company’s Cold Wallet Addresses, Promises Full Audit Soon On Nov. 8, 2022, amid the collapse of one of the top cryptocurrency exchanges worldwide, FTX International, Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek told his Twitter followers that it was a “sad day for the industry.” Marszalek…
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FTX US Freezes Crypto Withdrawals, Sending Millions in Assets to Bankruptcy Limbo
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Bitcoin slips under $17K, crypto stocks tumble in reaction to FTX bankruptcy
Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and cryptocurrency-linked stocks like MicroStrategy are seeing a sharp downturn after news broke that FTX announced filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and Sam Bankman-Fried stepping down as CEO. Bitcoin, Ethereum and MicroStrategy comparison. Source: TradingView Crypto-linked stocks decline MicroStrategy (MSTR), led by the outspoken advocate of Bitcoin Michael Saylor, is down 32.57% on Nov. 11 in a 5-day period. MicroStrategy holds about 130,000 Bitcoin and, therefore, its stock price is heavily correlated with BTC/USD. Meanwhile, the tech-heavy NASDAQ has gained 0.79%. Mining stocks have seen losses…
Philanthropic FTX Foundation Sunsets Operations Amid Bankrupt Exchange’s Fallout – Bitcoin News
The philanthropic effort created by the troubled crypto exchange FTX has detailed it is sunsetting operations and told the community that members were “shocked and immensely saddened” by the turn of events that transpired around the trading platform. Sam Bankman-Fried’s Altruistic Efforts Undermined by the FTX Collapse, Plans to ‘Do Unbelievably Good Things’ Shaken While FTX was at one time valued at $32 billion, the crypto exchange executives spent significant amounts of money donating to different causes. For instance, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) donated a lot of money to…
FTX Employees Worldwide Learned of Bankruptcy Along With the Public
Staff from FTX Japan and other subsidiaries found out about the insolvency filing on Twitter, CoinDesk was told. Source
US-Listed Crypto Trading Platforms Coinbase, Bakkt Gain After FTX Bankruptcy Filing
Investors appear to be favoring more regulated and transparent platforms. Source
FTX crisis likely to spark a domino effect, macro analyst explains
The repercussions of the cataclysmic FTX downfall are going to be broader than the crypto markets, as they will accelerate downward moves in stocks and commodity markets, according to Mike McGlone, senior marco analyst at Bloomberg. “Bitcoin has been one of the leading indicators on the way up, and it’s a leading indicator on the way down. And it’s just broken down, so expect most dominoes to fall,” McGlone pointed out in a recent interview with Cointelegraph. McGlone expects traditional stocks to continue falling as the Federal Reserve keeps raising…
Bitcoin vuelve a caer tras la declaración de quiebra de FTX
El Índice de Mercado de CoinDesk cayó 3% durante las primeras horas del viernes de los Estados Unidos. Original
FTX lesson: Crypto needs the press, the press needs crypto
CoinDesk played a central role in this week’s FTX meltdown, following our coverage of Alameda Research’s suspect balance sheet last week. But the crypto industry’s maturation and eventual success requires that we flesh out these unstable structures and bad practices. Source
How Sam Bankman-Fried’s ‘Effective’ Altruism Blew Up FTX
A less charitable summary of effective altruism, then, would be that it is little more than a fancy way of saying “the ends justify the means.” Effective altruism also encompasses an emphasis on “long-termism,” which can read like another excuse for mercenary corner-cutting today, so long as you commit your loot to improving tomorrow. Original Source AltruismBankmanFriedsBlewEffectiveFTXSam CryptoX Portal