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Former FTX Boss Expected to Testify on His Trial, Attorney Confirms

Sam Bankman-Fried will be pushing to clear his name after his former colleagues made many revelations that could lead to his imprisonment for more than 100 years if the jury finds him guilty. After the prosecutors had a chance to present their witness to testify against former FTX boss Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the defense attorneys confirmed that their client was ready to have his time on the stand. According to defense attorney Mark Cohen, SBF could testify during the trial on Thursday, in a bid to set things straight following…

FTX probes $6.5M in payments to AI safety group amid clawback crusade

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Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX is looking to demand information on millions of dollars in payments it had previously given to a nonprofit AI safety organization — the Center for AI Safety (CAIS). In an Oct. 25 bankruptcy court filing, the lawyers helming FTX claimed the firm gave $6.5 million to CAIS between May and September 2022 — months before the crypto exchange collapsed and declared bankruptcy. FTX wants a Delaware Bankruptcy Court judge to approve issuing subpoenas to CAIS that query if it received payments, funds, communications or entered into…

FTX and Alameda linked wallets transfer $10M of crypto to exchanges in just 5 hours

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Wallets linked to bankrupt crypto firms Alameda Research and FTX transferred over $10 million worth of cryptocurrency to exchange deposit accounts in five hours on October 24-25, according to data from blockchain analytics platform Spot On Chain. The movement of these funds may indicate that the firms plan to sell some assets to pay back creditors. #FTX and #Alameda related addresses are depositing tokens to exchanges! Via address 0xde9, #FTX 0x97f and #Alameda 0xf02 have transferred 2,904 $ETH ($5.21M)1,341 $MKR ($2.01M)11,975 $AAVE ($1.02M)198,807 $LINK ($2.27M) to #Binance and #Coinbase in the…

FTX Founder SBF WIll Take the Stand in His Own Defense

Those executives, including Caroline Ellison, Nishad Singh and Gary Wang, testified against him after pleading guilty to various crimes of their own, with the defense mostly mounting seemingly unimpressive cross-examinations in their bid to sow doubt about the strength of the witnesses’ testimony. In a separate filing Wednesday, the defense attorneys sought permission to introduce evidence that Singh and Wang had been inconsistent in how they described their conversations with investigators prior to getting on the stand. Source DefenseFounderFTXSBFstand CryptoX Portal

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried WIll Take the Stand in His Own Defense

Those executives, including Caroline Ellison, Nishad Singh and Gary Wang, testified against him after pleading guilty to various crimes of their own, with the defense mostly mounting seemingly unimpressive cross-examinations in their bid to sow doubt about the strength of the witnesses’ testimony. In a separate filing Wednesday, the defense attorneys sought permission to introduce evidence that Singh and Wang had been inconsistent in how they described their conversations with investigators prior to getting on the stand. Source

Bitcoin (BTC) Retreats Slightly; FTX Receives Bids for Restart

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Spot bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) could attract at least $14.4 billion of inflows in the first year of issuance, crypto fund Galaxy Digital said in a research note on Tuesday. An ETF could be a better investment vehicle for investors compared to currently offered products, such as trusts and futures, which hold over $21 billion in value, the fund said. The inflows could ramp up by $27 billion by the second year and $39 billion by the third year, it added. “The U.S. wealth management industry will likely be…

FTX, Alameda addresses move $10m to exchanges

FTX and its sister platform, Alameda Research, have recently transferred $10 million worth of crypto assets to Coinbase, Binance and Wintermute. These transfers came from three addresses associated with FTX and Alameda, with the funds consolidated into one central address. The movements have triggered speculation of an impending selloff amid FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial in a United States court. Notably, an FTX-affiliated address sent 2,904 Ether (ETH) worth $5.14 million to the central address, according to security firm PeckShield. On-chain data confirms that this transaction occurred yesterday at…