Tag: FTX

Bankrupt Crypto Exchange FTX Proposes Returning Up to 90% of Customer Funds

Binance has long been the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume. Still, on Monday, traders looking to buy and sell bitcoin (BTC) quickly on Binance were at a relative disadvantage to their peers on Kraken and Coinbase (COIN), according to data tracked by Paris-based Kaiko. The 0.1% ask depth on Binance, a measure of buy-side liquidity, crashed to just 1.2 BTC ($30,000) from 100 BTC as volatility exploded after an erroneous report that BlackRock’s (BLK) spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) had been approved circulated on social media. The leading cryptocurrency…

FTX Chief Engineer Reveals Reckless Spending by SBF on Deals and Sponsorships

Former FTX’s head of engineering Nishad Singh spills the beans over reckless expenditure of customers’ funds by Sam Bankman-Fried. He also admits to being part of these crimes. During his trial at the Manhattan Federal court on Monday, October 16, FTX chief of engineering Nishad Singh disclosed the reckless spending by SBF and his associates. Singh said that FTX under the disgraced founder Sam Bankman-Fried spent huge sums of money on real estate, campaign donations, celebrity endorsements, and venture investments. Nishad Singh’s testimony comes just days after SBF’s ex-girlfriend Caroline…

FTX customers could get $9B shortfall claim payout by mid-2024

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Customers of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX and FTX US could see over 90% of assets returned to them by the end of the second quarter of 2024 after a proposed settlement was reached between FTX creditors and debtors. On Oct. 17, FTX debtors said they reached a “major milestone” in their Chapter 11 case after “extensive discussions” with the unsecured creditors’ committee, a committee of non-US customers, and class action plaintiffs regarding customer property disputes. FTX Debtors filed a notice of the proposed settlement to a Delaware-based United States Bankruptcy…

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial day 9: Recap 

The third week of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s historic trial begins as a former FTX customer and former Chief Engineer Nishad Singh takes the stand.  Last week, Sam Bankman-Fried’s ex-girlfriend and former Alameda CEO, Caroline Ellison, testified to the prosecutor, revealing how Bankman-Fried allowed her to retain an unlimited line of credit from the exchange. Ellison also revealed that the FTX founder made several political donations in the U.S., bribed Chinese Officials and tried to attain investment from the Saudi Crown Prince.  As the case resumes today, here are the…

Former FTX engineering director faces up to 75 years in prison following guilty plea

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Nishad Singh, the former engineering director at now-defunct crypto exchange FTX, has reportedly said he “hopes for no jail time” as part of an agreement with prosecutors. According to reports from the criminal trial of Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried on Oct. 16, Singh revealed details about his deal with the United States Justice Department, which had him plead guilty to fraud charges announced in February. The former FTX engineer director reportedly said he faced up to 75 years in prison for charges related to defrauding users of the crypto exchange. In…

Estate of Bankrupt Crypto Exchange FTX Abruptly Stakes Over $144 Million in Solana (SOL)

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The estate belonging to the now-defunct crypto exchange FTX was just spotted staking over $144 million worth of Ethereum (ETH) rival Solana (SOL) as the firm’s bankruptcy process unfolds. According to blockchain explorer SolanaFM, the address associated with FTX and its trading arm Alameda Research created a new stake of 5,546,217.04 SOL tokens. Analysis from pseudonymous on-chain researcher Ashpool suggests FTX subsequently staked all of the tokens through Figment, a digital asset staking service built for institutions. According to Figment, Robinhood, Binance.US and Anchorage Digital also stake through the platform.…

FTX estate stakes 5.5M Solana coins

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FTX estate seems to be bullish on Solana’s native token SOL (SOL), as it staked over 5.5 million in SOL coins on Oct. 13. According to on-chain data, an FTX-identified wallet sent the coins to Figment, a staking validator firm for institutional investors.  The transaction was detected by blockchain tracker Whale Alert and later identified as an FTX estate address by pseudonymous on-chain researcher Ashpool. The coins staked worth $122 million and represent a small fraction of FTX’s holdings of SOL. Staking involves locking up a specific amount of coins…