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Bankrupt FTX Initiates Early Talks on Crypto Exchange Relaunch: Report

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Bankrupt digital asset exchange FTX has kicked off initial discussions with potential investors as part of efforts towards relaunching the cryptocurrency trading platform, Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing John J. Ray III, the exchange’s new Chief Executive Officer. Explore limitless, instant crypto swaps. Choose from 1000+ coins and tokens and exchange with no registration or sign-up. Experience a platform that prioritizes your data privacy and fund security. According to the American publication, FTX is considering floating a rebranded entity operated through various structures, including as a joint venture.…

FTX in Talks to Relaunch Its International Crypto Exchange

The possibility of FTX reopening its crypto exchange services under the new management has been tagged feasible by some industry observers. The FTX derivatives exchange, the bankrupt cryptocurrency trading platform, has recently unveiled its plans to revive its international crypto exchange, according to reports by Wall Street Journal. This decision comes in the face of a tarnished reputation, as its bankruptcy caused a series of setbacks and challenges that have affected its standing in the market. According to its CEO John Ray, the company remains determined to regain its position…

FTX sues Dan Friedberg alleging he used ‘hush money’ to silence whistleblowers

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FTX has filed a lawsuit against a former regulatory and compliance executive at the exchange, alleging he made a series of payments in attempts to prevent staff from blowing the whistle about issues at the exchange.  On June 27, FTX filed a lawsuit against Daniel Friedberg who held multiple roles including chief regulatory officer at FTX, chief compliance officer of FTX US and general counsel at Alameda Research. In the complaint, FTX claims Friedberg was a “fixer” for the exchange’s co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried who made “hush money” payments to two…

FTX suspends $500M sale of stake in AI firm Anthropic: Report

The sale of FTX’s $500 million stake in artificial intelligence startup Anthropic has reportedly been put on hold, adding a potential delay to the bankrupt crypto exchange’s efforts to fill a $2 billion remaining hole in its balance sheet. On June 27, Bloomberg reported — citing people familiar with the matter — FTX’s advisory investment bank Parella Weinberg Partners paused the sale of FTX’s Anthropic stake this month, despite multiple parties being interested in buying up FTX’s stake. A sale of the stake would be a significant monetary recovery for…

Judge Rejects FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s Motions to Dismiss Criminal Charges

CryptoX – Cryptocurrency Analysis and News Portal Bankman-Fried, who faces wire fraud, bank fraud, operating an unlicensed money transmitter, bribery and campaign finance charges, filed to dismiss the bulk of these charges last month across seven pretrial motions. After a court hearing earlier this month, Judge Lewis Kaplan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied the last three of those motions. Source The post Judge Rejects FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s Motions to Dismiss Criminal Charges appeared first on CryptoX. CryptoX Portal

The Second FTX Asset Recovery Report Is Packed With Bombshells

Two notes before diving in: First, all of the following are allegations made by the FTX liquidators. The claims may or may not surface or be confirmed in the separate criminal trial against Sam Bankman-Fried, currently scheduled to begin in October. And second, for clarity, I’ll be referring throughout to “customer funds” interchangeably with “commingled funds,” because by their nature, the vast majority of commingled funds would likely have been customer funds. Source

FTX splurged on cartoon, book about humans and ‘Pineapple House,’ alleges CEO

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Former FTX executives allegedly splurged millions on funding niche projects unrelated to crypto or Web3, including a uniquely named $1.8 million “Pineapple house.” A June 26 report from FTX restructuring chief and CEO John Ray laid out the uses of the allegedly misappropriated customer funds. According to the report, this included “charitable” donations made by the exchange’s co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried and other former executives under the nonprofit FTX Foundation. Detailed were $700,000 worth of FTX Foundation “grants,” $400,000 of which were given to “an entity that posted animated videos on…

FTX has recovered $7B in assets so far, has almost $2B to go to cover misappropriations

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FTX has recovered about $7 billion in liquid assets so far, and the search for additional assets is continuing, CEO John Ray said in the FTX Debtors’ second interim report, released June 26. The extensive commingling of funds complicates their efforts, however. The FTX Debtors, made up of FTX and affiliates, currently estimate the amount of customer assets misappropriated at $8.7 billion. Most of that money, about $6.4 billion, was in fiat and stablecoins, which FTX did not differentiate between in its accounting. FTX debtor have filed the second interim…