Tag: FTX

FTX had a 6.8b hole when it filed for bankruptcy

FTX, the defunct crypto exchange, had a $6.8b hole in its balance sheet when it declared bankruptcy last year. According to the group’s advisors, FTX’s debt includes a $10.6b deficit for the main FTX.com business and an $87m short for FTX.U.S.  Alameda Research, the trading wing of FTX, had $2.6b in net assets. Meanwhile, FTX Ventures reported $1.3b in losses. FTX’s total assets and debts According to a document submitted to the bankruptcy court on Mar. 17, FTX-affiliated businesses had assets worth $4.8b and cumulative liabilities of around $11.6b when…

FTX Debtors Reveal $6.8 Billion Hole in Balance Sheet Amidst Financial Discrepancies and Payments to Insiders – Bitcoin News

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According to a presentation recently submitted by the FTX debtors on March 16, Sam Bankman-Fried’s companies had a $6.8 billion hole in their intercompany balance sheet when they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. FTX and its conglomerate of firms have debts of around $11.6 billion, including customer claims and various other liabilities. FTX’s $6.8 Billion Gap The FTX debtors have released a third presentation that provides an overview of FTX’s debts and liabilities. The presentation reveals that, while a significant amount of money is owed to customers, FTX and…

Retailers accumulating bitcoin at the fastest pace since FTX collapse

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Onchain data shows that retailers have been accumulating bitcoin (BTC) at the fastest pace since the collapse of FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange. Retailers accumulating bitcoin Glassnode shows that “shrimps”, that is, small-scale retail holders with between 0.1 BTC and 1 BTC, ramped up their buying activity this week amid concerns of a banking collapse in the United States.  0.01-1 BTC User Accumulation: Glassnode and shared by MitchellHODL on Twitter Following the bank run of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the bankruptcy of Silvergate, and the closure of Signature Bank, there were…

FTX debtors report $11.6B in claims, $4.8B in assets with many crypto holdings ‘undetermined’

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The debtors in FTX’s bankruptcy case hreported the various company silos had more than $4 billion in scheduled assets as of November 2022, but said they were still investigating the firm’s crypto holdings. In a March 17 filing with United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, FTX debtors submitted a presentation to the committee of unsecured creditors on its Statement of Financial Affairs, or SOFAs, which also detailed the scheduled assets and claims of the company. According to the filing, the West Realm Shires silo — which includes…

Social Media and YouTube Influencers Accused of Promoting FTX without Proper Disclosure

Defendant Ben Armstrong denied the allegations and stated that he had never been in contact with anyone at FTX. A group of social media influencers has been named in a new lawsuit alleging they promoted collapsed crypto exchange FTX to their millions of followers without proper disclosure. According to the suit, filed on Wednesday, the influencers failed to disclose the nature of any, rewards, payments, or compensation realized from promoting the crypto exchange. The influencers named in the lawsuit include Erika Kullberg, Ben “BitBoy” Armstrong and Kevin Paffrath, known as…

FTX influencers face $1 Billion class-action lawsuit over alleged crypto fraud promotion

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A class-action suit led by Edwin Garrison has been filed against “FTX influencers,” mostly on YouTuber, seeking $1 billion because they “promoted FTX crypto fraud without disclosing compensation.” The suit was filed March 15 in the Southern District of Florida Miami Division. Kevin Paffrath, Graham Stephan, Andrei Jikh, Jaspreet Singh, Brian Jung, Jeremy Lefebvre, Tom Nash, Ben Armstrong, Erika Kullberg and Creators Agency LLC were named as respondents. The Moskowitz Law Firm is representing the plaintiffs. The suit is a consolidation of several class actions suits, according to the law…

FTX Paid SBF and Others $3.2 Billion 

FTX made the transfers to SBF and others via the former CEO’s trading firm Alameda Research.  According to the new management of bankrupted crypto exchange FTX, $2.2 billion was transferred to SBF via various entities. In a press release, the company revealed that more than $3.2 billion was sent to Sam Bankman-Fried and other major employees according to a Schedules of Assets and Liabilities and Statements of Financial Affairs filed on March 15. FTX Transfers Over $3B to SBF and Other Key Employees Following SBF, who is the largest beneficiary,…

FTX fiasco set back the approval of Bitcoin spot ETFs: Valkyrie investment chief

In episode 11 of Hashing It Out, Cointelegraph’s Elisha Owusu Akyaw speaks to Steven McClurg, the chief investment officer of Valkyrie Investments, about the state of Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and the way forward. Regulators in the United States have mounted stiff opposition against listing Bitcoin spot ETFs even though Canadian and European regulators have given the green light. McClurg points out that even for the Canadian and European markets, these approvals also took a long time. According to McClurg, the two biggest issues U.S. regulators have with Bitcoin…

1 year after $11M LUNC bets; Do Kwon wanted, funds paid, hedge stuck on FTX

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Approximately one year prior, on Mar. 14, 2022, cryptocurrency trader GiganticRebirth (GCR) invited the then co-founder of CEO of Terraform Labs, Do Kwon, in a $10 million bet that the price of Terra Luna (LUNC) would be lower than its then price of $92.4 per token one year later. The blockchain executive accepted the offer, the second in the series after the day prior, when cryptocurrency trader Algod offered a $1 million bet that LUNC would be lower than $88 per token on Mar. 13, 2023, to which Kwon also…