Mon, February 3

Albanian and Turkish Officials Agree to Deportation of Thodex CEO

BBC reported recently that the deportation of Faruk Fatih Ozer was agreed upon between Albanian and Turkish officials and that he has 15 days to challenge the decision. Last year, the 27-year-old and his struggling cryptocurrency trading platform, Thodex, gained headlines when he suspended trading and took the website down.

November 20, 2022 1 min read

MicroStrategy Co-founder Michael Saylor Criticized Over SBF Support

As a result of his recent comments on crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried, American entrepreneur Michael Saylor has received widespread backlash from the crypto community. The co-founder of MicroStrategy is well-known for his advocacy of Bitcoin’s use in the financial sector.  Despite significant unrealized losses as a result of Bitcoin’s recent

November 20, 2022 1 min read

Grayscale Declines Providing Proof-of-Reserve Citing Security Concerns

Following the demise of crypto behemoth FTX, CZ has prompted a flurry of reserve audits at cryptocurrency exchanges. Proof-Of-Reserves was first proposed by Binance’s CEO. Grayscale, a digital asset investing business, has refused to provide its on-chain proof of reserves, citing security concerns. On Friday afternoon, Grayscale sent an announcement

November 20, 2022 2 mins read

Former FTX CEO Reportedly Pocketed $300M From 2021 Funding

According to the WSJ, FTX’s ex-CEO Sam Bankman-Fried personally pocketed $300 million from the company’s 2021 investment round. A sum of $420 million was raised in this round, giving the platform a healthy financial footing. The report specifies that the money was raised in October 2021 from a large number

November 19, 2022 1 min read

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Writes Off $95M Exposure to FTX

Canada’s third-largest pension fund, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP), released a statement on its investment in the defunct FTX cryptocurrency exchange on Thursday. Investments are made on behalf of 333,000 active and retired educators via the OTPP, whose website reveals it has over C$243 billion ($182 billion) in net

November 19, 2022 1 min read

Coinbase Rating Changed From Buy to Neutral by Bank of America

As of today, Bank of America said it will be shifting its rating on Coinbase shares from buy to neutral. Since its all-time high of $357.39 on November 9, 2021, the price of COIN has fallen 86%, trading at $45.36 right now, a decrease of 7% over the last 24

November 19, 2022 2 mins read

CEO and Founder of Coinbase Bullish Despite Rival FTX Fall

CEO and founder of Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, has spoken out about the cryptocurrency market’s current collapse. When asked about his feelings about the current crypto landscape, Coinbase’s CEO made it obvious that he is still positive despite the recent collapse of his competitor exchange, FTX. When asked about the former

November 18, 2022 2 mins read

Genesis’ Lending Arm Halted Withdrawals After Failing To Raise $1B

According to a report by WSJ, cryptocurrency lender Genesis attempted to obtain a $1 billion loan from investors to prevent a liquidity constraint caused by the impact of the bankruptcy of cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Genesis required the credit by Monday at 10 am EST. Because of “abnormal withdrawal requests which

November 18, 2022 1 min read

Grayscale’s GBTC Available at Record Low of 43% Discount

A little over a week after hitting its previous record low discount to the price of Bitcoin. Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) struck a new one. YCharts data shows that as of Friday morning, the Bitcoin-tracking investment vehicle was trading at a discount of 42.69%. Introduced in September 2013, GBTC is

November 18, 2022 1 min read

CK Zheng Speculates FTX Is Last to Wash Out in This Stressful Crypto Winter

Operating as the third largest crypto exchange, FTX is now at zero level due to its highly-spoken liquidity crunch. Moreover, the collapse of FTX has shook the entire investors community and large users for investing in crypto markets. At present the whole crypto market is bearish with fall in prices

November 18, 2022 2 mins read
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