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FTX Strikes Deal with Emergent Over $600M Robinhood Shares

Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX has reached a settlement with Emergent Fidelity Technologies, a firm co-founded by Sam Bankman-Fried, over more than $600 million worth of Robinhood shares. The deal, disclosed in a motion by FTX CEO John Ray III on September 6 in a Delaware Bankruptcy Court, involves FTX paying

September 10, 2024 2 mins read

Binance Makes Final Push to Sell Majority Stake in GOPAX

The world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance, is reportedly finalizing negotiations with Megazone, a South Korean cloud service provider, to sell its ownership stake in Gopax.  According to the South Korean local news report, this move is part of Binance’s strategy to enhance its governance structure in response to regulatory requirements

July 11, 2024 1 min read

SBF Family Face $100M Political Donation Controversy Linked to FTX

Sam Bankman-Fried’s (SBF) family is embroiled in a $100 million financial controversy. These involve the abuse of business assets to make political contributions. SBF is the founder of the defunct crypto exchange FTX. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) recently published emails. That showed the SBF family handled more than $100

July 5, 2024 2 mins read

FTX Ends Legal Battle With EU Founders, Sells EU Assets 

FTX, the bankrupt crypto exchange, has reached a settlement with its EU founders, Patrick Gruhn and Robin Matzke, who were sued for over $323 million. The settlement also involves FTX selling its assets in the EU, where it failed to gain traction. The lawsuit, filed in July 2023, claimed that

February 24, 2024 2 mins read

FTX Creditors Sue Bankruptcy Law Firm S&C Over Fraud Allegations

Creditors of the defunct FTX exchange have taken legal action by suing the law firm managing the bankruptcy case in a class-action lawsuit. Creditors of FTX claimed in a court document dated February 16 that Sullivan & Cromwell, or S&C, “actively” took part in the “FTX Group’s multibillion dollar fraud,”

February 17, 2024 2 mins read

FTX Seeks to Sell ‘Digital Custody’ for Discount Amid Repayment Efforts

John Ray III, CEO of the FTX debtors estate, has filed paperwork to sell Digital Custody to CoinList at a steep discount of $500,000, with funding coming from Terence Culver, the original CEO and seller of DC. At first, FTX paid $10 million to acquire Digital Custody. The acquisition of

February 11, 2024 2 mins read

Court Orders Independent Examiner in FTX Bankruptcy Case

An independent examiner was ordered to be appointed by the court presiding over the bankruptcy of FTX crypto exchange by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, months after the initial filing. Ruling of Judge John Dorsey of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware

January 20, 2024 1 min read

Digital Currency Group Clears $700 Million Debt with Genesis

The short-term loans that Digital Currency Group (DCG) had with the now-defunct Genesis crypto lending platform have all been paid off, according to the venture capital company. On January 6th, DCG verified in a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter) that it had paid all of its debts, including almost

January 6, 2024 1 min read

The Man Who Predicted the FTT Downfall Months in Advance Now Predicts a Massive Bullrun Ignited by Solana (SOL) and Retik Finance (RETIK)

Within the ever-changing landscape of cryptocurrency predictions, only a select few voices carry the weight of prophecy through rigorous analysis and research. One such voice belongs to a long-time financial analyst who accurately predicted the fall of the FTX token (FTT). Several months before the Sam Bankman-Fried-led FTX cryptocurrency exchange

December 23, 2023 4 mins read

US Crackdown on Binance Makes CEO Resign

The cryptocurrency industry faces another major setback as Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the founder and CEO of Binance, has stepped down and pleaded guilty to breaking US anti-money laundering laws. Further, CZ agreed to the $4.3 billion settlement, which is one of the largest corporate penalties in US history, including a

November 22, 2023 3 mins read