Crypto Exchange FTX has filed for bankruptcy in the United States, and CEO SamBankman-Fried has stepped down, following a liquidation issue at the cryptocurrency group that sparked action from regulators around the world. According to the records filed with the Delaware bankruptcy court, the exchange owes 3.1 billion to its
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
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
A wave of layoffs at Metaplex, a Solana NFT protocol maker, was revealed on Thursday as the Web3 ecosystem continues to be affected by the outbreak brought on by the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX last week. Stephen Hess, co-founder, and CEO of Metaplex said today through Twitter that
Gemini, a cryptocurrency exchange, said on Twitter that it had a brief service outage today. The exchange informed consumers earlier today that Earn programme lender Genesis was temporarily suspending withdrawals. Gemini outage was struck just hours later, for reasons it called an “Amazon Web Services EBS outage,” which it explained
The bankruptcy hearings for FTX have the potential to turn complex, so regulators in the Bahamas want to take over. In New York bankruptcy court on Tuesday, the exchange’s Bahamian subsidiary FTX Digital Markets Ltd. filed for chapter 15. Legal counsel for the insolvency, Bahamas-based Brian Simms, said in the
To recoup their losses, a group of investors filed a class action lawsuit against the defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX, its founder Sam Bankman-Fried, and several celebrities, alleging that they participated in a “fraudulent scheme” to “take advantage of unsophisticated investors from across the country.” Defendants were accused of actively participating
On Wednesday, interim CEO Derar Islim said that Genesis Global Trading’s lending division has temporarily halted withdrawals and new loan originations in the aftermath of FTX’s bankruptcy. Genesis Global Capital, the division in charge of servicing institutional clients, has $2.8 billion in outstanding loans as of the end of the
Liquid, a cryptocurrency exchange, said today that it will be suspending all withdrawals. The Liquid team has asked users to hold off on making deposits until further notice. The exchange tweeted: “Fiat and crypto withdrawals have been suspended on Liquid Global in compliance with the requirements of voluntary Chapter 11
The FTX Empire’s demise left many in the cryptocurrency community shocked. The crypto lending platform BlockFi was also impacted by FTX’s collapse. In the middle of the mayhem, BlockFi suspended withdrawals. Users were notified on November 11 that the New Jersey-based exchange will be restricting platform activities. BlockFi recently expressed
