Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao confirmed the largest exchange’s move to “fully acquire” its rival FTX on Twitter on Tuesday, putting an end to all the speculations. Binance signing a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) with FTX.com marked the initiation of the bailout. This afternoon, FTX asked for our help. There
Bitcoin (BTC) traded at $20,338.84 with an increase of 8% in 14 days. Presently, BTC has a market cap of $395 billion. As a result of the market crash, several industries like Terra, Three Arrows Capital, and Celsius Network, have collapsed. Also, the most prominent cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) value has
Genesis saw a precipitous 44% drop in spot trading volume. There were a total of $4.9 billion in active loans in the 2022 third quarter. Genesis Trading, a cryptocurrency brokerage, has released a new analysis detailing the effects of the current market drop on the cryptocurrency loan sector. Genesis originated
Freeway’s native token, FWT, plummeted by more than 77%. German crypto bank Nuri informed its 500,000 customers to withdraw their assets. The crypto sector has been shaken to its foundation by the present bear market. Freeway, a lesser-known crypto-staking platform, is the latest to cease withdrawal services due to recent
DeFi App Maple Finance imposed tighter restrictions for borrowers. Borrowers on Maple Finance are mandated to sign up with Credora. Decentralized finance App Maple Finance imposed tighter restrictions for borrowers on its platform, to lower counterparty risk after a wave of disasters hit the cryptocurrency market this year. Borrowers must
CFTC and SEC are looking into various potential legal infractions. US regulators are also looking closely at Celsius. According to Bloomberg News on Monday the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are investigating whether crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), which declared bankruptcy
Similar lawsuits have been filed against Nexo in Kentucky, Vermont, South Carolina, and Maryland. Similar law enforcement actions were taken against Celsius in 2021. On Monday, state securities regulators in California and several other states took action against the crypto lender Nexo, labeling the company’s Earn Interest Product (EIP) unregistered
FTX won the acquisition against Binance and CrossTower. The bid from FTX US is valued at roughly $1.422 billion. The major cryptocurrency exchange FTX, founded by billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried won the bid to buy the assets held by insolvent company Voyager Digital. After multiple rounds of bidding in an intensely
Early this month, on September 13th, the auction of Voyager Digital assets got underway. The company’s total liabilities were $4.9 billion at the time. Binance and FTX, the two largest cryptocurrency exchanges, are reportedly competing to purchase the assets of defunct cryptocurrency lender Voyager Digital. Voyager filed for Chapter 11
According to Do Kwon, they are currently defending themselves in a number of jurisdictions. His tweets gave no indication of where he was. South Korean prosecutors filed an arrest warrant earlier this week for Do Kwon, the co-founder of the Terra ecosystem, which fell catastrophically in May. They also requested
