The Bahamas’ Securities Commission has made historic progress in crypto regulation by adopting a new law. The newly enacted DARE (Digital Assets and Registered Exchanges) Act 2024 was formally adopted today by the regulatory authority. While this trend has gone viral throughout the world, the Bahamas is firmly establishing itself
The Securities Commission of the Bahamas (SCB) has instituted stringent new regulations for Virtual Assets Service Providers (VASPs) seeking to operate within its jurisdiction as a means of demonstrating that it has learned from the demise of the FTX Derivatives Exchange. The SCB claims it has raised financial and reporting
The former CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried’s defense lawyer Jerone Roberts announced on Monday afternoon that “his client has accepted to voluntarily extradited to the United States”, where federal authorities have prosecuted SBF with eight charges of fraud and conspiracy. The 180-degree door was turned open by Bahamas officials for
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the bankrupt crypto exchange, FTX, has been denied bail by a judge in the Bahamas. According to the latest reports, the Bahamian authorities will continue to detain Bankman-Fried, following his arrest held on December 12. Joyann Ferguson-Pratt, the judge presiding over the case, has ordered
Top officials at the defunct exchange FTX run by Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), as well as his parents, spent $121 million in Bahamas investment. 19 residences in total were bought over two years, according to the investigation. High-end beachfront properties made up the majority of FTX’s acquisitions. Seven condominiums in Albany’s
According to court documents filed on Thursday, the bankrupt crypto exchange FTX claims the government of the Bahamas ordered unlawful access to the firm’s systems so that assets could be taken out after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. “Unauthorized” FTX Transactions by the Bahamas The
According to the official notice on Nov 14, the Bahamas Supreme Court has approved a partnership with PricewaterhouseCoopers, also known as PwC. Which provides clients with a variety of professional business services such as accounting, auditing, human resources consulting, and strategy management, as provisional liquidators to oversee the FTX assets.
According to a press release on Thursday, Bahamian officials have frozen the assets of FTX Digital Markets and linked parties as a “prudent course of action” to preserve assets and stabilize the company. Brian Sims, a senior partner at Lennox Paton, was chosen by the Securities Commission of the Bahamas
