Thu, February 13

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

Twitter Conflict Lead Paul Weiss to Fire Former FTX CEO Bankman-Fried

Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX is shedding the firm’s support as he impeding bankruptcy efforts through “incessant and disruptive tweeting.” Paul Weiss, the legal attorney for FTX, announced on Friday that it had stopped defending Bankman-Fried, who is facing high regulatory difficulties related to

November 19, 2022 1 min 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

Multicoin Capital Reportedly Has $835M Exposed to FTX

The FTX outbreak is rapidly increasing in scope. As reported by crypto venture capital company Multicoin Capital to its investors on November 17th, the FTX crash has caused the fund to fall by a startling 55% over the previous month. Multicoin thinks it has a chance of getting its money

November 18, 2022 1 min read

Nansen Report Suggests Deep Link Between FTX Fall and Terra Crash

According to Nansen, a blockchain analytics business, there was never a clear separation between FTX and Alameda Research, and FTX’s plan to keep Alameda afloat began to unravel around the time TerraUSD crashed. Although it has been little over a week after the collapse of the interconnected companies, the failure

November 18, 2022 2 mins read

Uniswap Reportedly Down Due to Some Technical Glitch

Many users have complained that they have been unable to use Uniswap for a long time. According to WuBlockchain, the Uniswap discord mod said that the web app was down for everyone.  It seems that there is a problem with Cloudflare’s routing, according to reports. It was also noted that

November 17, 2022 2 mins read

Crypto Exchange Gemini Back Online After Hit by Outage

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

November 17, 2022 2 mins read