The bankruptcy court supervising FTX’s case has allowed the troubled cryptocurrency exchange permission to liquidate some of its assets in an attempt to repay its creditors. According to paperwork submitted to the Delaware Bankruptcy Court. Judge John Dorsey has authorized the sale of four key subsidiaries of FTX. LedgerX, Embed,
Adding to a terrible week of carnage throughout the shattered cryptocurrency sector, cryptocurrency brokerage Blockchain.com said it is laying off 28% of its staff, or around 110 people. About 150 employees lost their jobs in July as Blockchain.com dealt with a $270 million blow on loans it made to failing
Wyre, a cryptocurrency payment platform, has secured additional funding, allowing it to remove the 90% withdrawal cap it imposed earlier this week. The San Francisco fintech company stated on January 13 that it had acquired funding from a “strategic partner,” allowing it to resume business as usual, including taking deposits
Poor market circumstances and recent industry developments, according to Crypto.com co-founder and CEO Kris Marszalek, have prompted a fresh round of layoffs that will lower the company’s worldwide workforce by another 20%. In a corporate update on January 13, Marszalek remarked: “Today we made the difficult decision to reduce our
Genesis Capital and Gemini cryptocurrency exchange has been charged with violations of Sections 5(a) and 5(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The charge was made for selling unregistered securities via Gemini Earn crypto asset lending program. Both crypto firms are also
Reportedly, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Thailand has begun looking into the troubled cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex. The latter’s compliance with local regulations on the sale of digital asset services and goods will be scrutinized by the regulator. Bloomberg reports that Thailand’s top financial regulator is to investigate insolvent
Since Coinbase has recently been laying off a large number of employees. Investors’ faith in the company’s debt has taken a beating. The debt of the cryptocurrency exchange has been downgraded by one notch. From “BBB” to “BB-,” from “investment grade” to “speculative grade,” by S&P Global, one of the
The Russian firm NEXO, with headquarters in Sofia, is the subject of a massive international operation for suspected fraud, sanctions violations, and money laundering. Reports indicate that prosecutors from the national security and DANS, with the assistance of foreign operatives, are conducting a raid on Nexo headquarters in the Bulgarian
According to reports, the bankruptcy court handling FTX’s case has rejected a letter signed by four US senators seeking an impartial examiner in the case. Concerns over FTX’s interconnection to Sullivan & Cromwell LLP were mentioned by the senators in a letter they sent on January 9th. The letter defined
Reports from legal counsel indicate that FTX has recovered approximately $5 billion in cash and cryptocurrency. As a result, this finding has a substantial effect on the amount of assets that may be recovered from the company’s original bankruptcy filing in November of last year. The rumored $425 million being
