Sam Bankman-Fried’s defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX is attempting to use the US Bankruptcy Court to reclaim possession of $450 million in Robinhood shares. Emergent Fidelity Technologies, a company headquartered in Antigua and Barbuda, is the sole owner of the 56 million brokerage shares held in the portfolio. Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF),
The former CEO of Alameda Research, Caroline Ellison, admitted that she and Sam Bankman-Fried, a co-founder of FTX, deliberately misled lenders about the funds which the bankrupt trading company was borrowing from the cryptocurrency exchange. Additionally, Caroline Ellison admitted in the court record of her hearing on 19th December how
Mercedes-Benz group, the German luxury automobile is planning to expand its empire in the virtual world too. The step forward towards this is the filing of trademark applications for NFTs and similar purposes. This metaverse initiative was in a public forum on the 19th of Dec, after the tweet made
Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of FTX and the well-known crypto personality is set free by the Manhattan federal court. The US district court judge, Gabriel Gorenstein has granted the SBF bail for $250 million, along with further restrictions. SBF’s prior bail was rejected in the Bahamas, where he got
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stated that FTX’s native token, “FTT was Offered and Sold as an Investment Contract and as a Security.” The claim was made by SEC in a lawsuit filed against the FTX executives Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang on 21st December 2022. According to
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said on December 21 that FTX Co-founder and former CTO Gary Wang and former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison. And they have pleaded guilty to charges related to the collapse. And both are collaborating with the law, according to Williams. The SEC stated in a separate
On December 20th, reports surfaced that Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the founder of the insolvent cryptocurrency exchange FTX, signed paperwork authorizing his transfer to FBI agents for extradition to the United States to face criminal charges. This was anticipated since on December 19 Bankman-Fried was said to have accepted in principle
The Democratic Senate Majority PAC plans to return $3 million in contributions from the management of the defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX due to the negative publicity surrounding the firm. Ex-FTX engineering chief Nishad Singh gave $2 million, while former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) gave $1 million. According to CNBC, a
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
Sherrod Brown, the head of the United States Banking Committee, propounded that the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to embargo Cryptocurrency. He further stated that the Treasury Department and “all the other agencies” should evaluate any potential actions linked to the Cryptocurrency market. Brown
