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On Nov. 13, the Kraken exchange announced that it has been in contact with law enforcement regarding the accounts held by the bankrupt FTX group. It added that it had frozen any accounts linked to FTX, Alameda, and its executives to protect their creditors. Kraken said that its own clients are not affected, and the exchange maintains full reserves. The exchange is ranked nineteenth largest by 24-hour volume, according to CoinGecko. Kraken has spoken with law enforcement...

Net exchange outflows have soared in the wake of FTX’s bankruptcy, inciting crypto holders everywhere to look after their own digital assets.  Data from on-chain analysis firm CryptoQuant shows that over $8 billion in crypto has flowed off of centralized exchanges since November 6th – when worries about FTX’s solvency began to propagate. Since Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao’s worrying statements about FTX last week, $3.7 billion worth of Bitcoin has been withdrawn from...

As contagion fears around FTX’s collapse continue to spread, one hedge fund manager has already admitted that his business is virtually ruined. Travis Kling – Chief Investment Officer of Ikigai – said on Monday that the crypto asset management firm lost a “large majority” of its funds on FTX. As explained on Twitter, Ikigai was able to withdraw “very little” of its reserves from holdings from the company when it attempted to do so last Monday. “We’re now stuck alongside...

With Bitcoin having recently touched its lowest price point in 2022, some Bitcoin enthusiasts feel that now is a good time to buy.  One of them is Edward Snowden. The ex-NSA contractor said on Monday that he is feeling the urge to “scale back in” to Bitcoin for “the first time in a while.”  In his statement over Twitter, Snowden attached a Bitcoin price chart marking the last time he had released a similar statement.  At the time, Snowden said he “felt like buying Bitcoin”...

The Royal Bahamas Police Force and Bahamas Securities Commission have launched a criminal investigation into the now-bankrupt crypto exchange giant FTX. The probe follows previous statements from the securities regulator noting potential mishandling of client funds.  Bahamas Regulators VS FTX RBPF spokesperson Chrislyn Skippings announced the probe on Sunday, without offering any details on exactly what crimes were being investigated.  However, the Bahamas Securities...

The five-star hotel W Dubai – The Palm allowed guests to pay for accommodation in Shiba Inu (SHIB). Another luxurious venue in the city where travelers can settle bills in digital currencies, such as BTC and ETH, is Palazzo Versace Dubai. The American multinational fast food restaurant franchise – Subway – also jumped on the bandwagon. Three of its outlets situated in Berlin started accepting bitcoin as a means of payment. The Palm Embraced SHIB W Dubai – The Palm – one of...

The prominent bitcoin bull – Michael Saylor – opined that the FTX crisis will have certain benefits on bitcoin. In his view, the turbulence will eliminate thousands of useless digital assets while the primary cryptocurrency and a “handful” of other coins will be the only survivors. ‘Bitcoin Will be the Winner’ In a recent interview for CNBC, MicroStrategy’s Executive Chairman – Michael Saylor – argued that bitcoiners (like himself) are “trapped in a dysfunctional...

The co-founder of Ethereum has shared some thoughts on the FTX fallout and, more precisely, on the reaction toward the former CEO – Sam Bankman-Fried. It appears that the cryptocurrency community is unanimous in its stance against the action of Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of FTX. The overwhelming majority of reactions are entirely negative, with many calling for prison time and the most severe regulatory punishments. Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, has also...

FTX’s collapse stirred the cryptocurrency market in a way that not many expected, but there’s some silver lining, however tiny it may seem. For once, most of the leading exchanges decided to go ahead with their proof-of-reserves and published the majority of their addresses that contained the funds stored on their platforms. CryptoCom is one of the exchanges that published their addresses, showcasing how much and what cryptocurrencies it stores on behalf of its customers....

The US-based cryptocurrency exchange – Coinbase – reportedly reduced its team by 60 people following the FTX saga and the consecutive plunge of the market. Chief Financial Officer Alesia Haas said the company might lay off more people should the turmoil deepen in the future. According to recent coverage, one of the largest crypto platforms – Coinbase – dismissed 60 of its staff members as a result of the current crisis in the digital asset sector. CFO Alesia Haas described...