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FTX Moves to Recoup $460 Million from Modulo Capital

Modulo’s $460 million marks a significant recovery in the ongoing bankruptcy case. Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX is currently working toward recovering some of the customer funds that were reportedly misappropriated. To this end, it filed a motion on Wednesday that would see it recover $460 million in assets for stakeholders. Per the filing, the fund is being recovered from Bahamas-based hedge fund Modulo Capital, which received no less than $475 million from Alameda Research – the...

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FTX Paid SBF and Others $3.2 Billion 

FTX made the transfers to SBF and others via the former CEO’s trading firm Alameda Research.  According to the new management of bankrupted crypto exchange FTX, $2.2 billion was transferred to SBF via various entities. In a press release, the company revealed that more than $3.2 billion was sent to Sam Bankman-Fried and other major employees according to a Schedules of Assets and Liabilities and Statements of Financial Affairs filed on March 15. FTX Transfers Over $3B to SBF and Other Key...

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Sequoia Capital, Paradigm, Thoma Bravo Accused of Promoting the Legitimacy of FTX (Report)

Leading venture capital firms such as Sequoia Capital, Thoma Bravo, and Paradigm were reportedly indicted for adding an “air of legitimacy” to the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Sam Bankman-Fried, accused of committing several crimes such as fraud and money laundering, received a subpoena as part of the case against the organizations he found and will have to present a range of documents on February 17. His father – Joseph Bankman – and Alameda Research’s former bosses...

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Crypto Exchange Bitfinex Transfers $8.5M to Alameda Consolidation Address

Blockchain security firm PeckShield has disclosed a series of transfers from three addresses, including one from crypto exchange Bitfinex to Alameda Research’s consolidation wallet. According to Etherscan, the address labeled “Alameda Consolidation” received $13 million worth of crypto assets from three different wallets. The first belongs to the leading crypto exchange Bitfinex. It transferred approximately 6 million USDT and 1,545 ether (ETH), amounting to roughly $8.5...

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Here’s How Alameda’s Liquidators Incurred $11.5M Loss in 2 Weeks: Report 

Liquidators of Sam Bankman-Fried’s bankrupt trading powerhouse Alameda Research reportedly incurred a significant loss of over $11 million since the start of the year due to multiple liquidations. According to blockchain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence, Alameda lost $11.5 million in liquidations, with a single loss of $4.85 million and a preventable loss of over $4 million. Over the past two weeks being under Liquidator control, the account incurred significant...

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SBF Breaks Silence During Home Arrest; Gives Details on FTX (In)solvency

Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) has released a written statement detailing his account of FTX and Alameda Research’s collapse, including approximations of each firm’s financials before it took place.  The former CEO maintains that FTX could have made customers “substantially whole” within a few weeks, had he not been pressured to file for bankruptcy.  The Pre-Mortem The document, titled “FTX Pre-Mortem Overview,” began by pinning Alameda’s collapse on three causes. These included a...

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The Alameda-FTX Crisis Started Years Before Bankruptcy: WSJ Report

The 2022 crypto winter got colder and darker in November when one of the biggest and most prominent crypto exchanges, FTX, imploded. The company, which had bailed out several crypto firms during the Terra-induced crash in May 2022, ended up filing for bankruptcy. While FTX’s founder, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), and other executives are currently facing multiple lawsuits for fraud, fresh reports have surfaced alleging that the FTX-linked crypto trading firm, Alameda Research, was...

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