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Caroline Ellison – former CEO of the fallen crypto trading desk Alameda Research – felt “unhappy and overwhelmed” with her job, and strongly doubted that she was well suited to the role, according to newly leaked excerpts from her online diary. The excerpts shed light on many of her inner thoughts heading preceding FTX’s demise, including her troubled relationship with Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF). Boyfriend Pressure and Imposter Syndrome As reported by The New York Times on...

CoinspeakerFTX Exchange Files to Reclaim $71M from Its Philanthropic and Life Science Subsidiaries  FTX's new administration has continued to make significant efforts to reclaim funds the former CEO spent during his time at the firm. FTX Exchange Files to Reclaim $71M from Its Philanthropic and Life Science Subsidiaries 

The suit was filed at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Bankrupt FTX exchange has filed a lawsuit against K5 Global – an investment firm owned by a former aide to Hillary Clinton. According to a Reuters report, the suit was filed at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. It contains 16 counts against the defendants and seeks to recover about $700 million from them. According to the filing, the defendants include K5 Global, Mount...

The DoJ prosecutors have eliminated five charges relating to fraud, conspiracy, and bribery initially levied against the disgraced FTX founder. In a court filing on Wednesday, June 14, prosecutors with the US Department of Justice (DoJ) told the district judge that they would be proceeding with eight charges in the trial levied against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried back in December 2022. The DoJ lawyers also cited a motion filed by SBF in the Bahamas wherein he argued that the 13 charges...

The growth of BNB and the underlying chain is largely connected with the ongoing regulatory scrutiny, especially in the United States The BNB Smart Chain (BSC), a leading smart contract blockchain developed by the leading centralized exchange Binance with about $4.45 billion in total value locked, is expected to have a hard fork on its mainnet at block height 29,020,050. Through the current block generation speed, Binance Chain core developers expect the Luban hard fork to take place on...

The officials claim FTX-affiliated Alameda Research had largely repaid the $8 billion borrowed from Genesis Trading, a few weeks before the former filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The bankrupt FTX and Alameda Research officials are stopping at nothing to recover lost funds by the former administration led by Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF). The crypto exchange under John J. Ray III, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Restructuring Officer, has sued several entities including soliciting...

Alameda Research – an affiliate of the now defunct crypto exchange FTX – is suing Grayscale, the world’s largest bitcoin trust. The company claims Grayscale is unlawfully holding investments and refuses to unlock them so customers can receive due payments. Alameda Research Is Suing Grayscale Alameda was at the center of controversy several months ago when it was alleged Sam Bankman-Fried – the man behind both that firm and FTX – used customer funds from the latter firm...

On Thursday, embattled ex-FTX CEO SBF pled not guilty to the latest federal charges, which he also does not acknowledge.  Disgraced former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) recently pled not guilty to five additional federal fraud and bribery charges. SBF appeared in a New York federal court on Thursday to plead not guilty to the latest charges related to FTX’s collapse. In a superseding indictment Tuesday, the Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York revealed the criminal...

Buried in a mountain of charges from the Justice Department, Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) is reportedly paying his legal fees with money gifted to his father that was initially borrowed from his trading firm, Alameda Research.  The multi-million dollar revelation comes after Bankman-Fried claimed in late November that he had just $100,000 left in his bank account.  SBF’s Legal Defense Fund In a report published on Tuesday, Forbes claimed to have received information...

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...