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Pavel Durov – Founder and CEO of the messaging application Telegram – thinks the FTX crash occurred because the blockchain industry has recently deviated from its decentralized nature. He argued that a few individuals abused their power, leading to the spectacular collapse. The Russian-born entrepreneur said Telegram’s next goal is to create non-custodial wallets and decentralized exchanges so crypto traders could have maximum protection when operating in the sector. The Main...

For several companies in the crypto sector, 2022 marked the end of the line. A few seemingly vanished overnight. But Genesis’ creditors are making desperate calls to save the crypto brokerage from sinking into bankruptcy. According to a Bloomberg report, the creditors of the embattled firm hired restructuring lawyers and are exploring ways to avoid a situation similar to crypto exchange FTX’s rapid descent into bankruptcy. Law firms Proskauer Rose and Kirkland & Ellis are...

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) spoke at length about FTX’s collapse and bankruptcy at the New York Times Dealbrook Summit on Wednesday. The former billionaire defended himself from accusations of fraud, and claimed that FTX’s troubles stemmed from an accounting error. Sam Bankman-Fried on Alameda’s Leverage Bankman-Fried’s interviewer began by asking whether the ex-CEO whether FTX had truly collapsed to an accounting mistake (as claimed by SBF on Twitter) or whether...

According to the most recent data, GMX earned more daily revenue than Uniswap, becoming the market leader for the first time ever. Delphi Digital reported that the platform raked in $1.15 million in trading fees, while that of Uniswap stood at $1.06 million. Moreover, GMX is now the fifth-largest decentralized application on Token Terminal’s dashboard, trailing behind already established players such as Ethereum, OpenSea, dYdX, and PancakeSwap. Formerly known as Gambit...

BlackRock – the largest asset manager in the world – lost millions of dollars inside FTX, according to CEO Larry Fink. The BlackRock chief spoke at The New York Times Dealbrook Summit on Wednesday, confirming that his firm held $24 million within the insolvent exchange. The money was from a “fund of funds,” and not a core part of BlackRock’s business.  Interviewer Andrew Sorkin asked Fink why BlackRock and other firms seemingly didn’t “mind the store,” performing due...

On Tuesday, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF)’s first long-form interview since FTX’s bankruptcy was published to YouTube by citizen journalist Tiffany Fong. On November 16th, the former CEO offered his perspective on a number of claims made about him since the bankruptcy, and the state of FTX US clients. He also reflected on FTT, the exchange’s native token which he maintained holds more intrinsic value than most other cryptos. What Caused FTX and FTT to Collapse Wong began by...

On-chain sleuth ZackXBT has tracked down some of the mixed Bitcoin funds stolen by the mysterious FTX hacker this month.  The analyst found that $4.1 million worth of Bitcoin (255 BTC) has ended up on OKX, a cryptocurrency exchange.  As explained on Twitter, the hacker initially deposited the stolen funds to CoinMixer – an anonymous Bitcoin mixing service designed to make on-chain Bitcoin transfers harder to track.  The first CoinMixer deposit was made on November 20th after...

Serum (SRM) – the Solana-based DEX protocol launched in part by FTX – is seeking a fresh restart after FTX’s fallout left the project’s security permanently compromised.  The new project – called Openbook – will be community-led, and may or may possibly discard the SRM token entirely.  Serum’s New Beginning In a Twitter thread on Tuesday, Serum explained that the collapse of FTX and Alameda has left its program effectively “defunct.”  “As upgrade authority is held by FTX,...

Following Sam Bankman-Frieds’ speedy exit, authorities in the Bahamas began investigating the collapse of the collapsed crypto exchange. One measure taken was to freeze the assets of FTX Digital Markets – the Bahamian subsidiary of the company. Speculation Not Welcome In an address to the nation conducted via Facebook Live, Bahamas Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Ryan Pinder praised the swift actions taken by the local regulators. He also cautioned would-be...

Another former cryptocurrency giant has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States. Thus, BlockFi has followed the example of companies like Celsius and Three Arrows Capital. The cryptocurrency lender’s troubles began as the bear market intensified earlier this year, especially after the Terra collapse. There seemed to be a lifeboat thrown by FTX a few months down the road as the exchange provided a $400 million loan to BlockFi and had the option to...