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After the market turmoil that brought massive pain to numerous crypto-related companies, FTX continues to channel money into such entities. The latest one in which the SBF-spearheaded organization will acquire a large stake is SkyBridge Capital. According to a CNBC report from earlier on September 9, FTX Ventures will take a 30% stake in SkyBridge Capital. The leaders of the two entities – Sam Bankman-Fried and Anthony Scaramucci, are set to provide further details on the...

The retail gaming giant – GameStop – said it partnered with US brand of the popular cryptocurrency exchange – FTX. Over the course of the agreement, the former will begin carrying FTX gift cards in select stores. In addition, GameStop revealed that its quarterly sales declined to $1.14 billion compared to $1.18 billion in Q2, 2021. Its publicly-traded shares have also been on a downtrend recently. However, they rose about 12% in after-hours trading. Joining Forces With FTX In...

The implosion of the South Korean stablecoin project Terra may have dented general sentiment towards the industry, but that has not stopped the second-largest city in the country from pursuing ambitious crypto and blockchain goals. Busan has announced a partnership with FTX to build blockchain-powered business solutions in the coming months. As part of the deal, Sam Bankman-Fried’s exchange will work with Busan city to assist in the development of Busan Digital Asset Exchange...

The world-famous cryptocurrency exchange platform FTX increased its revenue by more than 1,000% during 2021, from $89 million to $1020 million, according to company financial documents leaked to news outlet CNBC. According to the documents, FTX’s net revenues during 2021 grew exponentially to more than $387 million. A significant increase compared to the $14 million it made in 2020. The Crypto Winter is a Billion Dollars Opportunity In 2022, the company has continued its hot...

On August 19, The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued various cease and desist letters to five cryptocurrency companies including FTX US, owned by the crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, along with news outlets Cryptonews.com, Cryptosec.info, SmartAsset.com, and the site FDICCrypto.com. The FDIC asked the aforementioned companies to cease making “false or misleading statements” regarding their relationship with the FDIC. According to the FDIC, FTX US and the...

Crypto exchange FTX has partnered with digital asset investment firm, Paradigm. The aim of the collaboration is to launch spread trading, which will essentially enable users to benefit from pricing dislocations with “cash-and-carry” plays. Spread Trading can be referred to as the purchase of one security and sale of a related security, called legs, as a unit. According to the official blog post, the partnership will help users to leverage “single-click” trading with “no leg...

Difficult to prove, yet often suspected, insider trading has been a staple practice of dishonest investors ever since the stock markets took off. Over time, regulators like the SEC were founded in order to fight the phenomenon – despite it being an elusive one hard to pin on a perpetrator. This is due to the nature of insider trading, which can be set off by nothing more than a seemingly off-hand comment about a company or other between acquaintances behind closed doors....

The US arm of the cryptocurrency exchange, FTX, is going old school with the launch of its new stock-trading service for a limited number of users in the country. The new offering is being released through FTX Capital Markets, which happens to be a FINRA member broker-dealer. Push for Stock Trading According to the official announcement, the platform plans to expand its functionality to all US users over the next months. FTX Stocks will enable users to trade and invest in...

According to a recent report from global crypto market real-time data provider CryptoCompare, the total spot market rose by 10.5% in March, with transaction volumes reaching $1.6 trillion. The document further revealed that approximately 69.9% of the total volume was accumulated by 15 of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, including Binance, Coinbase, Bitfinex, OKX, Huobi, FTX, and Kraken. Binance Dominates the Crypto Spot Market Binance alone captured 30.2% of the total...

FTX Ventures has invested $100 million in the public-traded banking app – Dave – which also announced forging a “strategic partnership” with West Realm Shires Services, the operator of FTX US. As part of the deal, the US crypto trading arm of billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried’s exchange FTX will serve as Dave’s exclusive partner for cryptocurrencies and explore ways to introduce such payments into the banking app’s platform. The Investment According to the official press release,...