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Amid massive uncertainty surrounding FTX and its ability to process withdrawals, the exchange’s CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) has announced that the company is being sold to Binance.  Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has also confirmed the news, stating that Binance will help FTX navigate its current “liquidity crunch.” FTX Comes Full Circle In a tweet thread on Tuesday, SBF told followers that things had come “full circle,” and that Binance would go down as FTX’s first and last...

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Crypto exchange FTX is rapidly losing stablecoin liquidity after Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) announced his company’s full exit from its FTT position on Sunday. ETH withdrawals from FTX have also tapped an all-time high, possibly signaling worry among depositors about the safety of their funds.  FTX Withdrawal Wave According to a tweet thread from CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju,  FTX currently has $104.9 million worth of stablecoins in its on-chain reserves. Yesterday, he...

Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of FTX, has come out to allay fears about the state of the crypto exchange’s finances. Bankman-Fried said the platform has excess cash and clients’ funds are safe while also calling on Binance CEO to collaborate with him to improve the ecosystem. In a recent tweet thread on Monday (November 7, 2022), Sam Bankman-Fried, also known as SBF, said the crypto exchange which he spearheads has sufficient funds to cover clients’ holdings. The CEO also doused...

The cryptocurrency platform FTX will distribute approximately $6 million to reimburse victims affected by a recent phishing attack. CEO Sam Bankman-Fried revealed this is a one-off decision, underlining that the company will not compensate such customers in the future. Only This Time Last week, hackers targeted several FTX users and drained $1.26M worth of cryptocurrencies. One victim discovered that their account using the 3Commas API had traded the DMM: Governance (DMG)...

Earlier this week, the crypto billionaire riled the industry by suggesting ways to confront the legal and hacking woes plaguing the ecosystem. Erik Voorhees, ShapeShift co-founder, is the latest one to detail concerns regarding the draft. The OFAC Conundrum While Voorhees noted that rules are important and that “voluntarily-adopted” standards are noble because they are achieved through coercion and violence, not consent and market forces, the same cannot be said for...

United States-based cryptocurrency exchange FTX.US was approved by the bankruptcy court to enter the asset purchase agreement with the bankrupt crypto lender, Voyager. According to the official announcement, FTX.US is valued at nearly $1.422 billion. Voyager said it will move forward with a customer vote on the broader recovery plan, which entails the implementation of the sale to the crypto exchange. The voting deadline on the same is scheduled for November 29. The embattled...

A crypto trader was taken by surprise after hackers reportedly siphoned more than a million dollars worth of digital assets from his FTX account by exploiting an API connected to the trading account.  According to reports, the FTX user discovered that his account using the 3Commas API, has traded the DMM: Governance (DMG) token more than 5,000 times, leading to the loss of about $1.6 million worth of assets, including Bitcoin, Ether, and FTX tokens. FTX and 3Commas Deny...

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) posted a draft of a set of standards to create clarity and protect customers as the US awaits full federal regulatory regimes. While highlighting the significance of regulatory oversight and customer protection, SBF said there needs to be an open economy where peer-to-peer transfers, code, validators, etc., are presumptively free. He believes establishing standards is necessary until regulation hit the scene to help inform and protect...

The Texas State Securities Board – the region’s securities regulators – is investigating FTX and its boss, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), over whether some of its crypto offerings violate state law.  As reported by Bloomberg on Monday, the regulator has taken specific issue with the company’s yield-bearing crypto accounts, which may constitute unregistered securities offerings.  As its source, Bloomberg cited an October 14th court filing in the bankruptcy of Voyager Digital – a...